'Brains over guns' - Lewin urges cops to outsmart criminals
Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin says members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) should not be daunted or agitated by the decision to replace the M16 with the less powerful MP5 rifle during regular duties. "No policeman is going to be asked to go out there...
Rating the weapons
The recent move by the police to give up the lethal M16 assault rifle in favour of the less deadly MP5 sub-machine gun has raised concerns about the effect this will have on the force's ability to tackle hardened criminal gunmen and other belligerents who are keen on waging war on society....
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Given Jamaica's crime situation and the abundance of high-powered weapons in the hands of criminals, do you think it was a wise move on the part of the police commissioner to take away M-16 rifles from some front-line police personnel?...
Watchdog mulls cable company's sale offer
The Broadcasting Commission on Monday indicated that it was in the process of considering an application from Entertainment Systems Ltd (ESL) to sell its assets to telecommunications firm Flow. According to the commission, ESL's application is in line with Regulation 28 ...
Dutch investigators not satisfied with PNP response
Dutch investigators in the island to probe an alleged attempt by officials of Trafigura to bribe members of the former administration are reportedly not satisfied with answers provided by senior representatives of the People's National Party (PNP)...
Hundreds attend CSEC techniques seminar
WESTERN BUREAU: In anticipation of the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) in May, more than 400 students from 14 high schools along the north coast flocked to the Montego Bay Civic Centre auditorium for The Gleaner's Youthlink CSEC Exam Techniques Seminar...
Report gives failing grade to justice in Jamaica
A joint study by human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) and the George Washington University Law School, entitled 'Killing Impunity: Fatal Police Shootings and Extrajudicial Executions in Jamaica', has attacked the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI)...
Acting solicitor general resigns
Deputy solicitor General Patrick Foster has resigned from that post. His resignation takes effect on June 26. Foster has been acting as solicitor general since October last year when Michael Hylton resigned. The Public Service Commission (PSC) is yet to announce who will serve...
Teachers policing schools an idea, not policy - Holness
Minister of Education Andrew Holness says suggestions of teachers being trained to carry out certain policing duties in schools was merely an idea raised in discussions at the ministry, and among education stakeholders, but had not reached the level of a policy proposal....
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