PALS cuts student aggression - report

The Peace and Love in Schools (PALS) Programme is reporting less aggression among students in school, a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) release stated yesterday.

ATMs cannot detect counterfeit money - banks

The island's automated teller machines (ATM) are not designed to detect counterfeit money and are capable of issuing fraudulent notes to unsuspecting customers, banking officials are now admitting.

Background security checks lacking for household helpers
Householders may never really know for sure how good or bad their helpers are, and neither may the agency placing them in your house, Sunday Gleaner checks have shown.

Missing one-way mirrors hurt police ID parades
Many witnesses and victims of crime are not attending ID parades, because most police stations islandwide are not equipped with facilities to prevent them from being seen by the suspects they are identifying.