Plan to cut murder in Jamaica
BY THE end of this month the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will develop a plan to reduce murder, Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Mark Shields has disclosed. The objective is to be pursued through a specific Homicide Reduction Strategy being prepared...

Esso Board of Enquiry granted extension
THE THREE-MEMBER Board of Enquiry set up to examine the controversial Esso Standard Oils' pricing, has been granted a 30-day extension to submitting its recommendations to the Ministry of Labour.

Chinese pipes shipped to Jamaica
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday received 52 40-foot containers of PVC water and sewer pipes valued at $160 million (US$2.5 million) from the People's Republic of China. They are to be used for water supply and sewage services across the island.

Three double murders within nine hours
SIX MORE persons lost their lives to gun violence between Tuesday night and early yesterday, bringing to 13 the number of murders committed since the start of the year. Kemar Allen and Mario Morgan, both 22, of Anderson Road in Kingston...

'St Bess' police promoted
WESTERN BUREAU: SIXTEEN POLICEMEN attached to the St. Elizabeth Police Division, received their chevrons following a promotion exercise in the parish, yesterday. The group, which included five sergeants, three detective corporals and six corporals...

Fund to train teachers - 100 members of Anglican church to benefit
THE DIOCESE of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is to establish an education fund to assist with the training of 100 young members of the Anglican church, who are entering the teaching profession.

Reverend Renford Maddix passes on
IT WAS not the most glamorous of jobs but he did it earnestly and revolutionised its impact in Jamaica's most dreaded institutions, and for the island's most hardened criminals, but on Tuesday the head of the Department...