'Make-or-break time' - MacMillan warns rookie cops of crucial crime role
Despite the pomp surrounding the passing-out parade of 86 constables on Wednesday, National Security Minister, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, forewarned the graduates of their difficult mission to collar Jamaica's intractable crime woes....
Sleuth gets 3 weeks to probe bribery
WESTERN BUREAU: The investigating officer in the case against two St James policemen answering corruption charges in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court has requested an additional three weeks to complete the case file....
Politicians blamed for farming slump
WESTERN BUREAU: Stakeholders in the agricultural sector on Tuesday lamented the state of the industry, blaming successive political administrations for a lacklustre performance in boosting growth and development. Chairman of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Vindel...
School patrols to tackle indiscipline
Amid the growing level of indiscipline and violence among schoolchildren, the Ministry of Education is moving to introduce school patrols. Speaking Monday night during the Rotary Club of St Andrew North's weekly meeting, Andrew Holness, minister ...
NCB-Olint suit set for trial next March
The civil suit in which National Commercial Bank (NCB) is seeking to close the accounts of investment club Olint Corporation Ltd has been set for trial on March 9, 2009, in the Supreme Court.The trial date was set Wednesday when lawyers representing...
Miller warns adults against discouraging young people
WESTERN BUREAU: Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, Professor Emeritus Errol Miller, on Sunday, called for adults to stop branding youths as inferior, urging them to become more supportive. "If there is any concern that I have with the generation coming...
Recruitment snag hinders police abuse investigators
AN INDEPENDENT commission to investigate police killings and other abuses by members of the security forces might not meet public expectation, as the body will be forced to draw on resources from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to probe its own members...
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