The Weekly Gleaner back issues from August 2008:
Experts say Sept deadline for Ethanol use impractical
Aug 07, 2008; ... GAS STATION stakeholders Monday labelled as unrealistic a government decision, announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, to make it mandatory for motor-vehicle fuel to include 10 per cent ethanol by next month. Golding made the announcement on Sunday, August 3, while addressing the ...
Miss Jamaica World contestants sashed
Aug 07, 2008; ... IT IS official, on August 16,16 contestants will vie for the opportunity to represent Jamaica at the Miss World Beauty Pageant, in Ukraine. The announcement was made on Sunday, July 27, to the crowd that gathered for family brunch at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel poolside in St Andrew. The ...
Activist calls for Caribbean plank in Democratic platform
Aug 07, 2008; ... NEW YORK, CMC: A GUYANESE lawyer and prominent community activist in New York has called on the United States Democratic Party to incorporate a Caribbean plank in its 2008 election platform. Testifying Wednesday, July 30, before the Barack Obama campaign and the US Democratic ...
Jamaica's tourism takes centre stage at Canadian exposition
Aug 07, 2008; ... TORONTO: TWENTY-FOUR STUDENTS of the Western Hospitality Institute of Jamaica, based in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, recently held an exposition 'Destination Jamaica' in Toronto, Canada, highlighting Jamaica's tourism industry. The students - eight in their second year and 16 in their ...
Gov't helps new Canadians get jobs
Aug 07, 2008; ... TORONTO: SKILLED WORKERS who are new to Canada will get the help they need to integrate into the workforce and their communities through a new project funded by the Government of Canada. Senator Hugh Segal recently announced, on behalf of Monte Solberg, minister of human resources and ...
US says new passport cards popular for travel to Caribbean
Aug 07, 2008; ... WASHINGTON(CMC): THE UNITED States Department of State says a new passport card, designed to expedite travel to the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico, is proving to be very popular. The department said over 350,000 Americans have preordered the wallet-size identification cards, which ...
'Choice' words for Nardia at Weekenz
Aug 07, 2008; ... SAVE FOR the intermittent traffic on Constant Spring Road, there was silence when poet Choice read to the memory of Nardia Mitchell at Weekenz on Sunday night, July 20. Mitchell died on Wednesday, July 16, when she was allegedly hurled from the third storey of Block G, Oaklands ...
When I close my eyes
Aug 07, 2008; ... WHEN I close my eyes I'm transported back to a time when our days were balmy and our nights were cool. The beaches were pristine, the air was clean and the hills were chilly. Lush vegetation adorned most fences and thick, strong mangroves guarded our coastlines. John Crows (turkey buzzards) ...
Crawford delivers offshore report
Aug 07, 2008; ... THE ERIC Crawford-led advisory committee has wrapped up its review of local markets and the regulatory environment that is to guide Jamaica's strategy for drumming up business for its planned offshore financial centre. And the Ministry of Finance is now recruiting what it calls a chief ...
School principals should ignore PM's 'bangarang'
Aug 07, 2008; ... EDITORIAL WE WOULD have thought that by now the bigger picture, or even the outlines of it, would have been drilled into the minds of the leadership of Jamaica's teaching profession part of the elite of the education system. They seem, however, to remain glued to the sketches and ...
Cuban tourism FDI limited, but earnings grow
Aug 07, 2008; ... CUBA HAS had limited success in attracting foreign capital to its tourism industry and while visitors to its shores have been on the increase, Columbian academic Mauriciode Miranda says the Spanish-speaking country has not been able to attract high-end business. Still, Cuba has carved ...
Local business owners raise money for J'can charities
Aug 07, 2008; ... TORONTO: SCARBOROUGH ROUGE-River Councillor Raymond Cho and the owners of a local restaurant recently held a multicultural fundraising breakfast for a number of charities, including two based in Jamaica. John and Jim Psihopedas and Perry Panagakos, restauranteurs, received a ...
Sweet & Dandy
Aug 07, 2008; ... Toots tours with Sheryl Crow, James Blunt TOOTS HIBBERT, who has enjoyed a career renaissance in the last five years, is part of a three-act North American tour with pop singers Sheryl Crow and James Blunt. Hibbert told The Weekly Gleaner Monday, July 21, that he was contacted by ...
