JUTC boss slain
The murder of the controversial chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, (JUTC), Douglas Chambers, yesterday, sent shockwaves through the island.Chambers was shot outside of the Spanish Town Depot in St Catherine.According to police reports, some...
More support for video link in court
Support is swelling for the proposal for video link technology to be used in court to help protect witnesses.Several children welfare practitioners believe this would significantly reduce the trauma experienced by minors who were sexually abused.
Life in prison for 'career criminals'
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Dennis Meadows wants laws enacted to impose life imprisonment on persons who commit multiple gun-related crimes within a three-year period.In his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House yesterday, Meadows...
Jarman's ark - Palmers Cross resident clicks with at-risk youth in computer hub
AS CRIME escalates, more Jamaicans are eager to see wayward youths on street corners handcuffed and handed over to prison wardens. But not Mervin Jarman of Palmers Cross, Clarendon.
Monthly meetings for Lightbourne, lawyers
WESTERN BUREAU: Bar association presidents are to have monthly meetings with Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne, Montego Bay attorney Clayton Morgan told The Gleaner, yesterday.Morgan, the president of the Cornwall Bar said this was one of the...
Tighter scrutiny for police vehicles
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is considering introducing tracking devices to better monitor its fleet of vehicles, according to the inspector general, Deputy Commissioner of Police Charles Scarlett.
Sugar divestment finalised
A leading cane farmers' group is ecstatic that Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday signed a Heads of Agreement with the Brazilian firm, Infinity Bio-Energy, for the divestment of government's assets in the sugar industry.The signing will allow for...
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