Gun plot for Portmore - Mayor reveals plot to stash weapons in Sunshine City
Portmore Mayor George Lee says he has uncovered a plot by a powerful Spanish Town gang to facilitate the movement of a large stock of illegal guns into one of the underdeveloped communities in the Sunshine City. While not disclosing the exact location...
Trini preacher stoned in pulpit
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad Express): All hell broke loose at a Trinidadian church in the sugar cane village of Basta Hall, Couva, when a man, angered by the racket of worshipping parishioners, stoned a pastor in the pulpit.
Gunboy shoots schoolmate
A 15-year-old boy was arrested last night after shooting a female schoolmate at the Norman Manley High School in St. Andrew. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Michael Phipps, of the St. Andrew South Police Division...
Man sent to women's prison
Appearing as a woman, wearing hair extensions and acrylic nails, a 17-year-old male accused was able to deceive the police and was subsequently remanded at a women's prison - the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, in St. Catherine.
Cops eye potential election hot spots
Several communities categorised as hot spots by the police, are now under the microscope in preparation for what Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas had warned may be a violent general election year.
Churches have failed - Prophetess
WESTERN BUREAU: Prophetess and pastor of the Montego Bay-based Trumpet Call Ministries International, The Reverend Mary Wildish, says it will take more than an occasional prayer breakfast for God to turn the tide of crime in Jamaica.
UK-Jamaacan's book in abolition memorial
British Jamaican author Andrea Levy's novel Small Island has been chosen to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom. More than 50,000 copies of the novel were handed out free in the cities...
CCTV to aid crime fight
A Mobile police station, the installation of close circuit televisions (CCTVs) and combining the operations of the police and the army are the immediate steps to be taken by the Ministry of National Security to combat the high incidence of crime...
Returning writer takes Silver Pen
Dudley McFarlane, winner of November's Silver Pen award, first wrote to The Gleaner in 1986 when he was a student living in Jeffrey Town, St. Mary. Published November 10, Mr. McFarlane's winning letter entitled 'When will 'zero tolerance' ...
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