Friday 3rd September, 2010
Brown promises aggressive dose of Jamaican flair against Murray in US Open clash
Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash tonight.
Union flap at Ozone Park direct care center
Several employees suspended without pay from their positions at a direct care facility in Ozone Park claim they were targeted because they were trying to form a union, a charge the company has denied....
New hope for a restored Jamaica Bay
Threatened with a lawsuit from several environmental organizations, the city and state have agreed in principal to upgrade sewage treatment plants on Jamaica Bay in the hope of improving water quality...
Gov't. Does Not Want to Quarrel With Media
CaribseekKINGSTON (JIS) - Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has assured that the Government is not interested in getting into a quarrel with...
Holness: Charge parents who keep their Children from school
CaribseekKINGSTON, Jamaica - Education Minister Andrew Holness is advocating for parents who refuse to send their children to school to be arrested and charged. Holness, who was speaking Wednesday at a pres...
Third sweep facing Jamaica's Sunshine Girls
Jamaica GleanerRobert Bailey, Gleaner WriterJamaica's Sunshine Girls netball team will be aiming to avoid losing seven consecutive Test matches when they battle arch-rivals England in the second game of their Nation...
Pakistani trio charged by ICC
Jamaica GleanerLONDON (AP):Three Pakistan players were charged yesterday by the Inter-national Cricket Council (ICC) under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal that has stunned cricket.Th...
Bank on Sir Von in race No. 5
Jamaica GleanerOrville Clarke, Gleaner WriterTomorrow's 10-race programme at Caymanas Park offers two Super-6s, the overlapping Super-6 embracing races five to 10.The Pick-9 was absent on Wednesday as only eight rac...
Jamaica rooting for Dustin
Jamaica GleanerMinister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange has said that Jamaica will be rooting for Dustin Brown in his game against the British number one, Andy Murray, at the US Open Tennis Championship i...
Sarwan disappointed by WICB snub
Jamaica GleanerGEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Ramnaresh Sarwan says he was not surprised at being overlooked for a central retainer contract, but says the firestorm created by the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) move w...
Jackson Shield on tomorrow
Jamaica GleanerThe 17th staging of the annual Jackson Shield football challenge between Cornwall College and Munro College will take place tomorrow at Munro College, Malvern, St Elizabeth.The competition was inaugur...
St James can win cup - Solomon
Jamaica GleanerWhile Cornwall College, and to a lesser extent Ruseas's High, remain flag bearers for the west, there is little doubt that in recent years St James High have emerged the danger team to scout, and fear...
Nanan slams WICB over Sarwan, Ramdin snub
Jamaica GleanerPORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Former West Indies off-spinner Rangy Nanan has slammed the regional cricket board for its decision to axe Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin from the list of players offe...
Clean JCF in 5 yrs
Jamaica GleanerPolice Commissioner Owen Ellington has declared that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) can be cleansed within five years if serious efforts are made to rid it of undisciplined members.Addressing th...
Cop drowns after falling into Rio Cobre
Jamaica GleanerPolice personnel are trying to come to grips with the drowning of a colleague who fell into the river and disappeared while chasing gunmen yesterday. Corporal Vincent Bent, of the Mobile Reserve, alon...
A flower blooms in St Andrew - Marigold Harding sworn in as custos
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Portmore adjustments working well, according to Toll Authority
Jamaica GleanerThe Toll Authority has determined that the introduction of three lanes leaving Portmore in the morning, on that leg of Highway 2000, has been effective in alleviating some of the traffic congestion fa...
Murray ready for Jamaica's Brown
General SourcesBritain's Andy Murray goes into the unknown once again when he takes on Dustin Brown of Jamaica in the second round of the US Open on Friday.Murray will take on Brown for the first time in the third m...
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