After two days of fun, drama and skill, the Jamaican pair of Jeffrey Panton and co-driver Mike Fennell Jr were declared provisional winners of the FIA/NACAM/JMMC Rally Jamaica 2015 motorsport event, which concluded yesterday afternoon on the...
Weather permitting, a thrilling, action-packed showdown is in store for the many motorsport fans expected to cram the designated route, hoping to get a first-hand view of the FIA/NACAM/JMMC Rally Jamaica 2015, which climaxes this afternoon on the...
Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2015 | 3:28 PMGlenroy Sinclair
At least one person is murdered in Jamaica every seven hours, according to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) weekly crime statistics, which show that, up to Monday, the number of homicides for this year stood at 1,116. Despite the increase in...
A gesture of love, kindness and appreciation on Heroes Day at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, has left circuit racer David Summerbell stunned. He was surprised by members of the Dyer family from nearby Brown's Town, who...
Published:Wednesday | October 28, 2015 | 12:11 PMGlenroy Sinclair
"I am excited and can hardly wait to get into the ring tomorrow night to regain my world title."Jamaica's Alicia 'Slick' Ashley sounded quite eager to get back in the ring as she spoke with The Gleaner yesterday about her World Boxing Council (WBC)...
The nail-biting, dramatic showdown which unfolded at Dover Raceway, St Ann, on Monday was just the latest public salvo between the country's top circuit racing drivers, Doug Gore and David Summerbell. Their fierce rivalry had the hundreds of fans...
Published:Thursday | October 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGlenroy Sinclair
Camperdown High School will honour the heroes of their star-studded 1982 Manning Cup team tomorrow night.The team, led by former Reggae Boyz the late Peter 'Jair' Cargill, took three titles that year.All the surviving members of the team are...
Being a woman in a male-dominated sport can be hard at times. But for Natasha 'Chiney Dolly' Chang, nothing brings as much fun and excitement like beating the life out of her male counterparts on the track at Dover Raceway in St Ann."This race meet...
Peter Rae is one of the race drivers who has been doing laps at the Dover Raceway, St. Ann, for the longest time. When the 2015 circuit racing season climaxes on Heroes Day, Monday, October 19, 'Zoom Zoom' will celebrate 47 years of consistent...
Published:Friday | September 25, 2015 | 12:57 PMGlenroy Sinclair
Less than a month before the 2015 circuit season racing climaxes, 17-year-old Fraser McConnell looks set to become the youngest-ever competitor to win the Driver of the Year title. The final race meet is scheduledfor Heroes Day - Monday, October 19...
A tentative agreement has been reached for circuit racing to return to the 1.7-mile-long track at Dover Raceway in St Ann. The arrangement was made following a meeting last week between the top brass of the Jamaica Race Drivers' Club (JRDC) and the...
A 'No Trespassing' sign has been placed on the gate that leads to the entrances of Dover Raceway, St Ann. It is a clear indication that circuit racing at the island's renowned motor sport facility has been suspended until further notice.Automotives...
Millions of persons across the world are anxiously awaiting the clash between multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medallist Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin in the men's 100 metre event at the World Champion-ship in Beijing later this month....
After an almost perfect weekend of practising and fine-tuning preparations for today's Labour Day race meet at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, David 'King' Summerbell looks all set to dominate the Thundersport II events.Summerbell and his daughter,...
Increased police presence, effective supervision, and dispatching more intelligence officers to the streets of Jamaica are among the solutions several retired senior officers are proposing, if given the opportunity to offer some advice to Police...
Criminals are raking in an estimated $1.5 million per day from a major extortion racket in the commercial district of Spanish Town, St Catherine, and the business community is warning that there could be hundreds of job losses if the relevant...
Less than 10 minutes before the final whistle, goalkeeper and vice-captain Nyron Prawl produced a moment of brilliance when he dived to his right in a flash, parrying the shot taken by Goyan Clarke from the penalty spot.That spark propelled...
Gripped with anguish, Assistant Commissioner of Police George Quallo could not fight back the tears yesterday, shortly after viewing the body of 11-month-old Omar Lindo Jr during the child's funeral at the North Street Seventh-day Adventist Church...
True to the motto of his alma mater, 'The Brave May Fall But Never Yield', Noel 'Kawesi' Golding Jr never gives up. Each time he gets behind the wheel of his yellow 'banana' Honda Civic at the Dover Raceway, he vows to do battle down to the wire.The...
The impact of more than 30 children being brutally killed since the start of the year has been devastating and emotionally draining for Dr Marston Thomas. In response, he intends to change the life of at least one child this month, through various...
Just like how they turned out in droves to support Daryl King during his lifetime when he competed in some of the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club's (JMMC) top-flight rally events, motorsport enthusiasts came out in large numbers to say farewell to...
When spectators spotted a green Mazda RX-7 with May Pen Ice markings blazing around the Dover Raceway track, St Ann last Sunday, as soon as they got a chance, like detectives approaching a crime scene, they drew closer to investigate who...
While Jamaica's murder toll soars, Clarendon, St James and St Catherine continue to be the toughest parishes to police.This is according to the head of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell, who further...
A 22-year-old female student of the University of Technology (UTech) accused of stabbing her brother to death in a dispute over a cable box was granted bail when she appeared in court today. Sherisa Dixon, a final year student of Portmore,...
When they greeted each other at the Bacchanal Carnival Road March in Kingston last Sunday, race car driver Doug 'Hollywood' Gore quickly noted that the outstanding commonality between himself and multiple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is speed."...
