The 48th Annual Montego Bay Yacht Club Marlin Tournament was launched yesterday, and so far, twenty contestants are slated to take part in the canoe segment which starts tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. and ends with a weighing session at 4 p.m.
On Thursday (September 17), the main feature of the tournament will kick off, with at least 15 teams in large boats and mega yachts seeking to snag a prize marlin catch over a three-day period. The event will end on Sunday with a kiddies tournament between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
The Montego Bay Yacht Club’s annual marlin tournament is one of only two such fishing tournaments that are still held in Jamaica. The other is the Port Antonio fishing tournament which is slated to get underway next week.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday ordered an investigation into security breaches which led to the hijacking of a CanJet charter flight destined for Halifax, Canada by 21-year-old Stephen Fray. It was not immediately clear up to last night who would bear responsibility for the incident which has raised serious concerns about the quality of security at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
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Stephen Fray, the 21-year-old Jamaican man who held passengers on a chartered CanJet airline hostage yesterday, has been described by some as a well-mannered, extremely sociable man from a good family. He is the son of Earl and Dawn Fray, business entreprenuers, and was pursuing studies at the Montego Bay Community College in St. James, with the hope of attending university later this year. He previously attended Mount Alvernia Preparatory School and the prestigious Cornwall College, an all-boys high school located in Montego Bay.
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