Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | April 22, 2009
Top marks - Team members describe how cops, soldiers defused hijack
Western Bureau: As accolades continued to pour in for the security forces, the men who carried out the mission in which 21-year-old hijacker Stephen Fray was apprehended and his hostages rescued without injury said yesterday the merit of their training in a situation... Read More...
Jamaica-Canada bond proves strong as hostages return home
Stepping into the airport in Halifax, Canada, passengers from the hijacked CanJet plane were glad to be home after their ordeal. The passengers were flown home early yesterday after they were held hostage for an hour by a gunman at Sangster International... Read More...
Canadian PM's visit a success, say officials
Local and Canadian officials have described the two-day official visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a success despite unexpected circumstances which forced a cancellation of some engagements. Harper arrived in the island Sunday night... Read More...
Wrong number helps woman make right decision - Suicidal mom benefits from the kindness of strangers
Frustrated by her inability to feed her three sons and with little hope of a better tomorrow, Sheree Russet* resolved one dreary night last year to kill herself. She would have succeeded, too, had it not been for a miraculous turn of events that ended up transforming... Read More...
Two decades of airport-security issues
Airport security has made the local headlines on numerous occasions over the past two decades. Here are a few of the stories that have been brought to public attention... Read More...
Pyne hearing set for May 26
The Medical Council of Jamaica has set May 26 as the date for the first hearing of the case involving Dr Dennis Pyne, former consultant general thoracic surgeon at the National Chest Hospital Pyne has been at the centre of controversy ... Read More...
200 pump blood into Scotia collection drive
Just over 200 Jamaicans donated blood at ScotiaCentre building in downtown Kingston on Monday, the first day of the inaugural national drive being spearheaded by the Scotiabank Group. The group has made an appeal for Jamaicans to come out to donate blood... Read More...
Free Sandals vacations for Sunday's hijack victims
WESTERN BUREAU: In a move being hailed as philanthropic, Sandals chairman, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, is giving one-week all-inclusive vacations to the passengers who were held hostage by an armed hijacker on CanJet Boeing 737 on Sunday night... Read More...
Log on! Join the debate! Here's a sample!
ON HIJACKING - Shari says: Based on what I have read about this young man, Stephen Fray, he should have been getting psychiatric treatment. Read More...
