REAR ADMIRAL LEWIN: A man of proven integrity
"'A public servant who once bought, stays bought! So, don't put yourself up for purchase in the first instance. It's a slippery slope that you never get out of.' I say this all the time," Commissioner Hardley McCarley Lewin told me during our interview on January 8, 2008, advice...
Vandals hack palms at Heroes Park
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), yesterday, condemned the vandalism of some 24 palm trees, which were planted just outside the National Heroes Park in Kingston. The palm trees were planted last year as part of the beautification exercise for the staging of Cricket World Cup...
Tyrone's Watch - Nothing new in Old Capital - Streets of shame litter
Eltham Park, Ensom City - What's not working? Considering the condition of roads in Spanish Town, the Old Capital is living up to its name - OLD.The meandering trails of the centuries-old town leading to Emancipation Square are scarred, as a result of pipe-laying works...
Good ol' Kingston
It was the near ruin of Port Royal in 1692 that gave birth to Kingston as a parish and city. A massive earthquake in that year destroyed the port city, turning its residents into refugees who resettled in Kingston. Kingston was then called Beeston after Sir William Beeston...
Crooks break in at Spanish Town Courthouse
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: The Spanish Town police are carrying out investigations to determine who broke into the Spanish Town Courthouse between Friday morning and Monday morning. According to Detective Corporal Leonard Stewart, a janitor went to work about 6:30 a.m. yesterday...
Map technology aids in crime fight
The Mona Geoinformatics Institute, located on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has been contributing to the fight against crime through its use of spatial tools, which have been used to transform current police data into varying maps...
Soldier recovers from west Kingston invasion
A JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) soldier, who was shot during a joint police/military operation in west Kingston on January 13, is recuperating from his injuries, an army official said yesterday.Major Charlene Steer, the JDF's communications officer, said...
Appeal Court urges judges not to meddle
The Court of Appeal, in ordering a new trial for a man who was convicted four years ago on a murder charge, made a special plea for trial judges to desist from making findings that ought to be left to the jury. Hozen Horne, also called 'Metro Man', is to face a retrial for the murder...
Gray, Duncan in petition row
There is a dispute between Jamaica Labour Party candidate Barrington Gray and Member of Parliament Dr D.K. Duncan over the service of the election petition. Dr Duncan is contending that he was not served but Gray is contesting this claim.
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