HAITIAN HAUL - Narco cops missing clues in trade
THE POLICE ARE overlooking some major clues in their efforts to crack the guns-for-drugs trade between Jamaica and Haiti, an insider tells The Sunday Gleaner. Chief among the clues is the quantity of gasolene being purchased at various service stations to fuel the trade.
'Walk away' - Golding, Simpson Miller urged to leave garrison constituencies
A FORMER member of parliament is calling on Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller to walk away from their garrison constituencies as the first sign of their commitment to dismantle these killing fields.
Motorists running out of gas
MORE AND and more Jamaican motorists are driving less as they struggle to deal with rising gas prices. A Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll found that more than six out of every 10 Jamaicans have decided to cut down on their driving because of increasing prices.
'Employ RICO laws to dismantle garrisons'
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Warren Newby believes Jamaica should follow the example of the United States of America and enact the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act-type (RICO) laws.
Haitian women pawns in trade
Poorly maintained informal communities on the island's north and south coasts have been providing a safe haven for illegal immigrants, mostly Haitian women, many of whom come via boats returning from Haiti with guns.
Lead poisoning linked to crime
Professor Gerald Lalor of the University of the West Indies is calling for the health authorities in Jamaica to structure a programme which ensures the proper disposal of lead acid from batteries.
Fewer teenage pregnancies
FEWER TEENAGE girls are getting pregnant in Jamaica today. The latest data from the Registrar General Department show there were 8,021 teenage pregnancies in 2006 compared to 2005, when there were 8,568 such pregnancies. In 2004, there were 8,234 of them.
Why they want a Patois Bible
The people at the Bible Society of the West Indies and Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean have been beside themselves with glee. Why? They have never had it so good. Their Patois Bible project is getting a lot of publicity in the news media. That's publicity these faith-based organisations could never pay for.
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