Beefing up defences
Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, is to meet with local agricultural officials ­ among them the veterinary division ­ tomorrow to discuss whether stronger measures are needed to protect Jamaica in light of reports that a second case of mad.

Hours too long, but cops trying to cope
The findings of a recent study conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum revealed that 99.2 per cent of policemen or women worked more than forty hours per week regardless of their years of service, rank, type of duty performed or the area in...

Greene hunts for illegal dumps
Less than a week in his job, Errol Greene, the former town clerk who is now executive chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), has begun a clean-up campaign in earnest...

BSI probes policeman's death
The Bureau of Special Investigation has launched an enquiry into the death of Special Sergeant Lynden Hayden, who was killed by gunmen in St. Ann on June 15. Mr. Hayden, 49, was attached to the Community Relations Division in Kingston.

Husband charged in wife's acid attack
Michael Anthony Laoe of Carol Way in Westchester, Portmore, has been charged in connection with the June 10 acid attack on his wife at the St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre in Constant Spring. Mr. Laoe, 40, was charged with conspiracy and aiding and...

Body found at UWI
A badly-decomposed male body was discovered by police at the University of the West Indies yesterday afternoon...