'I'm completely confused and surprised'
Aug 07, 2008; ... BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): BELEAGUERED WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Chief Executive Officer Dr Donald Peters confirmed on Tuesday, July 29, that he has been sent on administrative leave. He has also been asked to have a hearing with the Finance, Audit and Human Resources ...
ISLAM IN JAMAICA ... One woman's story
Aug 07, 2008; ... PEOPLE LOOK at Muslims as terrorists because of the way the world blames terrorism on Islam." These are the words of Marufat Tijani, principal of the Islamiyah Basic School at the Islamic Council of Jamaica, wife, mother and a devoted Muslim to Islam, a way of life. In light of terrorist ...
Husband in Antigua honeymoon shooting dies
Aug 07, 2008; ... LONDON, CMC: A WEEK after he was critically injured in a gun attack in Antigua, which claimed the life of his bride, Benjamin Mullany was on Sunday (August 3) pronounced dead by a British hospital. Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, said brain stem tests showed that Mullany, ...
Jamaican wins WCOPA Championship
Aug 07, 2008; ... WASHINGTON, D.C., JIS: ACTOR AND classical singer, 23-year-old Andrew Clark who hails from St James was proclaimed grand champion performance of the world on Friday, July 25, at the 12th staging of the World Champion of Performing Arts (WCpPA) at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in ...
JCA president to celebrate two anniversaries
Aug 07, 2008; ... TORONTO: THE RECENTLY-elected president of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), Herman Stewart, is getting ready to celebrate the 46th anniversaries of the association and of Jamaica's Independence this weekend. The JCA's and Jamaica's 46th anniversary of Independence ...
Analysts say action may be futile
Aug 07, 2008; ... Salada 9:1 stock split SALADA FOODS, the Jamaican firm that manufactures and packages instant coffee, is planning to a nine-to-one share split aimed, the company says, at creating liquidity in the stock. But while welcoming the move to stimulate trading in Salada, analysts warned ...
Men caught in tight spot
Aug 07, 2008; ... Motorcycles, figure-hugging pants increase risk of male infertility THE SEX appal of seeing a risk-taking, leather-clad man speeding through traffic on his motorcycle could be to his detriment, as scientific studies have shown that riding motorcycles and bicycles for extended periods can ...
Christopher Gonzalez ... Brilliance amid controversy
Aug 07, 2008; ... ARTIST CHRISTOPHER Gonzalez was living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1981 when he heard the Jamaica government was planning to build a statue in tribute to reggae superstar Bob Marley, who died in May that year. "I wrote to them and told them that I would be honoured to do it because personally ...
Shiv's No. 1
Aug 07, 2008; ... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): SHIVNARINE CHANDERPAUL has displaced Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara as leading batsman on the ICC Test player rankings. This is Chanderpaul's first time at the top of the batting rankings after 112 Test matches and he is the ...
Bridgmohan wins Regal Gal Stakes
Aug 07, 2008; ... MIAMI, Florida (CMC): JAMAICAN JOCKEY Jermaine Bridgmohan landed one of the two secondary stakes races on the race card at the Calder Race Course, on Saturday, August 2. The 20-year-old Bridgmohan won the Regal Gal Stakes for three-year-old fillies going one mile on the dirt ...
Safety blitzes target workplace hazards
Aug 07, 2008; ... ONTARIO: INSPECTORS ARE now "blitzing" Ontario's workplaces to help eliminate specific hazards to health and safety. Ministry of Labour inspectors are concentrating on workplaces with workers aged 24 and under as well as those employing workers of any age who are new to ...
Courts Caribbean 'jumpin' at Carnival
Aug 07, 2008; ... NYC: CARIBBEAN FURNITURE giant, Courts Carnival, will make their debut at the annual West Indian Labor Day Carnival in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday September 1. They will be joined by the Borokeete USA band and will lead the band with a Queen costume that will showcase the company's ...
Gayle signs three-year deal with Ihsan
Aug 07, 2008; ... CHRISTOPHER GAYLE has signed a three-year deal with international sports goods manufacturing firm, Ihsan Sports. The deal, which will see Gayle receiving cricket gear and equipment from the company throughout the period, along with a sign-on bonus, was made official on Tuesday, July 29, ...
