Bloodshed on the border: Women, children murdered across enemy lines
IT CAN happen anywhere, at any-time. Bloodshed along the borderline - the boundary that separates two gangs, or groups with different political ideals. It is an invisible line that the opponents know they should not cross. A breach of this unwritten code spells death.
Private gun holders under probe
LAST YEAR, more than 45 firearm licences were revoked, and that number may increase this year as the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) has intensified its probe into hundreds of permits.According to reports...
JCF Armoury breached
Cracks in the existing security system at the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Armoury were exposed on Thursday, following a major gun-ammo seizure.A concrete structure, the armoury, which was built more than two decades ago, is regarded as one of the...
We are worried - Felice
THE ARREST last week of a police sergeant in connection with a massive gun and ammunition find has resurrected debate about the involvement of members of the force in the thriving illegal arms trade.For years, stories have circulated on the streets...
DSP questioned in gun probe
A PROMINENT deputy superintendent (DSP) of police was interrogated yesterday for more than eight hours by senior detectives probing last Thursday's massive gun and ammunition find in the Munster Road community of eastern St Andrew.A senior a government...
Severe water restrictions
STARTING TOMORROW, Corporate Area customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) served by the Mona and Hope water-treatment plants will have their daily water supply further rationed.In a press release issued yesterday, the NWC stated that the...
Arms probe in limbo
ALMOST eight months after the United States government convicted the illegal arms dealer, Lance Brooks, hired by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to broker a multi-million ammunition deal...
Ja gets assistance to fund Haiti relief efforts, CARICOM partners to make good on pledges
Jamaican relief workers will remain in earthquake-ravaged Haiti for at least one more month.
The Haitian experience: A medic's account
GENERAL PRACTITIONER-turned-politician, Dr Wykeham McNeill, is one of several Jamaican medics who went to disaster-ravished Haiti to help victims.
AAAJ executive returned
THE EXECUTIVE committee of the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) was returned en bloc to manage the affairs of the association for another administrative year.