THE GLEANER MINUTE: Sprinter tests positive | Doctors sickout | Soldier crashes | Murder spike
Jul 1st, 2021 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:44#JamaicaGleaner #TokyoOlympics #ShaCarriRichardson #JDF JULY 1, 2021: A Jamaica Defence Force soldier escaped serious injuries after the service vehicle he was driving plunged into the sea off the Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in St James… The health sector remains under tremendous pressure as junior doctors have been calling in sick… The sentencing of 62-year-old murder convict Winston Jarrett was delayed in the Trelawny Circuit Court because of the malfunctioning of Chief Justice Bryan Sykes’ computer… Latest police statistics indicates that Jamaica recorded 707 murders from January 1 to June 30... IN SPORTS: American Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson’s US Olympic Trials performance was disqualified because she tested positive for a banned substance.
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