Rogge raps Bolt

BEIJING (AP): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Jacques Rogge, criticised Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt yesterday for showing a lack of respect for other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 metres…

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Simoes lauds Jamaica's 'discipline'

TORONTO, Canada: AFTER HOLDING Canada to an admirable 1-1 draw at the BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) technical director Ren

Caymanas Park incident .. Mavado's sidekick gets suspended sentence

Nehemiah Shaw, the Mavado entourage member, who attacked Caymanas Track Limited security boss Jason McKay on Derby Day, June 14, at Caymanas Park, was yesterday slapped with a 12-month suspended sentence in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court…

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US, Aussies to clash for gold

BEIJING (AP): DIANA TAURASI scored 21 points and the US women’s basketball team beat Russia 67-52 yesterday to advance to their fourth straight Olympic gold medal game.The Americans will try to win an unprecedented fourth straight gold tomorrow against…

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Dettori, Kinane for SA jockeys' challenge

Frankie Dettori and Mick Kinane, two of the biggest names in horse racing, are among the six international jockeys who will clash with South Africa’s top riders in the International Jockey’s Challenge at the Steinhoff International Summer Cup race…

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BOJ governor says Jamaica weathering global shocks, but lowers growth forecast - Recasts inflation at 15-17%

The central bank has lowered its forecast for growth and raised expectations for inflation as government economic analysts coalesce around the position that the global credit crisis and higher commodity prices have hurt, though not devastate, the Jamaican economy…

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Letter - Regulate, don't eliminate foreign exchange industry

THE EDITOR, Sir: With regards to this whole foreign exchange trading, I believe it is of utmost urgency that the government develop and implement some criteria to govern our local operations. It is without a doubt that foreign exchange…

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Commentary - Jamaica in troubling times - Corrupted officials, gangs, tech-savvy deportees: Who to blame?

There is a seemingly rising tide of indiscipline and immorality. Course and uncouth behaviour in public spaces appear to be the norm. People of all classes are generally loud and lewd; some gathering at street corners abuse decent, innocent passers-by…

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Banks safe after forex fallout

Jamaica’s central bank says it sees no sign of impact on the island’s economy on the apparent collapse of a number of so-called alternative investment schemes.Neither have they detected any impairment of commercial banks from the fallout…

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Caribbean Rhodes Scholar to battle UWI

Luke Browne, the 2008 Caribbean Rhodes Scholar has hired a team of lawyers and is hunkering down for a legal fight with the University of the West Indies (UWI) over whether he ought to have been given a higher class of degree. Browne, who studied…

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