Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Thursday | July 28, 2005
Good security move
WE WELCOME the good news that the Jamaican police force is to be equipped with a state-of-the-art fingerprint and ballistic identification system, a long overdue technology absolutely indispensable for fighting crime in the 21st century.
Surely there is a big difference between being a well-kept prisoner on Robben Island and being able to walk the streets of post-Apartheid Johannesburg even if one does not have a rand in the pocket. - Martin Henry
JULY IS not yet out, and already we have seen two waves - one apparently bungled - of bombing attacks in London, a massive coordinated assault in Egypt, incidents in Turkey and Israel, and almost daily blasts in Iraq. -John Rapley
If ever the law has lived up to its reputation as an ass - literally - it is in a buggery case that I read about on page three of last Friday's STAR, which ended in a conviction. - Melville Cooke
