Case-load stifles court system
THE MURDER toll in Jamaica last year reached 1,045 which is less than the previous year's 1,139 which was a big jump from the 887 in year 2000. In this category of crime, Jamaica is way ahead of our CARICOM partners. Last year Guyana recorded 60..
Facing our economic realities
IN 2002 civil society in Jamaica proved that it could begin to face the realities of addressing crime in Jamaica. Now we face a much more difficult challenge in 2003...
Drugs and the J'can economy dawn ritch
IT SEEMS every night there is a major drug find on the television news, yet no one is ever apprehended, much less arrested. It always remains a mystery. Only the other day a van full of bales of compressed ganja for export was conveniently left for the..
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