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Police abuse, killings hinder crime fight, says rights body
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 0:25 | No Comment

Police abuses and extrajudicial killings continue to undermine the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s ability to effectively solve crime, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has said.
Representatives of the human rights watchdog visited the country from …

Man charged for chopping children
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 0:24 | No Comment

Harrowing news of a 10-year-old girl who watched her brother and sister get chopped by a neighbour rocked the quiet fishing community of Portland Cottage in Clarendon yesterday morning.
“We were at the pipe catching water …

FEMALE THIEVES SCAM SHOPPERS
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 18:56 | No Comment

‘Bag switching’ thieves are plaguing the commercial district of downtown Kingston, say the Darling Street police.
These female culprits are said to be versed in the cutting of handbags and even go as far as to …

135 patrons arrested at dance
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 18:52 | No Comment

An alleged member of the notorious St Catherine- based One Order gang who was wanted for absconding bail was among 135 persons who were detained on Saturday following a police/military operation in Spanish Town.
He is …

Four charged with Fisher Lane murder
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 18:49 | No Comment

Three were on Saturday charged for the November 20 quadruple murders at Fisher Lane, Norwood, St James. This brings to four, the number of persons who have been charged in connection with the murders.
Charged with …

Three EOJ employees charged with fraud
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 18:47 | No Comment

Three employees of the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) were charged on Thursday for defrauding the entity of over $6 million. The offence was committed between August 13 and December 1 this year.
The three are …

Wannabe thief shot and killed
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 18:43 | No Comment

A wannabe thief was fatally shot and an illegal firearm taken from him in east Kingston after he reportedly tried to rob an off-duty policeman on Saturday.
He has been identified as 20-year-old Lemard Campbell of …

Waterford wanted man held
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 3:19 | No Comment

A man who the police suspect to be a high-ranking member of the Boston gang, which operates in sections of Waterford, was among two men who were arrested on Tuesday after reportedly being found with …

Cops kill men in gun battle
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 20:57 | No Comment

Two of four men who engaged the police in a gun battle at Nuts River, Morant Bay, St Thomas, on Saturday after attempting to rob a business at Prospect in the parish were fatally shot …

LEAVE NOW OR DIE
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 20:54 | 2 Comments
LEAVE NOW OR DIE

A policeman watches as these residents move their belongings from Gravel Heights, St Catherine, following a warning by gunmen yesterday. - Ricardo Makyn
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine
Almost 200 residents of Gravel Heights, St Catherine, fled …