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 ASAFA POWELL WILL BE BACK, SURELY, PREDICTS AMERICA’S DOUBLE WORLD GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST. ACCORDING TO GAY, POWELL SHOULD DO WELL AT THE OLYMPICS IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. POWELL CAME THIRD IN THE 100 METRE RUN, WHEN HE WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE THE GOLD MEDAL.
IN PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL YESTERDAY: BOYS TOWN BEAT TIVOLI GARDENS 2/1; WATERHOUSE AND SPORTING CENTRAL DREW 2/2; ARNETT GARDENS BEAT SAINT GEORGES 1/0; RENO CLIPPED AUGUST TOWN 1/10 AND VILLAGE UNITED FEEL THEY HAVE AVOIDED DEMOTION THIS SEASON BY BEATING SEBA UNITED 2/0.
IN TENNIS, SPAIN’S RAFAEL NADAL BEAT WORLD NUMBER ONE ROGER FEDERER 7/5, 7/5 IN THE FINAL OF THE MONTE CARLO MASTERS.
THIS WAS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT TIME THAT NADAL HAS WON THE TITLE AT THE CENTRE. HE HAS NOW TURNED BACK FEDERER IN THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
THE ATLANTA HAWKS BEAT THE BOSTON CELTICS 102/99 TO RECOVER LOST GROUND IN THEIR RACE TO WIN THEIR PLAY-OFF SERIES.
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JAMAICA IS STEPPING UP ITS FOOD SECURITY DRIVE.
RICE IS TO BE GROWN LOCALLY.
GUYANA, CARICOM’S BIGGEST PRODUCER OF THE STAPLE,
ALONGSIDE NEIGHBOUR, SURINAME, IS TO ASSIST KINGSTON IN
DEVELOPING THE PROJECT.
LOCAL PRIVATE INTERESTS ARE ALSO WILLING TO INVEST IN THE
PROJECT.
JAMAICA BUYS 50, 000 TONS OF RICE FROM GEORGETOWN - HALF OF ITS
ANNUAL NEEDS.
BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN AT ODDS OVER SUPPLIES.
GUYANA WANTS TO CAPITALISE ON HIGH PRICES IN OTHER MARKETS,
WHILE JAMAICA IS SEEKING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES FROM WHICH
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MEANWHILE, TWO OF THE ISLAND’S PIVOTAL RELIEF AGENCIES HAVE CALLED ON THE COUNTRY TO NOTE THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN THEIR STORES FOR HURRICANE AND OTHER RELIEF PURPOSES. THE WARNING HAS COME FROM ADRA---THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST GROUP--- AND THE SALVATION ARMY. THE AGENCIES SUPPLY THE NEEDY WITH FOOD INCLUDING RICE, FLOUR, CORNMEAL AND OIL.THE GROUPS ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT AND OVERSEAS BENEVOLENT GROUPS IN ACCOUNTABLY DISTRIBUTING BASIC FOODS SUCH AS RICE, FLOUR, OIL AND CORNMEAL. ADRA AND THE SALVATION ARMY REVEALED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DRAIN ON ITS FOOD RESOURCES, AS MORE AND MORE JAMAICANS TURN TO BOTH AGENCIES FOR SUPPORT.HOWEVER, FOOD FOR THE POOR SAYS IT HAS FOOD IN STOCK AND WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE NEEDY IN AN EMERGENCY.
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MRS CEDELLA BOOKER, THE MOTHER OF INTERNATIONAL REGGAE ICON, ROBERT NESTA MARLEY, WILL BE BURIED TODAY.THE FUNERAL RIGHTS ARE NOW BEING CONCLUDED AT THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN KINGSTON. THE BODY OF MRS BOOKER, WHO DIED AT HER HOME IN FLORIDA THREE WEEKS AGO, WAS VIEWED AT THE NATIONAL ARENA IN KINGSTON YESTERDAY. THE FUNCTION WAS LED BY BOB MARLEY’S WIDOW, MRS RITA MARLEY, AND MINISTER OF CULTURE, OLIVIA GRANGE.
MRS BOOKER WILL BE BURIED TODAY IN HER CHILDHOOD HOME OF NINE MILES, SAINT ANN. |
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BANK OF ENGLAND HAS SET ASIDE FIFTY BILLION POUNDS STERLIN G TO SAVE SOME BANKS FROM COLLAPSE UNDER THE WIGHT OF SUB-PRIME FALLOUT IN AMERICA.THE PROBLEM HAS BBEEN AFFECTING BANKS ACROSS THE WORLD. THE ALLOCATION FROM THE BRITISH CENTRAL BANK WILL ALLOW AFFECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO PURCHASE TREASURY BILLS ANDGIVE UP THE VULNERABLE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES THEY HAD BOUGHT FROM CONNECTED INSTITUTIONS ATTACKS ON PIPE LINES IN NIGERIA, AND CAUTIOUS PRODUCTION REGIMES AT OPEC COMBINED TO RAISE THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL TO JUST UNDER 20-US-DOLLARS PER BARREL LAST WEEK. ANALYSTS HAVE WATCHED THE PRICE FALL AGAIN, BUT SUPPLIERS, DRILLERS, MIDDLE MEN AND END-USERS ARE WATCHING THE SITUATION CLOSELY---FOR THEIR OWN VESTED INTERESTS. |
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