Poor infrastructure hindering crime fighting - Golding
WESTERN BUREAU: OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding says Government must resume its upgrading of infrastructure programmes in the troubled community of Norwood, St. James, which was abandoned in 2003, if the security forces are to effectively...
The betrayal of a child
WITH HIS chin cradled in his right hand, the tears welled up in the eyes of Senior Superintendent George Quallo as he watched footage of a video tape, in which a group of schoolboys gang-raped a teenage girl, in the presence of a...
Costly cops
THE GOVERNMENT agreed to pay Nicola Webb $11.2 million for her injuries caused by the bullets fired by a policeman, which won't cause her to walk again, but which was expected to help make life a bit more bearable. "The compensatory award is a...
'Most Wanted' lists considered a thing of the past
BEFORE THE advent of Crime Stop and senior cops giving out personal phone numbers, the Most Wanted list was the police's best strategy to get the public involved in their fight against crime. Probably the most infamous of these rogues galleries was...
... Cops say public support forces delay of publication
SEVERAL MEN with the tag 'Most Wanted' beside their names have been killed by the police this year. Significantly, all were cut down without the publication of a Most Wanted list.
The strategy and anguish of the State of Emergency, 1976 - Pt 3
ON JUNE 22, 1976, Prime Minister Michael Manley addressed the House of Representatives on the State of Emergency declared three days earlier on June 19. This was the first opportunity the people of Jamaica would have had to hear specifics on...
Gearing up to deliver answers
Who was the better leader? Michael Manley, Edward Seaga or PJ Patterson? Did the focused investment in the manufacturing sector during the 70s reap positive results? Should Jamaica have gone communist? These are perennial questions debated on by...
The history of football
FOOTBALL IS truly the world's sport. It is played in every nation on Earth by more than 300 million people. It is the number one sport in the majority of countries and it also attracts the largest number of spectators. According to FIFA, in...
JUTC earnings increase
REVENUE EARNED by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) for the 2005/2006 fiscal year stood at $2.73 billion, $45 million or 9.9 per cent more than the $2.28 billion pulled in during the previous financial year.
Call for review of MPs', councillors' role
MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) for West Portland, Errol Ennis, wants the role of MPs to be re-evaluated in the context of the changing role of parish councillors.
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