'Visa blunder' - Mottley concedes CARICOM timing error; cites security risks
Oranjestad, Aruba: While admitting that regional governments fell down with the timing of the controversial Caribbean Community (CARICOM) visa, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, said yesterday that security risks related...
Prime Minister warns cops about leaks
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has warned the police not to disclose their operational plans to the public, stating that criminals are often tipped off about planned action of the police and go into hiding before they can be caught.
Bee expert turns a sour experience into sweet business
Bzzz, "Mine dem bite you. You blocking their view. Dem nuh easy," shouted Loren Allen, a 25-year-old beekeeper from Longwood, St. Elizabeth. Bzzz. It's the only sound I could hear as I took cover...
Give Commish more powers - Golding
WESTERN BUREAU: Police commissioners should be given greater powers to penalise policemen believed to be dishonouring the badge, according to Opposition Leader Bruce Golding. Mr. Golding said yesterday that, were his Jamaica Labour Party to form...
Inner-city communities awarded
Not because we have fallen short means we are worthless ... Good people are in the inner-city. Let them get a chance to step the step and walk the walk," - Delroy Frater, former prison inmate, CJSP participant from Kencot...
Three slain by gunmen, one by cops
Gunmen continued their rampage on the weekend killing three men in a frame of only two hours in separate incidents in the Corporate Area and Clarendon. A community in lower St. Andrew was the scene of a double murder on Saturday evening...
New strategies in St. Catherine crime fight
Spanish Town: The St. Catherine South Police say they will be implementing new strategies, including the employment of social groups such as churches and youth clubs, to deal with crime in the division.
A habitual cross-dresser
A 17-year-old boy, who deceived the police by appearing as a woman and was recently remanded at a women's prison in St. Catherine, is actually a habitual cross-dresser. The accused, who was admitted to the Fort Augusta...
2006 Year in Review: Crime and Justice - Police gain ground but murders still high
After a runaway murder toll in 2005 which saw a record 1,671 homicides, commentators in various quarters held out little hope of things getting better in 2006. But they did. Despite the perennial woes of immobility and a shortage...
Quake exhibition opens
'Quake', the exhibition commemorating the cen-tenary of the Great Kingston Earthquake and Fire of 1907, was launched yesterday at the Institute of Jamaica Gallery. The exhibition, which is a collaboration between the Museums of History...
|
