A FORMER national security minister is urging the police to use last week's betrayal by one in their ranks to renew their resolve to help weed out corruption in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). But even as Dr Peter Phillips commended the national security ministry...
Food For The Poor Inc (FFP), an international charity which also has bases in Jamaica, has purchased, packaged and shipped more than 3,100 tons of emergency relief to earthquake victims in Haiti, the organisation has revealed...
AN EXPLOSIVE temper, a history of violence and a controlling personality are three of the clearest warning signals for domestic disputes.Several clinical psychologists interviewed by The Gleaner warned that people should...
IN THE wake of the mushrooming of thousands of organisations throughout the region soliciting money for emergency aid in Haiti, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called for an audit of all funds collected in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states...
A PROMINENT deputy superintendent (DSP) of police was interrogated yesterday for more than eight hours by senior detectives probing last Thursday's massive gun and ammunition find in the Munster Road community of eastern St Andrew.A senior a government...
ALMOST eight months after the United States government convicted the illegal arms dealer, Lance Brooks, hired by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to broker a multi-million ammunition deal...
Cracks in the existing security system at the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Armoury were exposed on Thursday, following a major gun-ammo seizure.A concrete structure, the armoury, which was built more than two decades ago, is regarded as one of the...
THE ARREST last week of a police sergeant in connection with a massive gun and ammunition find has resurrected debate about the involvement of members of the force in the thriving illegal arms trade.For years, stories have circulated on the streets...
LAST YEAR, more than 45 firearm licences were revoked, and that number may increase this year as the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) has intensified its probe into hundreds of permits.According to reports...
THE EXECUTIVE committee of the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) was returned en bloc to manage the affairs of the association for another administrative year.
IT CAN happen anywhere, at any-time. Bloodshed along the borderline - the boundary that separates two gangs, or groups with different political ideals. It is an invisible line that the opponents know they should not cross. A breach of this unwritten code spells death.
STARTING TOMORROW, Corporate Area customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) served by the Mona and Hope water-treatment plants will have their daily water supply further rationed.In a press release issued yesterday, the NWC stated that the...
With Jamaica experiencing severe drought conditions not seen in the island in several years, a company is offering to sell the Government water-treatment systems to ease the...
FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw says the country's return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will mean "hard work and sacrifice" by Jamaicans.The multi-lateral lending agency on Thursday approved a...
FANS OF reggae singer Ky-Mani Marley may get more than they bargained for when they read his autobiography, which is scheduled to be released today in the United States by...
For years, Rose Town in west Kingston suffered, with patchy houses, dirty streets, gang warfare, poverty and illiteracy that blighted the talent and potential of many...
Thousands of kilograms of farm produce amounting to millions of dollars could go to waste unless several roads in the Rio Grande Valley of Portland are restored to provide access to farmers.A series of landslides in the...
When Tursha Lambert Lee bid his relatives goodbye yesterday morning then headed off for the bus stop on Washington Boulevard, St Andrew, neither he nor his family members knew it was the last time they would be...
The police High Command is still searching for answers to several questions as it continues to probe the massive gun and ammunition find on Munster Road in eastern St...
Police personnel on the scene of yesterday's massive gun and ammunition find in east Kingston were unanimous in their condemnation of the sergeant arrested in connection with the seizure."A people like him mek me get bad name," one cop was overheard...
In today's world, where many of our businessmen, economists and strategists are frantically seeking solutions and changes in order to maintain economic viability, there are few signs of hope.With the major shaking that...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was rocked to its core yesterday as a large quantity of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition found in the hands of criminals were traced back to the police armoury. Acting Police Commissioner Owen Ellington, who was on the scene early...
