THE GLEANER MINUTE: Ransom paid … Rescued man dies ... JTA online voting suspended … Windies lose
Jun 22nd, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:56JUNE 21, 2021: Markland ‘CJ’ Hayles, the 20-year-old man who Sunday was rescued by the police from an angry mob has died … A 38-year-old taxi operator who endured two days of threats and was reportedly taunted by mobsters at shallow graves with worm-infested human remains has been freed after his family paid a $400,000 ransom … Professor Archibald McDonald who signed a contract almost six years ago for a digitisation project for UHWI says the deal should be renegotiated … Monday’s online voting for the president-elect of the Jamaica Teachers' Association was suspended to fix issues with the casting of ballots … IN SPORTS: The Windies Monday lost the second test against South Africa by 158 runs
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