Hannah Town hopes for a better day
ON CHRISTMAS Eve 1998, Calvin Simmonds was standing at the corner of Orange and Charles streets when he says he was attacked by three gunmen, one of whom shot him twice in the head. For the next six months Simmonds remained...
Strip-searched woman to get $300K from Government of Jamaica
SUPREME COURT Judge, Paulette Williams has ordered the Government to pay $300,000 with interest to a woman who was strip-searched at the Central Police Station seven years ago.
Workers awarded for long service to council
THREE WORKERS who have given more than 30 years service to the National Council for Senior Citizens were on Thursday awarded for their sterling contribution to the council. The awardees were 92-year-old Sybil Francis, who served the council as a former...
Gang violence hits schools
WESTERN BUREAU: THE RECENT spate of gang-related violence now gripping sections of Trelawny has made its way into several schools throughout the parish. Detective Inspector Clive Brown, acting crime chief for the parish, yesterday confirmed...
Bog Walk juvenile crimes up
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THERE HAS been a noticeable rise in criminal activities by juveniles in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, according to the police in that area. A senior investigator told The Gleaner that one juvenile who was facing the court...
Institutions managed like businesses do better
MANAGING SCHOOLS like businesses is a radical phenomenon that has shown inspiring potential in helping Jamaican schools boost their performance and achieve singularity of vision. The concept utilises the implementation of the Balanced Scorecard...
Woman seeks justice
A COMPLAINANT in a criminal case in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court, after attending court for 29 times between August 11, 2003 and June 8 this year, says she has fallen victim to the justice system.
Coping with 'men-opause'
ANDROPAUSE IS the male counterpart to the female menopause. While it is not as rapid, as obvious or as extreme an event, men do suffer from declining hormone levels as they age. In menopause, women's sex hormones rapidly decline over several years...
Common sense on crime
ENDURING ECONOMIC development will come to Jamaica only when crime has been brought to a point where the average Jamaican feels free to walk on city or country streets without being maimed, murdered, abducted, or even just harassed...
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