Penal system benefits from new programme
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LOCAL penal system is reaping the benefits of the Community Service Order (CSO) programme, a non-custodial option available to first-time non-violent offenders.
Trafficking in persons - Threat of sanctions
THE UNITED States Government could withhold non-humanitarian or non-trade-related assistance from Jamaica if the island's current tier two ranking for efforts against 'trafficking in persons' worsens next year.
'Dead men tell tales'
HUMAN RIGHTS activists have welcomed a Scotland Yard recommendation that all victims of police shootings be X-rayed...
UK non-residents not eligible for all health benefits
THE BRITISH Government has re-stated that persons who are no longer living in the United Kingdom (UK) are not eligible for all health benefits under its National Health Service (NHS) free of cost.
Justice system to blame for violence
MANDEVILLE: REVEREND OLIVER Daley, Minister of the Ridgemount United Church in Mandeville is contending that the country's justice system is a significant contributor to the society's inability to settle disputes amicably.
'Tanned Jammies' surf the waves
Contributor YOU PROBABLY haven't noticed them they look like you and me. They play human roles as CEOs of businesses, lawyers, university and secondary school students, artists, musicians.
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