Airports swamped by drug couriers
Local narcotics police are expressing concern about what they have described as a breakdown in the security system at the country's two international airports, especially the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Haitian haul - Trafficking flourishes
Haiti, because of its porous borders, has become the preferred route from which to ship ganja to the United States. A source, knowledgeable about the illicit business, discloses that when the ganja is to be sent to Haiti, contact is made with local fishermen to transport the weed.
Positive parenting - Child abuse out of hand
DURING THE month of May, which was celebrated nationally as Child Month, some 200 children below age 10 were treated at the Bustamante Children's Hospital in Kingston for accident-related injuries and physical abuse. In addition, 12 children were murdered, casualties of gang violence.
Sailing to Britain - Sixty years after the 'Windrush'
ON THE 27th of May, 60 years ago, the Empire Windrush sailed from Jamaica for Trinidad at the start of a voyage that was to lead to one of the greatest social transformations of British history.
Diaspora a mighty force in national development
JAMAICANS IN the diaspora has been hailed by Earl Jarrett, chairman of the diaspora summit preparatory committee as "a mighty force" in the country's development, leading to the fostering of everlasting relationships. The country comparatively boasts one of the world's largest diaspora community, with some 2.6 million people living overseas.
International briefs
Pakistani officials commemorated Benazir Bhutto's birthday Saturday with plans to rename an airport after the former prime minister, build a monument on the site of her assassination and grant clemency to thousands of death row inmates.
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