Bruce defiant - Scoffs at claims anti-crime measures are insufficient
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is defending his government's new anti-crime measures following stinging criticisms from some members of the local human-rights community. Yesterday, the prime minister scoffed at claims that the anti-crime proposals announced in Parliament...
Defence lawyer denounces bail proposal
President of the Jamaican Bar Association, Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, has denounced any suggestion that persons charged with serious crimes be denied bail for 60 days after they are arrested. This is one of the controversial proposals in the latest...
Video link to make witnesses safer - Thwaites
Witnesses should feel much safer if proposed video-link legislation announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding in Parliament is implemented, according to Crime Stop head Peter John Thwaites. Thwaites suggested yesterday that the legislation, which would...
Senior officers who will approve 72-hr detention
Of the 8,281 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, only 25 senior officers will be permitted to authorise the detentions of persons for up to 72 hours in jail. This was disclosed by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Tuesday in Parliament...
Phillips hints at broader wiretapping legislation
Former national security minister, Dr Peter Phillips, has all but called for the broadening of the wiretapping laws.Phillips told The Gleaner yesterday Jamaica must keep pace with technological advancements across the globe."Technology is facing us...
'Jamaican men are poppy shows' - UWI lecturer says males are pursuing wrong priorities
Declaring that Jamaican men are in trouble, Father's Inc chairman and university lecturer, Dr Herbert Gayle, says the country needs to readjust how males and females are socialised if it is to be saved from its downward drift...
PSOJ backs measures
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is supporting the measures announced by the prime minister to control the escalating crime problem.But PSOJ president, Christopher Zacca, said while he is pleased with the measures, a lot more needs...
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