Labour rip-off - Haitians paid $350 a day on Jamaican building sites
PORTLAND POLICE are investigating reports that fugitive Haitians are being used as cheap sources of labour on construction sites in the parish. Last week, the police said they received reports from residents claiming that Haitians were working...
Trouble in PNP camp as caretaker Shaw quits
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: The People's National Party (PNP) has received another major setback in its preparation for the next general election with the shock resignation of the party's candidate for South West St. Ann, Glenville Shaw. The Gleaner has been reliably informed ...
Superboy Yohan Blake eyes 10 secs flat
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos: YOHAN BLAKE is the real deal. This is how Olympic silver medallist Ato Boldon described him after his impressive 10.11-second run for gold at Saturday night's 36th Carifta Games. Since Raymond Stewart ran 10.19 seconds in May 1984...
CWC drums up support - Organisers scrap banon musical instruments
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters): CRICKET World Cup (CWC) organisers have bowed to criticism and reversed a policy restricting fans from bringing musical instruments into stadiums. Previously, supporters needed to seek prior approval...
Teen badly in need of heart surgery
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Young Chrys-Ann Graham, a student of Innswood High School, is one unhappy child due to an acute heart condition. The 14-year-old, who said she wants to become a doctor, has been suffering from a defective heart valve.
Fury over Jamaican Government's failure to pull faulty fire trucks
The Jamaica Labour Party raised an alarm last week that, more than 10 days after the Government had promised to withdraw from service some 25 faulty fire trucks, the units remained in operation. In a statement issued last Thursday...
UWI Guild under probe - Independent team to investigate irregularities
PETER O'SULLIVAN, the student services manager of Taylor Hall at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is to spearhead an independent team mandated to investigate possible irregularities within the Guild of Students at the tertiary institution....
Slain Jamaican-born US - soldier hailed as hero
The death of Jamaican-born soldier Stephen Richardson of the United States army is another indication that the U.S.-led war in Iraq is not yet won and remote countries such as Jamaica are paying dearly. Specialist Richardson was killed in the line of duty while fighting in Iraq...
Barbados cops threaten World Cup boycott -ICC faces lawsuit over searches
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Police officers in Barbados are threatening to withdraw their services for Wednesday's first official Cricket World Cup (CWC) match at Kensington Oval over a major contractual dispute, The Sunday Sun reported.
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