Historic, holy alliance -Farrakhan meets Jews to end controversy
As if in prophetic significance, the sand-covered floor of the Jewish synagogue in Kingston was yesterday the site for what has been described as a "new beginning" and the "opportunity to forge a holy alliance" between...
Orders to kill - Crime being run from prisons
Orders to kill, ex-tort and rob are sometimes orchestrated from behind the walls of the island's penal institutions, by very powerful and influential inmates, who use their cellular phones to "run things" from their cells. The police have linked at...
Fires cause devastation - Two children killed, Devon House shops damaged
A deadly fire yesterday claimed the lives of two children at their home in August Town. In another incident, flames severely damaged four shops in the commercial section of popular recreational ground, Devon House, in St. Andrew. The children...
'Street children hooked on ganja'
Many of the 69 young persons, including school age boys and young men up to age 25 years, who are registered under the newly-established Possibility Programme, are hooked on ganja. The programme which was initiated by the Office of the Prime Minister...
Ja, a breeding ground for gangs
Jamaica has provided fertile ground for gangs over the years and some police officials believe that the history of criminal gangs go back to pirate Henry Morgan and his Buccaneers. Sociologists, political scientists, political activists...
Plight of mentally ill in prisons
The Government is yet to outline a plan to compensate the mentally ill persons still in prison, for what human rights activists consider to be false imprisonment. Neither has there been Government involvement with finding shelter...
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