Five straight for Harbour View
Aug 07, 2008; ... HARBOUR VIEW United extended a remarkable spell of dominance with a 2-1 win over rivals Waterhouse, for a fifth consecutive hold of the Sherwin Williams Colourscape Knockout Trophy, at the UWI Bowl on Sunday, August 3. "All credit to the girls, they did what they had to do. We knew ...
GARDEN STATE CRICKET LEAGUE: RAIN, RAIN
Aug 07, 2008; ... NYC: RAIN PLAYED havoc with the final round of the Garden State Cricket League. All the games were curtailed because of the inclement weather. At Eastside Park (Patterson): Eclipse Cricket Club was 146 for 6 before rain washed out play. Former Jamaica player Tbny Powell ...
Mixed bag for C'bean in failed WTO talks
Aug 07, 2008; ... BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC: DIRECTOR GkNERAL of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CBMI), Henry GiIL says that while the failed World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva may have saved the region's banana industry for now, the Caribbean has lost out on other offers to ...
OAS welcomes confirmation of new Haitian PM
Aug 07, 2008; ... PORT OF PRINCE, Haiti, CMC: THE ORGANISATION of American States (OAS) has welcomed the decision of the Haitian Senate to ratify economist Michéle Duviyier Pierre-Louis as Haiti's new prime minister. Twelve of the 18 senators voted to support Pierre-Louis' appointment, with five ...
IT'S BOLT AT THE DOUBLE
Aug 07, 2008; ... KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): WORLD RECORD holder Usain Bolt will run the sprint double at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, his coach Glen Mills confirmed on Friday, August 1. Bolt had expressed his interest in running both events at the August 8-24 Games, but said he would leave ...
Tappa not ready for comeback
Aug 07, 2008; ... We tried, but it was tough for him - Simoes A 'SERIOUS' plan to revive the international playing career of Jamaica's 1998 World Cup football hero Theodore Whitmore has been shelved. According to Jamaica's technical director René Simoes, as recently as a couple weeks ago the ...
Homage to the HEROES
Aug 07, 2008; ... FOUR YEARS ago, Nicolas Maslowski and his business partner Roman Germa thought it would be cool to pay homage to their reggae heroes by recording them in an acoustic setting. Their wish came through three years ago with the Inna De Yard series. It has turned out to be a sleeper hit in ...
Olympic fever rising
Aug 07, 2008; ... WITH JAMAICAN athletes expected to reap a rich bounty of medals at the Olympic Games which begin in Beijin, China, Friday, Olympic fever is beginning to intensify in Jamaica. Only July 25, Track and Field news - a magazine considered the bible of the sport - predicted that Jamaica's ...
SENIOR COP JAILED
Aug 07, 2008; ... Harry 'Bungles' Daley arrested on corruption charges ONE OF the island's best-known crime fighters, Superintendent Harry Daley, spent Thursday, July 31 behind bars at the Horizon Remand Centre and could spend many more days in custody if he is found guilty of corruption ...
TWO PROFESSORS FOR ORDER OF MERIT
Aug 14, 2008; ... 100 J'cans for national honours THE ORDER of Merit will be conferred on two distinguished professors during the National Heroes Day celebration at gy King's House in October. Professor Abraham Anthony Chen will be honoured for his contribution to the field of climatology, while ...
New date for ethanol roll-out
Aug 14, 2008; ... THE GOVERNMENT has apparently backed away from an announcement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, making it mandatory for motor vehicle fuel to contain 10 per cent ethanol by September. Instead, Energy Minister Clive Mullings last Thursday, said there would be a phased rollout of the ...
National honours for three athletes
Aug 14, 2008; ... WORLD 100 metres record holder Usain Boh, former record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic gold medallist Veronica CampbeftBrown are to be recognised by the Government for their outstanding contributions to track and field. The three will join a long list of Olympians who have received ...
Don't dis' human rights
Aug 14, 2008; ... EVER SINCE the Government was pressured into ramping up the fight on crime, several human rights organisations and interests have become hyper-vigilant. And, almost stride for stride, people critical of these groups have kept pace by openly 'dissing' (disrespecting) their efforts. Anyone ...
