Nurses from Nigeria to work in Ja
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC: AT LEAST 48 volunteer nurses from Nigeria are expected in Jamaica on Monday, as part of a bilateral agreement between the two countries.

Caribbean's largest choir fest for Kgn
STELLA MARIS Preparatory School parent teacher association in collaboration with Glory Music Limited has joined forces to stage the second-largest annual choir festival ever to be held in the Caribbean region, aptly named Choir Fest 2005.

'Clarify local abortion laws'
LOCAL LAWS on abortion need to be clarified, says Professor Stephen Vasciannie, consultant in the Attorney-General's chambers and lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI).

'You must answer for the blood of your innocent brothers!'
T HE CORRUPT state of the island's police force was confirmed by Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas, while addressing rank-and-file delegates in Montego Bay recently.

GraceKennedy making a big difference in Southside
LAST SEPTEMBER, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, a bloody war between gangs erupted in the Central Kingston enclave of Southside, breaking a year-long peace.

Rogue cop or criminal ­ one and the same
Mark Shields, Deputy Commissioner, Crime: The commissioner has got far more experience than I of that problem and I don't think the commissioner would have made that statement unless he thought he was accurate and I do have reason to believe that...

A cop's first taste of corruption
Following Commissioner Lucius Thomas' controversial statement, a police corporal told The Sunday Gleaner of an incident in which he was unwittingly drawn into a shameful scam, where a drug dealer was allowed to sail away with a boatload of ganja ...

Prime time crime! ­ Pt II
AS I have said so many times, the country has no educational system for some 75 per cent of its young people. There has been talk about Jamaica being a failed state.