New police graduates to assist with ICC World Cup security
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Ninety-nine police recruits were yesterday added to the Jamaica Constabulary Force following a passing-out parade in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The new members are to be assigned to the Mobile Reserve...
End AIDS testing!... Advocates say it is counterproductive
The Jamaica Employers' Federation's (JEF) stance on testing for HIV/AIDS in the workplace has come under fire from the government body mandated to tackle the disease. Yesterday, the Government's National AIDS Committee (NAC)...
Cops, Inland Revenue at odds over traffic tickets
The police and Inland Revenue Department are blaming each other for foul-ups in the traffic ticketing system, which have caused at least 10 motorists to be arrested since January, although they had paid traffic fines.
Illegal airstrip destroyed
An illegal airstrip, located near the swamps of Portland Cottage in Clarendon, was destroyed yesterday morning during a joint police-military operation. "There has been a slight increase in the number of aircraft coming here...
YOUNG ACHIEVERS: Quiet, hard-working and humble
When 17-year-old Leighton Samuels of Campion College got the news that he gained nine ones in the 2006 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, it was all screams. "My mother was there when I went for my results...
Determination paid off, despite no extra lessons
Marcella Riley of Wolmer's High School for Girls could not afford to attend extra classes but she managed to gain nine ones in the 2006 CSEC examinations. "I was overwhelmed when I got my results.
Confident, yet surprised, about distinctions
WESTERN BUREAU: In 2001, Ava Campbell received a Scotia Bank scholarship for her outstanding performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) that earned her a place at the Montego Bay High School. Now, the 17-year-old boasts an even bigger achievemen
No stranger to success
Omar Manning breathed a sigh of relief when he found out that he scored seven distinctions and one grade two in the 2006 CSEC examinations. "I was relieved because after I sat the exams, I thought that I would have scored lower," he said.
Child killers campaign brings 'pleasant surprise'
Coordinator of Crime Stop, Prudence Gentles, says she was surprised that the first case to see results from The STAR's Hunt For Child Killers Campaign was the December 2005 murder of seven-year-old Oksana Douglas. Douglas was killed in a drive-by...
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