I'm back! Bolt welcomed home in low-key but heartfelt affair
Fascinating sprint sensation, Usain St Leo Bolt, soaked up the accolades showered on him yesterday by adoring Jamaicans on his return home after a hectic track season. Calm, composed and clad in black, Bolt, flanked by two former sports ministers and a host of track and field administrators...
- Doctor says handlers must listen to track star
- Wehby tells all - The highs and lows of working for Gov't
- Rodney Chin claims ignorance - Says it was in jail that all was revealed
- The Gleaner's guest editors report
Can mom get her benefits?
My mom has been a United States (US) permanent resident since 1987. She moved back to Jamaica about seven years ago to be close to her mother. She will be 62 next year - the age which you can file for early social security benefits.
- DEARCOUNSELOR - Abused by my doctor
- Managing stress
- Canadians take the stand in Fray case
- Swept aside - Street workers feel neglected
Don Wehby - Dreaming of a better Jamaica, working for a brighter future
A 1962 Ford Cortina being asked to drive at 120 miles per hour in 60 seconds. Near impossible, isn't it? Well, that's Don Wehby's analogy of the first observation he made when he entered the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service two years ago.
- Turkmenistan, Russia's Itera sign energy deal
- Eli Lilly will reorganise and cut jobs to pare costs
- Oil drops below $69 as dollar gains, stocks slide
- Shipping industry celebrates Maritime Awareness Week
Next project: Diamond League - Mills promises Bolt will be 'sharp' for lucrative race series in 2010
World 100 and 200 metres record holder, Usain Bolt, will be one of the main attractions at next year's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League. The Diamond League will replace the current Golden League which is held in Europe and is intended...
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- Del Potro upsets Federer
- KC, XLCR, St Jago make impressive start
- Herbert Morrison, Green Pond in 2-2 draw
- Inter first up for Barca
- Portmore, Barbican in women's final
- McIntosh targets high-scoring goal
- Hayles elated with Harbour View comeback
- Humble Lions content with point taken off Georges
- Cooper's heroics save Village
- Coaches fairly satisfied despite 'scrappy' affair
- SPORTS BRIEFS
- KSA upset Police in thriller
EDITORIAL - YEP still gets the thumbs-up
We are happy that the administration has reaffirmed its commitment to the Youth Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) and that Prime Minister Golding has clearly placed the authority of his office behind the project he announced earlier this year...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Importance of knowing sickle-cell status
The Editor, Sir: Dr Pauline Williams-Green is to be congratulated on drawing attention to the importance of knowing your 'sickle status' (Gleaner, September 9). In fact, one could broaden this recommendation to knowing one's haemoglobin genotype...
- Bolt and creation theology
- Ride on, sister, ride on
- Deal effectively with window wipers
- Why citizens will not help police
- Our record at JTI speaks for itself
- Carolyn Cooper is afflicted with 'red yeye'
- Leave the teachers alone
Excelsior High honours Owen 'Blakka' Ellis
Thirty-two years ago, when he was graduating from Excelsior High School, the legend under Owen 'Blakka' Ellis' name was: "Active president of the drama club, his aim at being a comedian may be achieved with less corny jokes...
Big truck scandal
Now the old man is not pleased, and that's putting it mildly. Soup Bone, the local mason/carpenter/television repairman recently lost a perfectly functional, if not aesthetically sound bicycle to the giant wheels of a truck in his St Elizabeth hometown of Black River...
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