'Don't go there' - Human rights group says no to proposal to extend detention period - Golding wants to meet and discuss new law-enforcement efforts
The Government is facing stinging backlash over its proposal to increase the time the police can hold persons in detention before charging them. At present, persons have to be charged within 48 hours after they are detained but, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
GSAT top girl
She came here at age seven and did not speak a word of English, but South Korean-born Hye Kyung Moon managed to outperform her female counterparts in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and was given this year's Scotiabank award...
GSAT top boy
WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old James Robertson, who copped the highest score in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) islandwide, admitted to The Gleaner yesterday that he has never achieved anything this significant...
Lasco picks new top cop
Marvin Franklin became the first constable to cop the Lasco Police Officer of the Year Award, and believes his humble upbringing in Esher district in Highgate, St Mary, moulded him into what he is today."It was a challenge while growing up because I am from a very humble background...
Complaints against cops being cleared up - Whitter
WESTERN BUREAU: Public Defender Earl Whitter says that, to his satisfaction, more than 90 per cent of complaints made against members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are being cleared up. Whitter, an attorney-at-law, made the disclosure while speaking to members...
Golding administration wicked, says Kellier
DERRICK KELLIER, the Opposition spokesman on labour and social security, yesterday labelled the Bruce Golding administration as "wicked", and chided it for numerous job losses across the country. "Since this administration, since this wicked, this wicked set of people...
Thursdaytalk- HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
New office - 1. The much-promised office for the Leader of the Opposition is now being readied. And a wonderful location too! But some are saying that the present occupant of the 'Big Yard' could be its first occupant!
Diaspora focus: 'We are scared' - Crime the main factor keeping migrants away
Members of the Jamaican diaspora disclosed that they yearn to return home to Jamaica but fear for their safety amid soaring crime. Canadian delegate, Chris Harris, said apprehension was the main factor keeping foreign-based Jamaicans away...
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