Diaspora Focus - Reformed gangsters urged to mentor youth
For years Aaron Karl, who hails from the volatile area of Moss Side in Manchester, England, was involved in organised crime. He was expelled from school at the age of 13 and subsequently became a menace to society...
Zero intolerance
On the morning of Wednesday, June 11, our news team visited downtown Kingston and spent at least two hours observing various breaches. Ganja, fetching a price of $100 per one-pound bag, was being sold openly as any other in the market district. As if trading the weed was not enough....
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members encouraged to regain respect
Men and women of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were encouraged yesterday by the Reverend Karl Johnson to try and earn the respect of the society as they try to curb crime and violence.Speaking at the seventh annual Lasco-sponsored Forum...
Gov't looking into issue of fixedelection date
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the Government has sought legal advice on the implementation of a fixed date for the holding of general elections and expects a response from the attorney general within another three weeks...
Jamaican on US most-wanted list held
A Jamaican man on America's 15-most-wanted list was arrested in Hill Run at Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday.David Jason Clarke, also known as 'David McDermott', 'Andrew Gayle', 'Biggs' and 'Bigboy', was held by members of the Fugitive Apprehension...
Gun trade linked to Jamaica-Haiti communities
THE ESTABLISHMENT of Jamaican neighbourhoods in southern Haiti, as well as reciprocal Haitian communities in several sections of Jamaica, is fostering the guns-for-drugs trade, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said in Parliament Tuesday...
The president and the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP): In a campaign dominated by the United States economy and the Iraq war, the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling last Thursday on detainees at the Guantanamo Bay US. Navy jail marks a forceful reminder that John McCain promises one course ...
Sexes equally unequal
Thomas PhinemannContributorIf I am opening a can of worms, let the worms crawl where they may. Women need to accept that men and women, though equal in value and importance to any society, are not always equal in the task productivity. Some of the ways in which men differ...
Patois Bible? A weh yuh a seh!
Opportunity for heritage tourism - THE EDITOR, Sir:I am utterly amazed at the short-sightedness of one of your valued readers concerning the project to translate the Bible into Patois.
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