The Weekly Gleaner back issues from January 2007:
MAN OF '06
Jan 04, 2007; ... Vincent HoSang FOR ALL his success as an entrepreneur, running one of the larger West Indian-owned businesses in the United States, Jamaican Vincent HoSang, has a major regret. A surprising one. "I wish I had more to give," he says. Mild-mannered and self-effacing, HoSang ...
Ladies first!
Jan 04, 2007; ... Portia Simpson Miller FOR HER historic election as Jamaica's first Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller is The Overseas Gleaner's Number one Newsmaker of the Year 2006. Mrs. Simpson Miller, 60, was sworn in as Prime Minister on March 30, one month after defeating three opponents ...
Man on fire
Jan 04, 2007; ... Bruce Golding BRUCE GOLDING is a man on a mission. The mission? To become Jamaica's next Prime Minister. And, he has his sights set on ending the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) 17year drought out of government. Buoyed by what appears to be his leadership over a ...
Stalwart trade unionist
Jan 04, 2007; ... Norman DaCosta FORMER NATIONAL Workers Union (NWU) vice-president Norman DaCosta will long be remembered for the signing of a six billion-dollar collective labour package between West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) and the National Workers Union (NWU) (in the latter half of 2006), ...
Microscope man
Jan 04, 2007; ... Greg Christie CONTRACTOR GENERAL Greg Christie was definitely one of the big newsmakers in Jamaica during 2006. He struck one for the small man when his report on the Sandals/ Whitehouse hotel project revealed over US$40million in overruns. The revelations thrust the reserved ...
Dancehall dynamite
Jan 04, 2007; ... Sean Paul FOR the fourth straight year, deejay Sean Paul carried the dancehall flag high in the world of pop music. That's no easy feat in these days of onehit wonders and heretoday, gone-tomorrow fads. The 31-year-old entertainer's third album, The Trinity, was ...
Blazing the trail
Jan 04, 2007; ... Asafa Powell JAMAICA'S SPRINT sensation Asafa Powell is known for records. And, this year is no different. The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) voted him Male Athlete of the Year: a first for any Jamaican male. Born to William and Cislyn Powell on November ...
Seeds of generosity
Jan 04, 2007; ... Michael Lee Chin HIS GENEROSITY knows no boundary. Michael Lee Chin has come to be known more for his million-dollar philanthropic gestures than his shrewd business sense. Last September, the Portland-born chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) and AIC Fund ...
A nurse with a cause
Jan 04, 2007; ... Edith Allwood-Anderson AS A nurse, Edith Allwood-Anderson knows what it is to be on the frontline. And, has led her troops through many battles. One of which saw her, as the president of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), squaring off with the Government over wages and ...
The cops' negotiator
Jan 04, 2007; ... Raymond Wilson RAYMOND WILSON was elected to head the Police Federation in November 2004, some 14 years after he joined the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in 1990 as an 18-year-old youth. He was born in St. Mary and grew up in the district of Stewart Mountain. After ...
New sprint queen
Jan 04, 2007; ... Sherone Simpson TWENTY-TWO-year-old University of Technology (UTech) student, Sherone Simpson holds bragging rights to several sporting accolades including the 2006 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) female Athlete of the Year award, World Cup and sectional individual prizes for ...
American dream
Jan 04, 2007; ... THE CARIBBEAN has taken another hit with American territories, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and Puerto Rico, breaking ranks by aggressively promoting their 'No U.S. passport' status, with the hope of luring visitors to their shores. As of January 23, 2007, when the Western ...
Port Antonio blues
Jan 04, 2007; ... WHILE THE rest of the country is celebrating the Yuletide season, residents of Port Antonio say the indefinite closure of the town's main attractions has 'all but killed our holiday spirit.' "Santa Claus certainly will not be passing through Port Antonio, at least not this year," ...
Is my home ready to sell?
Jan 04, 2007; ... GIVING YOUR home the on-the-market makeover. HINT: FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST The exterior of your home often determines how buyers will view the interior, so: * Make sure your front entrance is clean and inviting * Paint or replace your front door if it's faded or ...
