ATHLETES CAUSE PEACEFUL DAY
With Usain Bolt and Melanie Walker making history at the 2008 Beijing Olympics yesterday, Jamaica enjoyed another great moment, having recorded another murder-free day.
Golden celebrations
Jamaicans surely know how to celebrate. Yesterday after Melaine Walker won gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles in an Olympic record, and Usain Bolt blasted home in 19.30 in the 200-metre to set a new world record ...
Battle over TV
It is the norm for certain locations to be crowded, but there was something different about the gathering at a fast-food outlet on Orange Street, downtown Kingston, yesterday. That difference was that almost everyone gathered there...
Shopkeeper due in court in September
A September 15 mention date was yesterday set in the case against a shopkeeper accused of stealing $2,000 and a handbag from a customer, when both parties showed up at the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's...
Woman jailed for drugs
Denise Shilito was last week sentenced to six months' imprisonment at hard labour when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, charged with possession, dealing in and taking steps to export ganja...