Cops label confessor a traitor - Policemen fire salvos at Lyn-Shue - Could destroy colleagues' careers
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE HE is now a hero to the church community which has hailed his confession as 'the right thing to do', some policemen are labelling Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Shue a traitor, saying he has breached the code of silence among colleagues. ...
Row over schools issuing condoms - Students taped having unsafe sex on campuses
Claiming that some students are having unprotected sex on school compounds, youth advocate Lawman Lynch yesterday renewed calls for condoms to be made available in schools."All senior students, ages 16 and over in all secondary and high schools, should have condoms available ...
Morrison appointed Court of Appeal judge
C.Dennis Morrison, Queen's Counsel, has been named a judge of the Jamaican Court of Appeal, an appointment welcomed warmly by members of the legal profession. His appointment was made by the Judicial Service Commission, and takes effect on May 1. John Leiba, president of the Jamaican Bar...
'Fight crime on all fronts'
Fighting crime in 2008 needs a massive mobilisation of the nation comparable to the scale of that of a general election to effect meaningful change. So says Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Linval Bailey in an address to the Kiwanis Club of North St.Andrew last Thursday evening.
GLEANER editors' forum - Abusive women wrecking homes, says psychologist
An increase in aggressive behaviour among the nation's women is chasing men away from the home and wrecking family life, said psychologist Dr. Grace Kelly. "We have to validate our men. If we were to look in some homes where people are married and the way some women treat their men...
Prime Minister of Jamaica urges University of the West Indies (UWI) to energise Caribbean
Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday called on the University of the West Indies (UWI) to focus on contributing more to the societies it serves even as the institution looks back on its achievements in the past 60 years."Even now,...
Farquharson Institute wants Tivoli inquest
The Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs has called on the Government to conduct a coroner's inquest along the lines of priority given to the Bob Woolmer case into the controversial shootings in Tivoli Gardens last Sunday....
Ed worst House attendee
TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett tops the list of 26 Members of Parliament (MP) who missed House sessions in the pre-Christmas term. Bartlett has been absent five times from a possible 10 sittings. Dr. Ken Baugh, with four absences...
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