Sting 2006 - peaceful almost to the end
Jan 04, 2007; ... Sting 2006 - peaceful almost to the end WITH BUJU Banton slated for 11:45 p.m., a very substantial section of the massive audience that attended Sting 2006 at Jamworld, Portmore, St. Catherine, turned out early on Boxing Day. People kept coming in MC Shaka Fame at points ...
Ziggy Marley breaks barriers
Jan 04, 2007; ... THE ELDEST son of reggae legend, Bob Marley, and his wife, Rita, Ziggy Marley, has indeed picked up where his father left off, breaking down barriers in more ways than one. Ziggy says he has seen at least one of his father's dreams fulfilled, as he recently released his second solo album ...
Heron lands role in NY television series
Jan 04, 2007; ... NEW YORK (CMC): RENOWNED JAMAICAN playwright and actor, David Heron, has landed a role in the new drama series, Ya Ma Afrika, that will have its world network premiere in February. A statement from the Jamaica Consulate here said that the drama series, set in New York City, ...
A conscious party for 'Rebel Salute 2007'
Jan 04, 2007; ... WHEN TRU-JUICE 'Rebel Salute 2007' takes place at the Port Kaiser Sports Club, St. Elizabeth, on Saturday, January 13, the emphasis will be on having a party. "The difference with this year is that we want to have a party vibe. 'Rebel Salute' started out of the commemoration of my ...
Moses advises to 'build it yourself'
Jan 04, 2007; ... WHEN MUTABARUKA spoke at the start of the Tru-Juice Rebel Salute 2007 launch, held at the ballroom of the Hilton Kingston hotel, St. Andrew, last Thursday evening, space was on his mind. The matter of a fixed venue for concerts was also addressed briefly by Delano Franklyn, Minister of ...
Those who left us
Jan 04, 2007; ... SEVERAL popular Jamaicans died in 2006. The Weekly Gleaner reflects on their lives and the impact they made in their respective fields. PETER KING Ambassador Peter King was a major figure for decades in Jamaica's trade sector. Mr. King was murdered at his Kingston home March 20; ...
SQUATTING SEIGE IN JA
Jan 04, 2007; ... JAMAICA IS under siege from a rising squatter problem. Police say squatter settlements contribute between 70 per cent and 75 per cent to crime in the most volatile parishes. These informal settlements are remote and hard to access, law enforcers complain. Settlements outside of the Corporate ...
Air Jamaica Introduces Affordable Luxury
Jan 04, 2007; ... Effective January 1, 2007, Air Jamaica introduces Executive Business Class, offering customers the highest level of comfort at exceptional value. The new Executive Business Class, which replaces First Class on all routes, offers a wide range of services. Passengers will enjoy more ...
Still alive in our memory
Jan 04, 2007; ... Raymond Daley DESPITE THE heavy showers, scores of family, friends and well-wishers turned out to pay their final respect to Mr. Raymond Daley on Sunday, November 5. In an intimate setting at the Grace Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, tributes poured ...
Father 'never held a grudge'
Jan 04, 2007; ... Winston Chen WINSTON ROY Chen, entrepreneur of Winloy's Restaurant and Lounge and resident of the Water Level community, Guy's Hill, St. Catherine, will be remembered as one of the greatest fathers in the world. His children loved and adored him and he, in turn, looked out for ...
Happy hunting, Ja and WI
Jan 04, 2007; ... The year 2007 is now in its second day and within another few days Jamaica will begin its bid for the regional four-day and one-day cricket trophies. Some six weeks after the battles for those internal honours are over, the West Indies, the champions of 1975 and 1979, go hunting in the ...
Shamrock-ing in Jamdown In celebration of Saint Patrick's Day 2007
Jan 04, 2007; ... NEW YORK: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE, His Excellency Courtney Walsh, made a pitch for the International Cricket Council's World Cup 2007 in the West Indies at the offices of Ruder Finn, the public relations firm which represents the Jamaica Tourist Board, last Tuesday. Ambassador Walsh was ...
