'She wanted to leave' - Gunmen firebomb house - Mother and child perish in blaze
For several months, seven-year-old Damone Skyers had been expressing her fear and speaking with her grade-two teacher about the horrifying incidence of violence in the Torrington Park Housing Scheme, lower St. Andrew, where she lived with her mother, Maureen Bennett.
Males higher fatalities in crashes
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is reporting that males continue to have the higher fatality rate due to motor-vehicle crashes. For the period January-June of this year, males accounted for 83 per cent of the fatalities resulting from crashes....
Marginal increase in gastro cases
The Ministry of Health says there has been a moderate increase in the number of gastro-enteritis cases for the period May 19-June 16, when compared to the same period last year. "It has been noted that there have also been increases in the number of cases...
Portland, West: Development, a major concern
Since 1989 the People's National Party (PNP) has dominated the constituency of West Portland, retaining it for the better part of 17 years, despite gallant challenges from the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The constituency is to be contested by Abe Dabdoub...
Cockpit study to be disclosed - Government to declare area protected
It seems environmentalists have won yet another battle in the struggle to protect the ecologically sensitive Cockpit Country. Victor Cummings, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, says there will be no mining in the area, and government will be moving...
'Restorative justice critical'
Executive director of the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), Donna Parchment, says it is important for restorative justice programmes to be installed in Jamaican prisons to rehabilitate inmates, especially those who are serving shorter sentences....
Phillips backs motorcade ban
Vice-president of the People's National Party (PNP), Dr. Peter Phillips, says he will support any decision of the police to ban political motorcades, if the situation warrant it. The NationalSecurity Minister made the comments while speaking with The Gleaner...
'Be wary of stop orders'
Development Minister Donald Buchanan has cautioned parish councils and other regulatory bodies to be careful when issuing stop orders on hotel construction projects, arguing that it could affect the country's reputation of being investor friendly.
EDITORS' FORUM - Call for certified organic farms
Robin Crum Ewing, a member of the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM) board of directors, says Jamaica needs to get more organic farms certified if the country is to infiltrate the export market in a meaningful way....
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