Waterhouse manage to stay in front despite dropping points

Waterhouse FC……………..1

Gray (87th)

Humble Lion…………………1

Ajuran Brown (45+1)

Leaders Waterhouse continue to slip and by extension yield ground to chasing rivals in the Red Stripe Premier League.

They once again had to dig deep to find a late come-from-behind 1-1 draw to salvage a point against 10th placed Humble Lion at Drewsland on Sunday. Waterhouse also had to dig deep in their last home game to score a come-from-behind 2-1 win against lowly-placed Barbican, who are also on 13 points with Humble Lion. Waterhouse then suffered a narrow 0-1 loss away to champions and second-place Montego Bay on Thursday.

The point moved Waterhouse to 28 and keep them in the lead as Montego Bay themselves drew 1-1 with bottom-of-the-table Boys’ Town earlier in the day to move to 26 points.

Arnett Gardens defetaed Tivoli Gardens 4-3 to move to 26 points, but remain in third position in the standings.

Waterhouse, after being outplayed for the duration of the match by Humble Lion, national defenderHughan Gray levelled the score with three minutes to go with a screamer from inside the box to complement an equally brilliant pass from striker Jermaine Anderson, who had earlier missed a sitter from close up.

Ajuran Brown had put Humble Lion in front on the stroke of half time with the assistance of Waterhouse goalkeeper Kelso Cousins, who inadvertently had taken the ball over the goal line in goalmouth tangle.

“This is third goal of the season, but it is the most valuable as we got a point that gave us a little breathing space; not much but a two-point lead will do for the time being,” a palpably relieved Gray said afterwards.

“We came out flat in the first half and we were asked by our coaches to step it up. We did and got a goal. It was a team goal, although it was scored by me; we all had a hand in its creation,” Gray added.

Teams:

Waterhouse FC — Kelso Cousins, Oshane Roberts (Juvaune Benjamin 76th), Rohan Amos, Nicholi Finlayson, Evan Taylor, Hughan Gray, Damarley Samuels, Tremaine Stewart, Damion Binns (Jamoly Powell 80th (Marlon Laing 89th), Romario Campbell, Jermaine Anderson

Subs not used: Akeem Chambers, Adoah Nickle, Vinroy Hayles, Andre Leslie

Booked: Amos (52nd), Gray (88th)

Humble Lion — Ajuran Brown, Narado Brown (Mark Miller 90th), Ricardo Campbell, Jermaine Christian, Ronaldo Christian, Sean Coleman (Hugh Howell 70th), Damion Crooks, Ricardo Cousins, Devon Hodges (Omando McLeod 83rd), Andrew Vanzie, Fabian Pascoe

Subs not used: Denzil Watson, Garth Heron, Jermaine Fletcher, Dwayne Campbell

Booked: Pascoe (56th), Narado Brown (60th), Ajuran Brown (81st)

Referee: Dwight Royal

Assistant Referees: Garnet Page, Terrence McKenzie

Fourth Official: Derron Davey

Match Commissary: Martin Lyn

– Hurbun Williams

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Waterhouse manage to stay in front despite dropping points

Local book industry points to drop in sales

Financial losses are set to escalate for the local book industry as dealers have seen a drop in sales due to the Ministry of  Education’s new textbook policy.

The Ministry yesterday reported that book lists distributed by schools for the next academic year have been significantly reduced when compared to previous years. It said this resulted from the recent decision to restrict supplementary textbooks to those it approved in order to ease the burden on parents.

The Book Industry Association of  Jamaica, BIAJ, last night confirmed that sales have nose-dived. President, Norman Marshall, told our news centre that the Association’s members are bracing for a major fallout.

The BIAJ says its members, made up of 31 associates are bracing for millions of  dollars in losses from the decline in sales.

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Local book industry points to drop in sales

After four years ... 13-y-o points out rapist to cops

Andr? Williams, STAR Writer

The gossip in a rural St Andrew community is how a resident living among them was pointed out by a teen ward of the state, who alleges that he raped her four years ago in another community and ran away.

THE WEEKEND STAR understands that police from the St Andrew North Division detained the accused man, whose name is being withheld, after the 13-year-old ward spotted him in the town nearby, where she is now placed at a girls home.

Our news team gathered that the ward was out on an errand in the company of an employee to the agency, and after seeing the suspect said, “Si di man deh weh rape me …”

Reports are that she was nine years old at the time of the alleged rape.

THE WEEKEND STAR was told that the employee then accompanied the ward to the nearby police station where a report was made.

A police team, with the ward on hand, went in search of the man where he was spotted.

Sources who were nearby the scene told our news team that the man attempted to run but was cautioned by the police.

When the suspect was accosted, the ward pointed him out on the spot and restated her claim.

The police subsequently took him into custody and when they made contact with the Spanish Town police, the area in which the alleged rape took place, the police in that division confirmed the accused had been evading them for some time.

A resident told our news team, “Mi say di whole community shock … di man come live and work amongst we and we never know dem ting ya … di girl (alleged victim) all know di man alias cause she call out him name and say yes … him lucky a police come fi him … nine year old, we nuh look pan dem age deh … him too wicked … a big talk bout di place …”

A source close to the investigation told THE WEEKEND STAR that the accused man was transferred to a lock-up in the St Catherine North Division on Wednesday.

THE WEEKEND STAR was also told by the senior officer that the Centre For Investigation Of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) has been alerted regarding the developments.

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After four years ... 13-y-o points out rapist to cops

JSE Index advances by 78 points

In Friday’s stock trading session, the JSE Market Index advanced by 78 points to close at 69,741 points. The Junior Market Index advanced by 1.25 points to close at 719 points.
There was trading in 17 stocks of which six advanced, five declined and six traded firm.
The Gleaner Company was the volume leader followed by Supreme Ventures Limited and LIME.

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JSE Index advances by 78 points