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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Police: Girl, 14, stabs 11 y-o sister 40 times because she felt unappreciated.....The 14-year-old was arrested and was charged with murder. (VIDEO)
(CNN) -- An 11-year-old Illinois girl was stabbed 40 times by her 14-year-old sister, police say, and the reason why has many in the small Chicago-area community of Mundelein reeling in disbelief.
Police found the 11-year-old girl unconscious and in need of medical attention in an upstairs bedroom of the dwelling Tuesday morning. She later died. Because the sister, who called police, initially told officers an intruder was to blame for the attack, authorities briefly placed three schools on lockdown. The truth, when it emerged, was even more shocking. The 14-year-old, authorities say, repeatedly and fatally stabbed the victim -- her half sister -- with a kitchen knife because the teen thought she was ungrateful. more
LATEST NEWS: Mary J Blige's father stabbed, critically wounded
Mary J, Blighe |
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan (AP) -- Michigan police say the father of multi-platinum-selling singer Mary J Blige was stabbed and critically injured Thursday. Police say his ex-girlfriend is in jail on an attempted murder charge. Battle Creek police say the attack happened about 7:00 am at the apartment of 63-year-old Thomas Blige. Police say he had a neck wound and was taken to Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital, which says it has no information on his condition. Detective Sgt Jim Martens te ... More
SHAGGY AND FRIENDS PROCEEDS hands over a cheque valued at JMD $70 million dollars (approx. US$700,000.00) to Bustamante Hospital for children
SHAGGY AND FRIENDS PROCEEDS: Orville Burrel (left) better known as Shaggy hands over a cheque valued at JMD $70 million dollars, after expenses to members of staff at the Bustamante Hospital for children, today, Thursday, January 23, 2014. The cheque was proceeds from The Shaggy & Friends benefit concert. - Jermaine Barnaby/Photographer. Jamaica Gleaner.
UWI students excel at US Black Students Leadership Conference
Successful UWI students Cleopatra Parkins (second left) and Renee Osbourne (third left) flanked by Head of the Department of Government (UWI), Dr Lloyd Waller (left) and facilitator Shinique Walters. |
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Two members of the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Department of Government High Achiever’s Society, Renee Osbourne and Cleopatra Parkins, placed in the top five of the 26th annual Charles E Williams II Advanced Leadership Oratorical Contest, at the Southern Black Student Leadership Conference in Houston, Texas, January 16 to 19.
The four-day conference focused on developing the youth leaders skill set and characteristics to aid in motivating them to achieve goals and objectives, despite societal and personal limitations.
The oratorical contest is aimed at challenging and stimulating the minds of participants, and providing them an opportunity to display their talents of speaking and interpreting their ideas on a specific subject. more
Kartel trial: Cop says he saw video of tattooed man swinging pick-axe, asking questions
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A cybercrimes forensic expert, a witness in the Vybz Kartel murder trial, Thursday morning testified that he extracted video footage from a Blackberry phone which showed a light-complexioned man with several tattoos on his neck swinging a pick axe and asking a question.
Detective Sergeant Patrick Linton said in the video, which lasted approximately 2minutes, 17 seconds, another man also with a tattoo with the word 'boss' in bright red ink was gesticulating and asking questions.
The court has taken a fifteen minute break in order to allow the jury to refresh themselves.
Kartel (Adijah Palmer), Shawn Campbell, Adirah Jones, AndrĂ© St John and Shane Williams are on trial for the alleged August 2011 killing of ‘Lizard’ Williams at Kartel’s Havendale, St Andrew house. more
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GREAT NEWS FOR OBAMACARE: Uninsured Rate Drops Amid Obamacare Rollout: Poll.....Over 6 million signed up....9,000 interviewed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as the major coverage expansion under President Barack Obama's health care law got underway, according to a closely watched survey released Thursday.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January, to 16.1 percent. The biggest change was for unemployed people, a drop of 6.7 percentage points. That was followed by a 2.6 percentage-point decline for nonwhites. Traditionally both groups are far more likely to be uninsured than the population as a whole.
The survey found no appreciable change among young adults ages 18-34. Members of that coveted, low-cost demographic have been ambivalent about signing up so far.
Based on interviews with more than 9,000 people, the Gallup numbers could be the first evidence that core provisions of Obama's much-debated law have started delivering on the promise of access for nearly all Americans. more
North Miami Mom Tortured Her 3-Year-Old Son To Death, Police Say (VIDEO)
A North Miami toddler's lifeless body told a tale of torture so harrowing it made a seasoned detective emotional.
Little Ghanson Debrosse, 3, was pronounced dead after being found with indications of severe trauma and sexual abuse at his mother's home early Tuesday morning, according to NBC6.
