Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor shot in chest - McKenzie warns against reprisals
With less than two weeks to go before the local government elections, political tensions have flared in central Kingston after a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor was shot yesterday. Though the JLP is claiming that the shooting was politically motivated...
Cops seize US army gun in Harbour View
Flying Squad detectives and their United States counterparts are now actively trying to determine how a gun registered to the U.S.army entered Jamaica. The weapon - a .45 Colt pistol - was seized at premises in Harbour View, east Kingston, yesterday morning.
Kintyre on edge - Landslides destroy assets - Other homes under threat
It's mid-afternoon in Kintyre, St. Andrew, on Thurs-day and dark clouds hang ominously overhead. Each raindrop creates a mountain of worry for the residents of the hillside district of Camp View and surrounding communities. They have been literally living on the edge...
Jury urged to find Beckles guilty
Prosecutor Caroline Hay has asked the jury to find that 22-year-old university student Rodney Beckles was the aggressor and that he was not acting in self-defence when 28-year-old Khalil Campbell was fatally stabbed on January 3. Beckles has been on trial...
Kettering squatters call for PM's intervention
WESTERN BUREAU: Having fought un-successfully to save the place that they have called home since 1988, residents of Kettering in Trelawny are now calling for Prime Minister Bruce Golding to help them.The squatters, who spread across approximately 100 acres of land...
'Police force must evolve' : Must go high-tech to catch up with criminals - Ziadie
Jamaica's police force must evolve and be armed with the latest technology to effectively fight organised crime, Ferris Ziadie, head of a police civic committee, told congregants yesterday at a memorial service honouring cops who have been slain this year....
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