Ethanol project timetable needs more refining
Aug 14, 2008; ... EDITORIAL JAMAICA'S PROPOSAL to displace methyl teritary butyl ether (MTBE) with ethanol, as an octane enhancer in gasolene, preceded the Golding administration by several years, and has been a critical part of the project for salvaging the sugar cane industry in the face of continuing ...
Parliamentarians prefer Portia
Aug 14, 2008; ... WITH MORE and more parliamentarians declaring their choice for the People's National Party's top job, incumbent Portia Simpson Miller holds a slight advantage over challenger Dr Peter Phillips. Simpson Miller and Phillips both have 11 supporters in the House of Representatives, but the ...
Fertiliser war looms
Aug 14, 2008; ... A WAR is looming in the inorganic fertiliser industry as the Government moves ahead with its plans to import fertiliser while it accuses the island's sole manufacturer of the commodity, Newport Fersan Jamaica Limited, of price overcharging. Speaking at a press conference at the ...
US REGULATORS SET UP CURRENCY FRAUD UNIT
Aug 14, 2008; ... FEDERAL REGULATORS have formed a task force to investigate and prosecute fraud in the retail market that trades foreign currencies outside of commodity exchanges. Regulators believe unscrupulous operators are rife in the field. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates ...
Unregulated schemes hurt VMBS in '07
Aug 14, 2008; ... WITH ITS deposit portfolio remaining flat last year, Jamaica's second largest mortgage bank, Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), says that its ability to attract savings was weakened by the raft of unregulated schemes that offered super returns to investors. Things, though, have ...
Missing sand found
Aug 14, 2008; ... SOME OF the estimated 500 truckloads of sand stolen from a 64-acre property in Coral Spring, Trelawny, has been found at two hotel developments on the island's north coast. The Weekly Gleaner understands that the hotels, operated by overseas investors, were named in a report which was ...
More expensive cement
Aug 14, 2008; ... CARIBBEAN CEMENT Limited has raised cement prices, the second time this year, pushing up the ex-factory price per bag of Carib Plus cement by six per cent to $510 as of August 1. Anthony Haynes, general manager of the Kingstonbased operation, said that no more hikes were contemplated in ...
Gov't to help internationally trained professionals
Aug 14, 2008; ... Funding issued to Ministries to strengthen language skills ONTARIO: DIANE FINLEY, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Linda Jeffrey, Parliamentary Assistant on behalf of the Honourable Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, recently announced ...
TERROR IN HARTFORD
Aug 14, 2008; ... 11 shot, one killed in weekend violence; Resident representatives say WI Independence Parade was no factor HARTFORD, CT: AFTER A weekend of violent shootings in the north end of the city, which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old, Hartford's mayor, Eddie Perez, and Police ...
Jamaicans Raise National Flag Over Brooklyn
Aug 14, 2008; ... BROOKLYN, NY: FOR 24 HOURS this week, the black, green and gold flag of the island-nation of Jamaica flew over Brooklyn, a testament to the contributions of many from that country to their adopted city. On Thursday, August 7 myriad Jamaican and Caribbean-American groups joined ...
Delray's Roots Fest has survived move and hard times
Aug 14, 2008; ... DELRAY BEACH, South Florida: THEY SANG to the heavens and danced in a celebration of gospel Sunday, August 10, at Old School Square. The Roots Cultural Festival, a series of summer community events in its 31st year, reached a triumphant close despite stormy skies. For the past ...
Lively Up Yourself!
Aug 14, 2008; ... Thousands Celebrate Jamaica's Independence in US Capital (ProQuest: ... denotes text stops here in original.) WASHINGTON, DC: MORE THAN 8,000 Jamaicans and friends of the country converged on the grounds of the Organization of American States (OAS) in downtown Washington; ...
C'bean nationals to sue NY police for alleged abuse
Aug 14, 2008; ... NEW YORK, CMC: TWO CARIBBEAN nationals here say they plan to file legal action against the City of New York and the New York Police Department (NYPD) for alleged abuse and false arrest. Guyanese Clive Fraser, 27, and his Trinidadian friend, Jeremy Phillip, 26, told the Caribbean ...
