Hit list - McKenzie says he's among public officials marked for death
Security has been heightened for some public officials after the disclosure by Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie that his name was one of several on a high-profile hit list. Speaking yesterday at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Area Council One meeting at the Little Copa Club...
Obesity high among young children
Nearly one-fifth of Jamaican children, aged three and four years old, are clinically obese, an unpublished study has revealed. The study, conducted in 2007 by the University of the West Indies UWI, revealed that 17 per cent of the children in that age range are overweight...
The rod of correction - Beating stick or behaviour guide?
This is the first instalment in a series on corporal punishment. As a parenting educator, I was pleased when I heard Minister of Education Andrew Holness speak of the need to utilise alternative methods, other than corporal punishment as 'rods of correction'....
Do you think corporal punishment in schools will improve the discipline?
Rohan Brown, 30: No, it will not help. Beating the children will not help the situation, as when they make up their minds to do something they will do it.
DNA law on the table
Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has said the Government is currently drafting legislation to make police collection of DNA material from suspects in crime investigations a formality.MacMillan's comment was in response to five...
Murder accused held again
The arrest of multiple-murder suspect Tesha Miller sparked a fiery protest on Burke Road in the crime hotbed of Spanish Town Saturday evening as residents demanded his release.Miller was held for violation of his bail conditions.He was charged in 2005...
Court rules out disorder claim
The Court of Appeal has turned down an application by 28-year-old labourer Kevin Mayne to adduce fresh evidence that he suffered from a personality disorder and should not have been convicted of the murder of taxi driver Valerie Williams, of Christiana, Manchester...
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