And the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) says while the Inter-American Convention on Human rights does not prohibit the death penalty, it’s concerned about making executions mandatory for certain offences.
The police have released 56 of the 57 men who were taken into custody on Tuesday during a joint police/military operation on Red Hills Road, St. Andrew.
Financial analyst Ralston Hyman is suggesting that the government needs to act quickly on its plans to help manufacturers deal with any likely impact from the global financial crisis.
The National Workers Union and the National Water Commission are closer to signing a new wage package for the 1900 supervisory and pre-supervisory workers.
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller yesterday chided the Government for not heeding warnings by the People\'s National Party (PNP) that there was potential danger to the economy from the growing turmoil in the US economy.
Concerns about the high incidents of crime and violence in the island’s schools has prompted a meeting by the Prime Minister Bruce Golding with the heads of all schools in the corporate area, the Ministers of Education and National Security and the Commis
Thirty-two-year-old labourer, Christopher Edgehill, is to be sentenced on December 18 for the murder of 56-year-old Justice of the Peace Winston Chin and his wife Aileen.
Investigators from the Major Investigations Task Force have charged a third man in connection with the triple murder at Elgin Road, Kingston 5 on August 14.
Opposition Senator Norman Grant has called for a revitalization of the values and attitudes programme among members of the society in order to address the incidents of crime and violence against children.
Professor of Sociology, Dr. Jaslin Salmon is warning that the retention of the death penalty for capital offences could have adverse effects on children in Jamaica.
Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, says Jamaica could be in serious economic trouble if the international automobile industry falls into a deep depression.
The Jamaica Defence Force Corporal who was charged earlier this week with the shooting death of four people at a nightclub in Kingston last month is expected to appear before the Corporate Area criminal court today.
The mother of the three children who were murdered at Killancholy, St Mary in January 2005 wept uncontrollably in court yesterday as she heard the confession statement of the man charged for the killing.
