It was murder! - Police confirm Woolmer strangled - Pakistan delegation fingerprinted
BOB WOOLMER died from asphyxiation after being strangled by his attacker or attackers inside his Jamaica Pegasus hotel room in New Kingston between Saturday night and Sunday morning, police confirmed last night. A statement from the Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas...
Hylton warns LatAm against destabilising ACP
Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Anthony Hylton, has warned Latin American countries not to pursue actions that might destabilise African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP). Mr. Hylton, who is also responsible for foreign trade, issued the warning against the probe...
Remaking UGI's image -Lee Chin seeks 'Advantage' in new name
Billionaire investor Michael Lee Chin relaunched his newest insurance acquisition under a new name Wednesday, Advantage General Insurance, giving a new face to the old United General Insurance (UGI). Lee Chin, through AIC Barbados, paid Neville Blythe $750 million last April...
West Indies, Irish in points chase
THE GROUP D section of the Cricket World Cup comes to an end in Jamaica today with the West Indies, the home team, taking on Ireland in a contest which both teams have already qualified for the second round, is of great importance to both of them....
EDITORIAL - Lloyd Best - Caribbean thinker
It might have been assumed that with the ascendancy of the economics and ideology of globalisation, the ideas of political economists such as Professor Lloyd Best, who died this week, at 71, had seen their last. Ironically, it is globalisation that may be adding new and renewed...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Mothers monitor student behaviour on buses
The Editor, Sir: The Mother in Crisis organisation, initiated by Doreen Billings, has started an initiative since the beginning of the 2006 school year, monitoring the behaviour of schoolchildren using buses to and from school. A Christmas-term report stated that 35...
Anointed Praise Station proclaims salvation
Very often artistes make it to the top, but their fans do not know how they got there. Gospel artistes, like any others, need a producer and sometimes a manager to take them through the rigours of the business. Roger Facey and his gang at Anointed Praise Station ...
Extra special St Patrick's Day
A St. Patrick's Day celebration at the British High Commission? Some might say, 'yeah right', but that's exactly how it went down on Saturday at the High Commissioner's residence on Trafalgar Road. Scores of guests came to enjoy one of the oldest and most anticipated ...
