Ja forges anti-drug network - Will sharpen intelligence capabilities of Carib states
JAMAICA HAS announced the creation of a Regional Information and Intelligence Sharing Network (RIISN), a United Kingdom-backed initiative which falls within a raft of measures to tackle drug trafficking and serious external threats...
MoBay men to face extradition hearing
THE TWO Montego Bay businessmen who were taken into custody on Wednesday by the narcotics police are booked to appear in the Half-Way Tree Criminal Court today for extradition hearings.
Bad values affecting schoolers
CHILDREN ARE being inundated daily with programmes that offer very little by way of development, causing a serious breakdown of values and attitudes throughout the society, a number of high school students have charged.
KSAC split over Bamboo Avenue gated community
A DECISION by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to grant approval for the establishment of a gated community on Bamboo Avenue, Liguanea, on the request of residents, has led to yet another split in the Corporation.
'Families failing teens'
THE GOVERNMENT and civil society need to provide training and support for parents to assist them with child-rearing and development, said high school students attending yesterday's Gleaner Editors' Forum.
House to enact tobacco advert ban
PARLIAMENT WILL shortly be asked to enact legislation mandating a total ban on all forms of advertising of tobacco and tobacco products, a position adopted by the Parliamentary Committee on Human Resources in keeping with...
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