US gives security plans thumbs up
Jan 04, 2007; ... KINGSTON (CMC): THE UNITED States of America (U.S.A.) government is praising organisers of next year's Cricket World Cup (CWC) in the Caribbean for their security plans. ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. reported in a press release Tuesday evening that the U.S. lauded ...
Bryan: We will be ready
Jan 04, 2007; ... EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Cricket World Cup 2007, Robert Bryan, says events are moving smoothly in the run-up to the historic staging of cricket's biggest tournament slated to take place in the Caribbean between March and April next ...
St Vincent LOC assess flood damage
Jan 04, 2007; ... MEMBERS OF the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Cricket World Cup (CWC) Local Organising Committee are to meet with their consultants, and contractors met last Friday to discuss the effect torrential rains have had on tournament venues in the country. The team will be assessing the ...
REMATCH ON!
Jan 04, 2007; ... Jamaican fights to defend boxing title PARIS, France (CMC:) THE LONG-AWAITED rematch between Jamaican O'Neil Bell and Jean-Marc Mormeck, of France, is set to take place next March in France. Promoter Don King is booking the Levallois-Perret Centre in France for the big ...
Congresswoman congratulated
Jan 11, 2007; ... NEW YORK: JAMAICA'S AMBASSADOr to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley has congratulated newly-installed Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who was sworn in last Thursday, January 4, 2007, as the United States Representative for the 11th Congressional District New York. The district ...
CONFESSION OF A CORRUPT COP
Jan 11, 2007; ... "The kind of money that was out there made it easy for me to influence even the most upstanding individual. However, I identified those that were morally weak and always complaining of money problems. "My introduction to corruption came about two weeks after graduating from the Police ...
Insight into real estate investing
Jan 11, 2007; ... IN THE current environment of relatively low money market interest rates, rising property values and tepid stock market returns, real estate investing continues to be very attractive. General Manager of FirstCaribbean Building Society, Lenworth Tracey, explains the benefits of real ...
New Year's resolution
Jan 11, 2007; ... CUSTOMARILY, THE beginning of a New Year is a time to make resolutions of how we will improve and do better during the next 12 months. Nations and governments need to do the same - to take stock, to make a strategic plan for how to move forward. Otherwise, they run the risk of sticking ...
Visa no problem, says Tourism Minister
Jan 11, 2007; ... TOURISM MINISTER Aloun Assamba has rejected claims from industry interests that the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) visa requirement for some visitors to Cricket World Cup in the region will have an adverse affect on Jamaica's tourism industry. Ms. Assamba, on returning from a meeting ...
Few artistes, but music showcase was a bomb
Jan 11, 2007; ... THE MIGHTY Diamonds, Chakademus and Pliers, Alton Ellis and Freddie McGreggor did not take the stage at Foundation Music Showcase. Neither did headline act Peabo Bryson. However, for the full house that turned out to the Constant Spring Golf Club, it may not have been a total ...
7th Annual MLK Summit On Service seeks participants and volunteers
Jan 11, 2007; ... MEMPHIS, TN HANDS ON Memphis will host its 7th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Summit On Service on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Rhodes College. A free moderated panel discussion titled "Achieving the Goal: Intelligence and Character in Memphis Schools" will be based on Dr. King's idea ...
Local assistant referee in line for World Cup duties
Jan 11, 2007; ... PAULETTE RILEY, Jamaica's top female assistant referee, could create history by becoming the country's first female to officiate in a football World Cup Final. Riley, a FIFA assistant referee, has been selected among a list of referees from which the final selection will be made for this ...
James Brown: the man and his music
Jan 11, 2007; ... NEW YORK: 'I WANT to say to the young kids: Education may be hard today, but if you go through it today, tomorrow will be easy. If you don't go through it today, it will be harder.' James Brown (1928-2006) Many of us woke up Christmas morning, December 25, 2006 to the sad news of ...
