Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Friday | January 8, 2010
Church vs crime - Senior cops, church leaders to meet on prevention measures
Representatives of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) are to meet next week with senior members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to discuss how both groups can work together to combat crime. In an interview with The Gleaner, Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds... Read More...
Scam targeted community programmes
The Small Contractors' Programme, a long-standing initiative of the National Housing Trust (NHT) to provide jobs at the community level, was the likely casualty of an alleged racket unearthed by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).... Read More...
Legal battle begins - Lawyers begin work to find out who should compensate passengers of AA aircraft
A team of local and international lawyers has started the battle for compensation for the passengers of the American Airlines aircraft which overshot the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport last month... Read More...
PSOJ eyes greater economic development
Chairman of the ICD Group Limited and president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Joseph Matalon, took aim at Jamaica's economic development yesterday. Speaking at the eighth Annual Caribbean MBA Conference held at the Hilton Kingston... Read More...
Scrutiny of Muslim cleric to become an issue at home
A Jamaica-born Muslim cleric who has called for the killing of Americans, Hindus and Jews has not committed any crimes in Jamaica and the country will take him in, said Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade yesterday... Read More...
Buju to miss Grammys - Artiste did not apply for bail
Dancehall star Buju Banton will miss the January 31 Grammy Awards where his latest album, Rasta Got Soul, is one of five nominated for the reggae prize. While the winner is being named, Buju... Read More...
Police improve but crime worsens
Despite an overall 10 per cent increase in police operations, the number of murders reported last year is expected to climb past 1,670. However, acting Deputy Commissioner of police Glenmore Hinds, who yesterday announced... Read More...
'Shape up'
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla has made it very clear that under criminal case management which came into effect yesterday, the justice system will no longer tolerate the situation in which adjournments are granted because of outstanding statements ... Read More...
Man calls court a waste of time without hangings
A man pushing his handcart yesterday along Barry Street, downtown Kingston, openly expressed his disappointment with the colourful ceremony marking the opening of the new session of the Home Circuit Court because murder convicts were not being... Read More...
