Child prostitute - Men over 50 charged with pimping 13-y-o
A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl who was lured into prostitution by two elderly men was rescued last Friday during a sting operation carried out by detectives attached to the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID).
Grisly double murder rattles calm Duanvale
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO EMPLOYEES of the Jamaica 4-H Club's New Forest Centre in Duanvale, Trelawny, were yesterday shot and burnt to death by unknown assailants in a brutal early-morning attack in the community.
'Zekes' to know time for crime
FORMER MATTHEWS Lane area leader 48-year-old Donald 'Zekes' Phipps who was convicted on April 12 of double murder is to be sentenced today. Phipps could get the death penalty because he was convicted of two counts of murder.
GLEANER-BILL JOHNSON POLL - Most believe pastors on boards won't clean up politics
MOST OF the respondents in a Gleaner-commissioned poll believe that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's directive to combine Church and State will not provide anything divine. A leading 46 per cent of those polled...
Prime Minister of Jamaica now 'Most Honourable'
TWO MONTHS after being inaugurated as Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller yesterday received the nation's second highest honour - the Order of the Nation (ON) - at a brief ceremony at King's House, St. Andrew. The Order of National Hero is the highest..
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mayors threatening to quit as disaster watchdogs
JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) mayors are threatening to give up their responsibilities as parish disaster committee chairmen if the Government fails to quickly complete the disbursement of disaster preparedness funds. The ultimatum was issued yesterday...
Contracts oversight body still in limbo
NEARLY FOUR weeks after the National Contracts Commis-sion (NCC) expired, the Govern-ment is yet to name the full complement of the new body, and there are concerns about the status of government contracts awaiting approval.
Clarke urges Government of Jamaica to lead social change
SOME OF the society's most serious ills could be addressed by targeted social policies, says Oliver Clarke, The Gleaner's chairman and managing director. Issues such as corruption, crime and absentee fathers could all be addressed...
Most docs unlicensed
MORE THAN 1,600 doctors across the island are practising illegally, despite several pleas from the Medical Council of Jamaica (MCJ) for them to meet the criteria and become regularised.
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