Ghanson Debrosse, 3 |
Police say the boy's mother confessed to it all. Fafane Caze, 21, has been jailed on one count of aggravated child abuse/torture, with additional charges expected.
North Miami Police spokesman Maj. Neal Cuevas said Ghanson's body showed signs of being burned in the past, and according to the Miami Herald other injuries were consistent with whipping by extension cord. His mother, detectives said, initially claimed the boy had been abused by someone else during a recent trip to Haiti. more
MIGHTY SPARROW HITS THE ROAD AGAIN
FANS and colleagues of calypso legend the Mighty Sparrow jammed Melanie's Sports Bar in Brooklyn, New York, last week for a concert in his honour.
The January 18 event was organised by Derek Parsons of WACK Radio and famed calypsonian singer Calypso Rose.
Mighty Sparrow |
According to EVERYBODY'S Magazine, Sparrow, sitting on a tall chair, performed some of his classic songs including Jean and Dinah, Melda and Congo Man as well as a rendition of The Lord's Prayer.
He performed for 40 minutes. In September, there were rumours that the Grenada-born singer had died after going into a diabetic coma at a Queens, New York, hospital.
After regaining consciousness weeks later, Sparrow was discharged from hospital and placed in a therapy centre in New York City, where he is still recuperating. Ahead of his first public appearance in months, Sparrow spoke to EVERYBODY'S. more
ST ELIZABETH, JAMAICA: 'Mi a go kill somebody over yah' .....15-year-old boys were savagely hacked to death....Residents say suspect in murder of teen boys issued threats
THE 12 fish pots stand in Dog Bridge River in Thornton District, St Elizabeth as a memorial to their teenage owners — Desrick Williams and Ashnell Coke — who were savagely murdered there on January 8.
Police and representatives from Northern Caribbean University pray with the relatives of both murder victims at the home of Ashnell Coke last Friday. (PHOTOS: GREGORY BENNETT) |
The section of the river that runs through an area of Thornton called Jackass Pasture, where the murders occurred, isn't deep and the pots are easily accessible.
On more than one occasion David Williams, Desrick's father, suggested to Ashnell's father, Joscelyn Coke, that they retrieve them. But for Coke, a return to the area where the 15-year-old boys were savagely hacked to death, is too painful a task.
Ashnell Coke (left) & Desrick Williams |
In October last year, the 26-year-old man accused of killing the boys cleared a small patch of land on the bank of the Dog Bridge River where he planted ganja among legal crops, against the wishes of his father. more
WATCH: This Disease Is A Massive Looming Threat To Public Health.......Alzheimer's is going to be one of the biggest public health threats in the coming decades (VIDEO)
Alzheimer's is going to be one of the biggest public health threats in the coming decades, according to Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D., of the Duke University Institute for Brain Sciences. And not because the disease is being diagnosed in any greater magnitude, but simply because we are living longer.
Thanks to advancements in treatments of potentially-fatal diseases like heart disease and cancer, the aging population is bigger than it once was, he said in an appearance on HuffPost Live in Davos, Switzerland, where the 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting is taking place, on Wednesday.
Currently, about 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, he said. By the year 2050, 150 million people worldwide will have the disease. And it affects more than the people with it and their caretakers: We spend about $600 billion on Alzheimer's, according to Doraiswamy. If Alzheimer's were a national economy, it would rank at number 17 worldwide, he said. more
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Grammy Fashion: 40 Outrageous Outfits: Jennifer Lopez gave us some serious jungle fever in 2000!....Lady Gaga proved she was a star at the 2010 Grammys..
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Lady Gaga |
This State Could Be The Next To Legalize Medical Marijuana.
Tennessee could become the 21st state in the country to legalize medical marijuana.
A bill introduced last week by state Rep. Sherry Jones (D-Nashville) would set up a regulatory framework to allow people suffering from certain diseases to use marijuana to treat their symptoms, as long as their doctor says the benefits of using cannabis outweigh the health risks.
"This is about compassion. It's about giving people better health care, giving them a better quality of life," Jones told The Huffington Post over the phone on Wednesday, acknowledging that there was a lack of understanding among Tennessee's Republican lawmakers about medical cannabis. "They think it's all blowing smoke in baby's faces, I guess. They don't understand there are other ways to use marijuana, like tinctures and lotions." more
News: 20 years' imprisonment for $3,932 loot in Jamaica's second bank robbery Crimes that Rocked the Nation
TWO young men were sentenced to 20 years in prison for a $3,932 loot when they staged Jamaica's second bank robbery at the then Bank of London and Montreal (Jamaica) Ltd at 13 Constant Spring Road, Half-Way-Tree on March 2, 1971.
