Thomas inspires hope
JUST ONE month into the job, recently-appointed Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, has captured the hopes of a slim majority of Jamaicans in the face of the unbridled crime and violence sweeping the nation.
Kingfish success mild - Poll
JAMAICANS ARE yet to be convinced that the recently-introduced crime-fighting initiative, Operation Kingfish, is a great success. According to a Gleaner-commissioned Don Anderson poll, only 18 per cent of persons interviewed believed...
Ignorance, fear mum residents
MANY JAMAICANS are ignorant of the existence of the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA), which facilitates the prosecution of parents who deliberately neglect their children.
HOME ALONE - Don't do it!
"DO NOT do it. Please." That was the impassioned appeal from the Child Development Agency (CDA) and other children's organisations to parents who are performing the illegal and perilous practice of leaving their children at home alone.
Widespread neglect of children
A STAGGERING number of our nation's children are being left at home alone, reports from the Child Development Agency (CDA) indicate. Despite the clear and present dangers associated with this practice, some of which can be fatal...
Seaga's remedy - 'Jamaica first'
FOR THE past 50 years, and somewhat more, Jamaicans have been made to believe that when a system does not work, don't fix it, get a new model. No probing questions should be asked as to the cause of non-performance or inadequate performance.
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