'Hang even the innocent': Poll reflects growing desperation with crime
DESPITE ACCEPTING the possibility that innocent persons could die, an increasing number of Jamaicans still want the State to resume the hanging of convicted murderers.
Men called out of hiding
Jamaican men have been challenged to take back their place in the society to create order and save boys who are losing their way because of a lack of male role models.
I thought Kern could handle it - Paulwell
FORMER ENERGY Minister Phillip Paulwell says he sympathises with Kern Spencer - his former deputy - who is at the centre of allegations of irregularities related to the implementation of the Jamaica-Cuba light-bulb...
'Attack on press freedom'
The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) says the recent attempt by the Grenadian immigration authorities to deport Jamaican journalist Tenesha Thomas is "an attack on press freedom".
Is your community a drug haven?
Four months ago when narcotics detectives swooped down on the upscale community of Smokey Vale, St Andrew, where they found over 5,000 pounds of compressed ganja at a house on Aires Avenue, neighbours were stunned.
Rural neighbourhoods - hot spots for criminal underground
Dr Orleen Brown-Earle, associate professor in counselling and psychology at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), says when hardened criminals are scared or stressed, like other human beings, they tend to find somewhere serene and "safe"."These men, even...
Welcome to marijuana land
It is a long, rocky journey to the secluded rural community of Slipe in St Elizabeth.
Thailand opens areas of cooperation with Jamaica
An orchid farmer, Chakachan, inside a section of her large farm in Thailand.
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