Prayer for peace - 13 murdered in three days
With 13 persons, including two policemen, already murdered since the start of the year, and speculation that 2007 could see a bloody election, church leaders yesterday prayed with hundreds of Jamaicans for national peace and unity.
Senior officers to probe cop killings
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior police officers have since been assigned to investigate the gun slaying of two policemen and members of their families just hours apart on Tuesday. "A group of senior and experienced investigators from Area One...
66 cops killed in five years
At least 66 members of the police force have been murdered by criminals over the past five years, according to statistics on the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) website. Of that number, more than 41 were killed while on duty.
Trafigura money still not repaid
More than two months after Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller instructed party officials to send back the $31 million 'donation' from Trafigura Beheer, the money is yet to be returned to the Dutch oil trader.
Missing file delays court case
An application which was set for hearing in the Supreme Court yesterday morning was delayed for more than an hour while court staff made efforts to find the file in relation to the case. Prominent Queen's Counsel Frank Phipps, who turned up..
Lyn suspects appear in court
Mandeville, Manchester: Amid what one policeman labelled "the tightest security he has seen in a long time", three of the persons taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of Mandeville couple Richard and Julia Lyn...
Together to the end
AFTER spending most of the last decade in the United States, 76-year-old Isaac Jonas recently returned to Hope Flats in St. Andrew for a brief stay with his family. Mr. Jonas has been home since October.
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