BATTLE CRY!
Jan 11, 2007; ... Maroons up in arms over Gov't's decision WHAT WOULD Chief Cudjoe think? Two hundred and sixty nine years after signing a peace treaty with the British, the Maroons are preparing for war again. But this time it is against the Government of Jamaica. Angered by the ...
Prison escapee captured after 26 yrs
Jan 11, 2007; ... TWENTY-SIX YEARS after he escaped from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) while serving time for shooting with intent and robbery with aggravation, 55-year-old Curtis Kirk-Patrick is back behind bars after a short trip overseas. Inspector Victor George Henry, who confirmed the story, ...
LOAN BOOST
Jan 11, 2007; ... FLUSH WITH cash from heavy borrowings over eight months to November 30, finance minister Dr. Omar Davies, if he keeps to spending projections, will have no need to tap the capital markets for the remainder of the fiscal year ending March 31. By The Weekly Gleaner calculations, Davies, at ...
FIREWORKS @ Genesis
Jan 11, 2007; ... EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCES heralded 2007 at Genesis Triple Fest at the National Stadium in Kingston, on Monday, New Year's Day. The most riveting set came from Prodigal Son, Papa San, DJ Nicholas and Moses, which started from as early as 3:30 p.m. and ended just before midnight. The ...
A clean and different country
Jan 11, 2007; ... LET ME wish you a peaceful, prosperous and wonderful 2007 - and it can be if we make the right choices. Choices bring change and, I daresay, changes are urgently needed. Very few areas of national life give us comfort, satisfaction or a sense of pride. For 2007, Jamaica must become a ...
Island Beauty - Jamaica
Jan 11, 2007; ... SPECTACULAR LAND and seascapes set the scene for any visit to Jamaica, where the capital city of Kingston is built around the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. A little exploration will unveil spots of extraordinary beauty that serve as a magnet for nature lovers, hikers, divers and ...
MLK Activities in NYC - Jan 15
Jan 11, 2007; ... JOIN CITY Year and the Mayor's Volunteer Centre for their "Dreams in Action" MLK Day of Service. The mission of the MLK Day of Service is to realise Dr. King's dream by breaking down barriers amongst people and establishing volunteer service as a means for social change. This year, "Dreams in ...
J'CAN POLITICS: The good, the bad & the ugly
Jan 11, 2007; ... IN MOST British regiments and, indeed, our own Jamaica regiment, there is a custom that forbids the discussion of politics, religion and women in the officers' mess. It is understandable why these subjects, which often evoke so much emotion, should be on the banned list of topics. After ...
GET FLAT!
Jan 11, 2007; ... 'Fireworks' end football match at Collie Smith GUNFIRE AMONG warring factions outside the playground but within the Boys" Town community, forced a premature end to the Wray and Nephew National Premier League football match between the homesters and Reno, at Collie Smith Drive last ...
Daley heads to Bradford
Jan 11, 2007; ... JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL Omar Daley looks to be well on his way to joining English Championship division outfit Bradford City as they look to strengthen their squad with the opening of the January transfer window. Daley's United Soccer League (USL) division one club, Charleston Battery, ...
Yvette Clarke sworn in
Jan 11, 2007; ... NEW YORK: IN A simple ceremony on Capitol Hill, daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Yvette D. Clarke, Democrat of New York was sworn-in as a first-time member of Congress by Nancy Pelosi. The January 4 ceremony saw Clarke holding her grandmother's bible as she took her oath of ...
Mental health crisis for Carib-born blacks in US
Jan 11, 2007; ... BOSTON, United States (CMC): A NEW study on psychiatric problems in the United States has found that Caribbean-born blacks experience more mental health problems than usual, the longer they stay in the country. The researchers have linked this to being a minority group within the ...
Charles Hyatt - a symbol of excellence
Jan 11, 2007; ... EDITORIAL ONCE AGAIN, the cultural community mourns the passing of one of its prominent members. This time it is Charles Hyatt, actor/broadcaster, who has left the stage at age 75. His final moments were spent in Florida where, among other things, he was collaborating with a daughter in ...
