HEAVEN
MAY PEN, CLARENDON:
Deputy superintendent in charge of operations in the Clarendon Police division, Patrick Murdock, has said, with the assistance of citizens, police are having some success in dismantling criminal gangs.
Speaking at the first quarterly meeting of the Clarendon Parish Development Committee (CPDC) held recently at the Vere Technical High School, he said that many gang members have been taken into custody as a result of citizens passing on crucial information to the police.
The deputy superintendent also said he had visited various areas of the parish and left his telephone numbers with residents and that the move had led to the capture of wanted men.
Vice-chairman of the CPDC, Dr Edward Wright said the group would continue to work with the police, the Social Development Commission and parents and teachers associations to curb crime in the parish.
- JIS
Gov't should own bigger petroleum stake - Heaven
MANDEVILLE, MANCHESTER:
The Jamaican Government needs to take control of the petroleum industry according to former president of the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA) Trevor Heaven.
Heaven said, during the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Mandeville at the Golf View Hotel, he has always put forth the idea that the Government needs to do more to curb the way the marketing companies extract more than a reasonable profit from the Jamaican public.
The internationally owned marketing companies, Texaco, Esso and Shell are mere middle men he said, who are raking in huge profits at the expense of the Jamaican productive sector and the travelling public.
The former JGRA president recommends the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and the government-owned Petcom seek to expand their positions in the marketplace through acquisition.
Heaven also said Petrojam should be the sole importer of finished petroleum products, which could be made available to everyone.
- Angelo Laurence
Disaster preparedness competition to kick off
MANDEVILLE, MANCHESTER:
The Manchester Parish Council (MPC) will be staging a Disaster Preparedness Competition for schools, as part of efforts to sensitise young people about disasters.
Disaster preparedness coordinator at the council, Claudia Coley, said the competition, which will take place during the month of June, would be held in three age categories - seven to 10, 11-14 and 15 years and over. Students, she said would compete in poster, literary and drama contests.
