EDITORS' FORUM: Crowded prisons force early releases
LACK OF space in the island's prisons has led to the premature release of some hardened criminals. According to Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of St. James, Owen Ellington, shorter sentences and earlier parole, both of which are as a result...

Discrimination main foe in war on AIDS
STIGMA AND discrimination are among the primary obstacles to effective HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Jamaica. In his message observing World AIDS Day 2002, Health Minister, John Junor, stated that persons living with HIV/AIDS are rejected, scorned by...

Cambios slow to report shady deals
MORE THAN half of the island's cambios and remittance companies are still not consistently reporting and tracking shady foreign exchange transactions. This was revealed in figures from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Financial Crimes division which...

Jamaican economy propped up by dirty money
THE JAMAICAN economy continues to rely heavily on money from the illicit drug trade which represents a significant portion of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), local law enforcement officials say. They note that money derived from the...

Organisations reap from war on drugs
SEVERAL LOCAL organisations in Jamaica have benefitted from the sale of assets belonging to convicted drug dealers, under an Assets Sharing agreement between Jamaica, Canada and the United States. More than $9 million have been collected so far, nearly...