Teens held with ammo - Nabbed going to school, bullets stitched into tie
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE STUDENTS are now in the custody of the St. James police after they were found in possession of ammunition on their way to school along St. James Street in Montego Bay, yesterday.
Ganja to blame for crime
GANJA, ALCOHOL and hopelessness are contributing to the country's soaring murder rate, which has now reached 1,478. So says mental health experts at the University of the West Indies.
Building roads, The People's National Party's greatest strength
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) government's greatest strength is building roads, while its least is fighting crime and violence. That is according to the latest Gleaner-commissioned Don Anderson poll, conducted between October 18-November 8.
'Dismiss drugs from workplace'
MICHAEL TUCKER, executive director of the National Council on Drug Abuse is urging employers to move swiftly to deal with the problem of drug abuse in the workplace.
No basis for consultation on Whitehouse probe - Whiteman
INFORMATION MINISTER, Burchell Whiteman yesterday said there was no basis for consultation with the Opposition to appoint a new chairman of the forensic audit team probing the cost overruns in the Sandals Whitehouse project.
Rough cut for sugar - EU decision still higher than ACP had hoped
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday took its long-awaited decision over its price cut for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-produced sugar. ACP producers, Jamaica included, will suffer gradual cuts leading to an overall reduction of 36 per cent over four
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 19 - Prosecution barred from submitting statements
THE PROSECUTION failed in its bid yesterday to tender into evidence statements which Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams and the five other policemen charged with murder had given in 2003 about the controversial shooting at Kraal, Clarendon.
Lobby to discontinue HIV/AIDS screening
DR. PETER Figueroa, chief of epidemiology and HIV/AIDS in the Ministry of Health, says intense lobbying is under way for legislative changes to discontinue HIV/AIDS screening for persons seeking employment and other matters.
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retains St Ann Parish Council seat
ALEXANDRIA, St. Ann: BUSINESSMAN GILBERT 'Winston' McLeod of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) swept to victory by a clear margin yesterday in the by-election for the parish council seat in the Alexandria division of the South West St. Ann constituency.
Cop fights retirement in court
WELL-KNOWN INSPECTOR of Police, Donovan O'Connor, also called 'Hux', is fighting a legal battle in the Supreme Court to bar the authorities from retiring him from the force in the public's interest.
|
