'They looked so innocent' - Residents shocked alleged cop-killers were their neighbours
Following yesterday's fatal shooting of two men implicated in Friday's gun murders of two policemen in west Kingston, the police are imploring Jamaicans to know their neighbours. Warren 'Border Hittis' Failey, 32, and Seamel Tycon, both of Trench Town, west Kingston...
Jamaica-Cuba eye care enters Phase Two
The Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme yesterday began screening under Phase Two of the project in Kingston and St Andrew. The screening is to continue until June 13. According to an advertisement in The Sunday Gleaner, under Phase Two of the project,...
Gunmen shoot pastor
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor George Simpson of the Mt Carey Baptist Church in St James was hospitalised in serious but stable condition yesterday after gunmen shot him about 7 a.m. Simpson, who has been serving the community of Mt Carey as a pastor for 27 years...
Gays take offence with PM again
Local gay lobby group, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has taken issue with yet another public statement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding. In a letter responding to a Gleaner editorial about comments he made on the BBC...
'Buy back guns to curtail crime' - UWI professor calls for private sector to support proposal
CRIMINOLOGIST Bernard Headley, professor in the discipline at the University of the West Indies, has suggested a gun buy-back drive to help to rid Jamaica of illegal firearms. Headley told The Gleaner yesterday that the undertaking, which has yielded success in some United States...
Thieves compound food crisis
Jamaica's farmers continue to face serious losses to praedial thieves, even as Minister of Agriculture Dr Christopher Tufton pleads for cultivators to produce more. But many are staying away from the sector or refusing to invest more since praedial larceny has become...
Portmore Municipal Council being sued
PORTMORE, St Catherine: A group of residents from Portmore, St Catherine, is suing the municipal council to recover money it claimed was raised through a telethon in 2004.The controversy over the money has been deepening for several months now since the issue was discussed...
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