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ONE WEEK after the House of Representatives approved a package of legislation to help in the fight against crime, an opposition backbencher has called for Parliament to take a more detailed look at the issue. Sharon Hay-Webster, the member of parliament...

THE EXECUTIVE of the Post and Telecommunications Department came under intense fire from members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday for a major lapse...

No murders were recorded in three parishes last month as it becomes clear that June will record the fewest homicides in a single month in two years.Police statistics obtained by The Gleaner show that up to Sunday, 79 murders were recorded last month,...

The Cabinet has approved changes to the legislation governing plea-bargaining that should sweep away concerns that conflicting laws might jeopardise criminals' ability to rat out cronies and spend less time behind bars."The amendments will allow a judge...

Embattled evangelical pastor Merrick 'Al' Miller has met with Prime Minister Bruce Golding to explain his role in the capture of one-time fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.However, Information Minister Daryl Vaz, who made the disclosure yesterday, said...

May's civil unrest which turned sections of the Jamaican capital into a shooting range was the result of decades-old social neglect which led to the creation of criminal Frankensteins, says business mogul Douglas Orane.The GraceKennedy Group chairman...

Gunmen rampaged the St Catherine home of Commerce Minister Karl Samuda yesterday, holding a family member and workers hostage before stealing a firearm and cash. A clearly shaken Samuda told The Gleaner that he felt violated, even as investigators...

RACISM FEARS are causing many black people to rule out careers in certain professions, a survey in the United Kingdom has shown.

A 38-year tradition came to an end when Jamaica-born Rose Hudson-Wilkin was appointed vicar of the British Parliament, going against the Church of England's pick, Canon Andrew Tremlett.Speaker John Bercow picked the Rev Hudson-Wilkin...

CENTRAL KINGSTON Member of Parliament Ronald Thwaites was a Lone Ranger yesterday as he voted against a state-guaranteed loan from the Chinese, which the Jamaican Government has hailed as crucial to sweeping road...

A high-profile educator has criticised teaching strategies in many Jamaican primary and high schools as counterproductive to optimal learning among boys.Dr Winsome Gordon, president of the Jamaica Teaching Council, argues...

AGRICULTURE MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday charged that Jamaican primary producers were being short-changed within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as a result of a subsidised agro-processing sector in oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago....