Murder rate moves toward record high
THE COUNTRY'S murder rate inched closer to the record 1,139 of 2001, following Friday night's murder of seven men in Spanish Town and Portmore in St. Catherine, Glendevon and Norwood in St. James and St Andrew. More than 1,030 persons have been...
Seven murders in one night
THE COUNTRY'S murder figures jumped further beyond the 1,000 mark with the killing of seven men in Spanish Town and Portmore in St. Catherine, Glendevon and Norwood in Montego Bay, St. James and in St. Andrew on Friday night. Five others, including a...
Security Ministry to monitor new refugees
PORTLAND: THE 20 HAITIAN refugees who landed off the coast of Boston Bay, Portland, on Thursday are being housed at the Winnifred Rest Home, a designated shelter for refugees in the parish.
Each case must be on individual merit
JAMAICA IS a signatory to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol. There is no domestic legislation that incorporates the procedures, definitions and criteria set out in these international documents.
Loopholes in the law?
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST and some Parish Councils last week criticised Government officials, claiming that lives are being risked and Parish Councils are being undermined by the existence of laws which allow some agencies and officials to...
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