Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | December 28, 2009
Tighter security - Airline passengers face more scrutiny after attempted terrorist attack in US
WESTERN BUREAU: As of Boxing Day, random checks at the boarding gates of airlines ceased to exist, as all travellers en route to the United States became subject to 100 per cent body searches at the island's two international airports.... Read More...
Passengers yet to receive checked luggage
WESTERN BUREAU: Days after their bags were detained as part of the investigations into the American Airlines Flight 331 accident at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, passengers are still without their checked luggage.... Read More...
Black box from plane being analysed in US
The voice and data recordings from the black box of American Airlines Flight 331, which overshot the runway at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston last Tuesday, are now being analysed in the United States... Read More...
Top US attorney to lead Buju defence
Jailed reggae star Buju Banton's managers have reportedly retained Miami lawyer David Oscar Markus, a rising star in the American justice system, to represent him.Tracii McGregor, president of Banton's Gargamel Music Incorporated, is quoted... Read More...
Evangelist 'mothers' Gregory Park children
Evangelist Yvette McKenzie-Blake is known in Gregory Park, Portmore, as a 'mother' to many unfortunate and neglected children in her community. McKenzie-Blake, a mother of seven children (two adopted), who has been married for 10 years, has gone the extra mile ... Read More...
JCF provides updates on shootings by lawmen
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says investigations are continuing apace in the controversial shooting by lawmen of Robert 'Kentucky Kid' Hill on December 8.In a move rarely seen, the JCF yesterday released updates into five recent shootings... Read More...
Dam Head road deaths due to indiscipline, say police
The St Catherine North Traffic Department has identified indiscipline as the major contributing factor in the deaths of two men along Dam Head main road about 6:30 a.m. yesterday. Those killed are Ryan Salmon, 22, and 25-year-old Damon Levy, both of Windsor Heights... Read More...
Sting almost incident-free - cops
The police in St Catherine South said the Sting reggae show, held at Jamworld in Portmore on Saturday night into Sunday morning, went off without any major breaches."The show went well with no breaches of the Town and Community Act," said Deputy... Read More...
