Author Archive: Patrice Walters

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Manchester police record reduction in serious crimes
The Manchester police are reporting reductions in six categories of serious and major crimes since the start of the year, when compared
“Blame politicians for current state of crime.”
Opposition Senator K. D. Knight says politics is to be blamed for the current state of crime in Jamaica. He was responding to questions
Govt pumps more funds into Get The Guns campaign
The government is putting more money into the Get the Guns campaign. National Security Minister Robert Montague says persons are able
Crime Stoppers International offers training on dismantling organised criminal networks
A five-day training programme is to begin tomorrow (July 6) aimed at dismantling  and disrupting  organized criminal networks, involved
Emergency shelters to be reduced from 900 to 700
Government is to spend $20 m in the first instance, to retrofit community centres and select schools in six parishes, and reduce the
Govt. to spend $115 m on drain cleaning
$115 m will be spent to clean drains in all municipal divisions, between July and September. Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie
Prof Cooper happy that UWI will remove Garvey bust
Retired Lecturer at the University of the West Indies Professor Carolyn Cooper is expressing happiness that the University of the West
Dr Wheatley to get report on JPS Cardiff Hall substation fire
A preliminary report into Saturday’s power outage which affected several sections of St. Ann is expected to be presented to