Do not ease up on criminals
THE GOVERNMENT and the hierarchy of the police force have been seized of the gravity of the disastrously and terrifyingly low levels of trust between the Jamaican people and the police force... (Boyne)
Policing a high-crime society
THE TWO incidents in succeeding weeks in Montego Bay - Canterbury and Flankers - demonstrate the challenges the police often face and why it is important for them to followproper procedures in all instances. (Bartley)
Early education in Jamaica - Cheating poor children
IN THE 2003 State of the World's Children, UNICEF focused on the right of all the world's children to participate in both the private and the public spheres. (Simms)
Horsing around - Jamaica in embarrassing situation
I'VE BEEN travelling again and I find myself reflecting, as I visit some of the Caribbean islands to the south, on how Jamaica seems to have been overtaken in so many ways by islands upon which we once heaped scorn... (Hamilton)
Fighting party and government corruption
IN MARCH 2002, Prime Minister Patterson used the occasion of his 10th anniversary as Prime Minister to say he will not tolerate corrupt practices by members of his Cabinet. He warned his 17-man Cabinet to keep its hands clean... (Budddan)
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