'St James is becoming rape capital'
WESTERN BUREAU: Murders are trending down in the St. James Police Division for the first time in three years, but rapes and robberies are on the increase, says Superintendent Steve McGregor, commanding officer for the parish.
'Get serious about early childhood' Samms-Vaughan says more needs to be done
OCHO RIOS, ST. Executive Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, is appealing to Jamaicans to place a greater level of importance on matters relating to early childhood development in the country.
Across the nation
WESTERN BUREAU: Disabled persons will soon be able to access the more than 2,000 job opportunities expected to be created by Spanish hotels in the coming months, according to the Spanish Jamaica Foundation (SJF).According to the foundation, under a...
Veteran journalist drowns
Freelance journalist Harry Clahar is dead. Clahar died on Thursday after drowning at the Yallahs Beach in St. Thomas. He was 50 years old.
Fugitive extradited
A fugitive, on the run from murder charges, was on Thursday extradited to the United States.Robert Smith was wanted on a 2003 homicide warrant in Broward County, Florida, and was believed to have been living in the Nannyville Gardens area of...
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