Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | September 15, 2009
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... Read More...
Doctor says handlers must listen to track star
Following his victory at Sunday's Bank World Athletics Final meet in Thessaloniki, Greece, an exhausted Usain Bolt told journalists: "I was running on fumes. That was the last race this year. ... It was the last energy I had." Life in the fast lane is not easy... Read More...
Wehby tells all - The highs and lows of working for Gov't
ASK DON Wehby about his time in the public sector and he will tell you that it was a mixed bag, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Wehby told The Gleaner that dealing with one crisis after another was the most stressful aspect of his job as minister without portfolio... Read More...
Rodney Chin claims ignorance - Says it was in jail that all was revealed
RODNEY CHIN, the main prosecution witness in the Cuban light-bulb corruption and money-laundering case against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright, has said it was while he was in jail that Spencer told him about the magnitude of the infamous energy-saving programme... Read More...
The Gleaner's guest editors report
Interesting, enjoyable and rewarding - More than a month ago, I was asked by Phyllis Thomas to be a guest editor of The Gleaner along with Milton Samuda and Donna Duncan-Scott. From the inception, we decided to focus on positive articles to motivate... Read More...
