New police strategy slashes St James robberies in half
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. James police are reporting that their anti-robbery strategy, launched last October, has so far cut thefts by almost 50 per cent over the corresponding period last year. "We have 52 robberies reported as at May 21...

Family lauds Lawe Insurance
Gleaner Reporter SHOT DEAD by gunmen on May 6, Police Constable Deuel Oxford's family worried about funeral expences while they mourned. "I had a horrible experience dealing with funeral expenses when my aunt died," said Reuben Oxford...

'Police force needs to be more professional'
WESTERN BUREAU: CITING THE implementation of a memorandum of understanding as being integral to the reconstruction of community life in the nation's inner-city areas, Jamaican-born criminologist, Professor Basil Wilson, is contending...

A patient's nightmare - Hospital discharges woman with gaping wound
MAY PEN, Clarendon: SEVENTY-TWO-year-old Naomi Ramdani of Content District, Osbourne Store, Clarendon, has not had time to mourn 10-month-old Patrick Whorrie who was killed in a car accident about a month ago.

Trout Hall residents demand road repairs
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: USERS OF the Frankfield to Trout Hall main road in Clarendon are calling on the National Works Agency to immediately carry out repair work on a section of that thoroughfare to ensure motoring safety.

On the prowl for child murderers
SIX-YEAR-OLDS ADVANCE to grade one. They are like school bags that are colourful imitations of the most famous cartoon characters. They take all their books, pencils, crayons, and if you allow them, the whole house to school.

What's wrong with our food?
"LET YOUR food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food" is a quote that I often use. It came from the Father of Medicine, Greek physician Hippocrates. A revolution in the way we now eat has taken away that very medicine that once promoted...

Of booze and booty
MY DAUGHTER Jasmine is nine and has developed into a reader of almost everything in sight, including restaurant menus. My eight-year-old son, Zubin, is less selective, generally settling for the ubiquitous rice, beans and chicken...