Royal Rita Celebrates Birthday
Aug 14, 2008; ... THE NEW Marley Resort and Spa in Nassau, Bahamas was abuzz with activity on Friday, July 25, when their President, Queen Mother, Nana Afua Adobea Rita Marley OD celebrated 62nd her 'Earthday'. Guests in attendance were all elegantly attired and appeared to be a little anxious as they ...
Gov't of Canada and Ontario to partner on PanAm Games bid
Aug 14, 2008; ... ONTARIO: THE GOVERNMENT of Canada and the Government of Ontario have agreed to partner in supporting the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area's bid for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. REPUTATION "The Greater Golden Horseshoe has a well-deserved reputation for being able to ...
Gayle withdraws resignation
Aug 14, 2008; ... CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): BATSMAN CHRIS Gayle has withdrawn his letter of resignation as West Indies captain, and appears to be seeking a return to the head of the beleaguered team, a West Indies Cricket Board source confirmed last week. In a letter dated July 22, Gayle had ...
MoBay triumph over Eclipse
Aug 14, 2008; ... NYC: MONTEGO BAY Cricket Club continued their dominance over archrivals Eclipse Cricket Club as they easily beat them in the 30 overs competition which was played on Sunday August 3rd. The game, which was played at Warinanco Park, saw Eclipse electing to bat after winning the ...
Food expo takes health into consideration
Aug 14, 2008; ... TORONTO: THE CAFE-TASTE of the Caribbean African Food Expo in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation will present the 9th annual community food, culture and health expo, on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 at the Jamaican Canadian Association in lbronto, Canada. The exposition ...
Jamaica giving up on export bananas
Aug 14, 2008; ... Local consumption triples foreign sales JAMAICA HAS virtually written off bananas as an export crop, and will be using the next five years to develop niche markets for the fruit and grow local consumption. "The future of banana, for me, is primarily in local consumption, ...
JUDAH TRIBE ROCKS BROOKLYN
Aug 14, 2008; ... BROOKLYN, NY: OVER 6,000 FANS turned out on Saturday (Aug. 2) for Judah Tribe's performance at the Reggae Retro/Revival Reggae Sundays dance party and concert. The performance was part of the Brooklyn Museum's Target 1st Saturdays monthly event. Judah Tribe thrilled the crowd with its ...
Simoes silent on King's status
Aug 14, 2008; ... NATIONAL TECHNICAL director René Simoes has refused to shed light on reports that Jamaican international Marion King has been left out of a Reggae Boyz squad that will begin preparations to face Canada to start the crucial third round of World Cup qualifiers on August 20. According to ...
Normalcy returns to Ja camp after dispute
Aug 14, 2008; ... TIANJIN, China (CMC) MVP TRACK Club members, including former world record holder Asafa Powell and world silver medallist Michael Prater, have decided to put their differences with Jamaican Olympic officials aside by reporting for relay practices. Powell, along with clubmates ...
A MONUMENT TO THE OLYMPIANS
Aug 21, 2008; ... ONE GOOD deed deserves another, so the saying goes. So, in recognition of the magnificent performance of the Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics, the Government will move to inscribe the names of the team members on a monument that is to be mounted in Independence Park, St ...
Brigitte may hang up running shoes
Aug 21, 2008; ... DESPITE A gallant effort in the finals of the women's 100 metre hurdle, Jamaica's standard bearer in the obstacle event will be ending her Olympic career without a medal. The 33-year-old Brigitte Foster-Hylton was sixth in a blanket finish, one place behind compatriot Delloreen ...
SILVER AGAIN
Aug 21, 2008; ... SHERICKA WILLIAMS, on Tuesday morning increased Jamaica's medal count to five by winning the silver medal in the women's 400 metre final at the Olympics in Beijing, China. Following her personal best run of 49.69, she said, "I just went out there and did what my coach told me to do and ...
J'cans in Toronto celebrate Olympic victories
Aug 21, 2008; ... JAMAICANS IN Toronto donned their Jamaican T-shirts, waved their Jamaican flags from cars, honked their car horns and shouted in the aftermath of the victories of Jamaican athletes in the women and men 100m races on Saturday and Sunday. "1-2-3" and "Lightning Bolt" were some of the words ...