Pamper yourself all year round!
Jan 11, 2007; ... SO THE buying frenzy that accompanied the holiday season is over and everyone is now back to normal. But in the midst of all that 'shop-till-you-drop' craze did you remember to include yourself? Just in case you didn't, here are some ideas for home and garden which will make your 2007 ...
Jamaica manager, union sue BWIA
Jan 11, 2007; ... IRENIA PATTERSON, BWIA area manager for Jamaica, has filed suit in Trinidad, alongside a trade union, barring the retired airline from disposing of assets of up to TT$3.7 million. On Saturday, December 30, Port-of-Spain's industrial court granted Patterson and the Communications, ...
'Chairs', chairs and more chairs
Jan 11, 2007; ... AT THE beginning of Foundation Music Showcase it was a scramble to get a chair to sit. And, at the end it was not quite a rush to get one to take home. Several members of a disgruntled audience left hanging with no explanation for the non-appearance of headline performer Peabo Bryson, ...
Dr Martin Luther King, The man and his times
Jan 11, 2007; ... "WELL I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountain top and I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just ...
The Non-violent Revolutionary - King
Jan 11, 2007; ... FOR MANY, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the celebration of the King holiday bring to the fore, thoughts about his dream of a society where all share equally, and visions of non-violent marches, gatherings and other initiatives to achieve this ideal. In reality, Dr. King was not a ...
'Jamaica Gold' on the rise
Jan 11, 2007; ... BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): WESTERN AUSTRALIA cricketer Shawn Gillies has taken the long route in pursuit of a place in international cricket. The tall, powerfully built all-rounder migrated from his native Jamaica and is now rising rapidly in the ranks Down Under. Born in ...
Arnett add to Naggo Head woes
Jan 11, 2007; ... ARNETT GARDENS rebounded from last week's defeat with a comfortable 2-0 win over Naggo Head at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex last Sunday. The diminutive Loxley Thompson in the 17th and the competition's leading marksman, Leon Strickland, in the 44th secured the home team's ...
ALL SMILES!
Jan 18, 2007; ... Record 3 million in tourist arrivals in Ja MINISTER OF Tourism, Aloun Assamba certainly has a lot to smile about. Under her watch, tourism arrivals surpassed the three million mark for the first time last year, generating an estimated US$1.9 billion (J$125 billion) in revenue, ...
'Visa error'
Jan 18, 2007; ... Mottley concedes CARICOM erred ORANJESTAD, Aruba: WHILE ADMITTING that regional governments fell down with the timing of the controversial Caribbean Community (CARICOM) visa, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, said last Sunday that security risks related to the event ...
The law of 7 and the PM
Jan 18, 2007; ... SEVEN IS God's number for perfection. This number is used in the Bible about 600 times. The very word perfect has 7 letters. In the bible we find such terms as the 7 spirits of God, the 7 churches, the 7 candlesticks, the 7 stars, the 7 seals and the 7 trumpets. Seventh Prime Minister, ...
Change negative arts mindset, says Girvan-Campbell
Jan 18, 2007; ... SOME JAMAICAN parents are discouraging their children from pursuing studies in the arts. Cherita Girvan Campbell, president of Arts & Culture Jamaica, made this disclosure recently in an interview with The Weekly Gleaner. Her organisation awards scholarships to students with a ...
Bloodline ban
Jan 18, 2007; ... Bill to broaden the scope of incest SHOULD THERE be a law barring first cousins from marrying each other? That taboo question was raised during last Wednesday's meeting of a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, and generated strong arguments for and against criminal ...
Practice since colonial times
Jan 18, 2007; ... THE PRACTICE of cousins, including first cousins, marrying each other is a long-standing, if diminishing feature of sections of Jamaican society, dating back to the country's colonial relationship with Britain where such practices were commonly accepted. One of Jamaica's most ...