Swap cops for civilians - JLP
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it will, if it becomes the next government, be pushing to have some duties traditionally reserved for the police placed in the hands of civilians.According to the party's manifesto, released on Monday, the move will be part...
Murders stump Clarendon cops
Up to last night the Clarendon police had still not been able to make a breakthrough in any of at least three murders in the parish on Wednesday. The three, including the killing of a police sergeant, were shot dead in separate incidents...
Fatal accident during race to save life
Kenny Robinson was making a desperate attempt to save his brother's life. But on his way to the Princess Margaret Hospital, tragedy struck. The Toyota Corolla he was driving collided with another vehicle. His car then hit an embankment and overturned into a ditch.
Gift of prophecy - Prophetic terminology of time
Great failures result from men and women of God becoming impatient as they await a personal prophecy's fulfilment. Should one choose to go ahead of God's timetable, to produce a given word, he or she will produce something "from the flesh" which eventually conflicts with the fruit...
UN chief visits Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon arrived in Haiti yesterday to observe an 8,800-strong peacekeeping force that has helped bring relative calm to the troubled country for the first time since a 2004 revolt ousted the president....
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to focus on minor roads
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) will be committing its attention to the island's minor roads, if it is successful at the polls come August 27,according to the party's transport spokesperson, Mike Henry. Mr. Henry was unable to say yesterday...
Cop held in connection with illegal car ring
A MEMBER of the Island Special Constabulary Force was yesterday taken into custody in connection with a car-stealing ring. A spokesperson at the Constabulary Communication Network confirmed that senior detectives were interrogating the policeman....
More Cubans leaving by sea again, many to Mexico
HAVANA (Reuters): After a lull following Fidel Castro's illness last year, Cubans once again are taking to homemade boats or powerful speedboats manned by smugglers on a trip to the United States that often includes a detour through Mexico.Since May, the...
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