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WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says he does not foresee Government preparing legislation any time soon that will mandate business owners to install cameras at their establishments to aid the police in their crime-fighting....

DOLPHIN BAY, Portland: Asylum requests have reportedly been made for two women who were among a group of Haitians who were intercepted along the Dolphin Bay main road in Portland on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Portland police apprehended about 16...

A wave of horror and bloodshed moved across Jamaica on Tuesday as a series of shootings unfurled, leaving at least seven people dead and 11 injured. The deadly incidents unfolded in several police divisions in a string of separate incidents....

WESTERN BUREAU: Motivational speaker Jermaine Johnson, the I Believe Initiative Ambassador for the governor general’s Programme for Excellence, is urging young people to be mindful of how their use of social media could lead to an addiction that...

Across decades and media houses, Job Nelson was a custodian of the sporting soul, translating the drama of competition into prose that resonated with readers far and wide. From the fervent arenas to the quiet corners of training grounds, his keen...

Keith Clarke had unknowingly fired at members of the security forces on the night he was shot and killed in May 2010, his widow, Dr Claudette Clarke, has claimed. At the same time, the 65-year-old widow, who is giving testimony in the Home Circuit...

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James says he has given instructions and guidance to delegates on who they should vote for in today’s election of officers to lead the rank-and-file members of the Jamaica...

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has said that going forward, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be looking inward to fill leadership vacancies, including the post of commissioner and in areas of specialisation....

The principals of some local technical high schools expressed alarm on Tuesday over initial reports that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) would be suspending four vocational subject areas next year, arguing that their schools would be most...

Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has replaced Robert Morgan as information minister in the Andrew Holness administration, a key move as the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) seeks to refine its communications machinery for national elections due next...

Dr Claudette Clarke, the widow of chartered accountant Keith Clarke, yesterday recalled seeing her husband with his licensed firearm on the night he was shot and killed by three members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in his bedroom on May 26,...