20 years’ imprisonment for $3,932 loot in Ja’s second bank robbery |
The first trial had taken place before Justice Wilkie and a jury who imposed a similar sentence which was appealed by Gibson, represented in the Appeal Court by attorney Hugh Small (now QC).
In the retrial ordered by the Appeal Court, it was alleged by the Crown that three men, one armed with a gun, held up...more
IN JAMAICA: “The doctor at the hospital told us that the first shot crippled him. He was shot in the back,” by poilceman.....IRATE residents of Orange Villa in downtown Kingston Orange Villa residents want audience with PM over killing of man— angered by the police killing of a man in the community
police killing of a man in the community — have vowed to keep
protesting until they are given audience by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, National Security Minister Peter Bunting and Police Commissioner Owen Ellington.
For two consecutive days the residents mounted fiery roadblocks on
busy Orange Street to protest the shooting of 27-year-old Nakiea
Jackson on Monday afternoon. “Somebody have to come. We want higher
hierarchy.
The fiery roadblock mounted by irate residents of Orange Villa in Kingston, yesterday. (PHOTOS: MICHAEL GORDON) |
We nuh want superintendent. We nah take nuh chat from dem,” one angry
protester shouted. Jackson was shot and killed by police in his cook
shop. The police reported that they were on patrol in the area when
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Bob Marley tribute for Negril......This year’s event takes place February 1-6 at his MXIII venue in Negril.
AS a teenager living in New York City during the 1970s, Clive Pringle discovered the conscious message of Bob Marley who became, and remains one of his biggest influences.
Bob Marley |
Pringle, known in his native Negril as ‘Kubba’, started the Bob Marley Birthday Bash in that tourist town in 1991, two years after returning to Jamaica permanently.
This year’s event takes place February 1-6 at his MXIII venue in Negril. Previously, the birthday bash was held over four days. Pringle says the expansion is a reflection of its growth and a renewed effort to rename Negril’s west end One Love Drive.
Seven years ago, Pringle and fellow businessmen started the Negril Cluster to revive interest in one of their town’s most popular enclaves. One Love Drive, they argue, would be a fitting name change.
“We think it would be a better marketing strategy for the area, seeing that it attracts so many tourists,” said Pringle. The week of shows begins with Tribute Night, followed by Punky Reggae Party, a Rastafari Nyabinghi Presentation, Icons of Reggae, Bands Festival and the Bob Marley Birthday One Love Celebration which concludes activities. more
IN JAMAICA: Prison Schools - Gov't Study Says Poor-Performing Institutions Produce Most Inmates
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites
Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter
SOME OF Jamaica's lowest-ranked high schools have been churning out the bulk of misfits, who have ended up in thecountry's prisons, a government study has revealed.
The study, which was presented in the House of Represen-tatives yesterday by Education Minister Ronald Thwaites, shows that five institutions with the most persons in the penal systems are all poorly performing schools, according to ranking by the think tank, Educate Jamaica.
"The research unearthed evidence to suggest that the names of some schools were more likely to be featured than others. There is also overwhelming evidence to infer, with a high degree of confidence, that at least seven out of 10 inmates in our adult prisons have had some association with a non-traditional high school," the study said. more
Hydeia Broadbent, 'Oprah Show' Guest With AIDS, Shares What Life Is Like 18 Years After Her Appearance (VIDEO)
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East Coast Storm: Heavy Snow, Frigid Temperatures Forecast For Mid-Atlantic And Northeastern U.S. (VIDEO)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Another batch of heavy snow and frigid temperatures is forecast from Virginia to New England as a winter storm bears down on the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S.
The National Weather Service says the winter storm could bring up to 10 inches of snow Tuesday to New York and Philadelphia and bitterly cold air with wind chills as low as 10 degrees below zero later in the day. It warned of heavy winds and hazardous driving conditions throughout the day as the storm moves up the East Coast.
Temperatures are expected to remain in the 20s in many places and they could fall into the single digits Tuesday night. The weather service warns the storm could impact the morning commute in Baltimore and Washington. more
New trial sought for 14-year-old boy executed in 1944.......wasn't enough evidence to find him guilty 70 yrs ago of killing a seven-year-old and an 11-year-old girl.
New trial sought for 14-year-old boy executed in 1944
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — A 14-year-old boy executed by South Carolina nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court. Supporters of George Stinney plan to argue Tuesday that there wasn't enough evidence to find him guilty in 1944 of killing a seven-year-old and an 11-year-old girl. The black teen was found guilty of killing the white girls in a trial that lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. N ....More
IN ST, ELIZABETH, JAMAICA: Returned resident's shooting a contract killing, say police
BY PAUL HENRY Co-ordinator -- Crime/Court Desk henryp@jamaicaobserver.com | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1 comment
THE murder last Friday night of a 75-year-old returned resident in St Elizabeth is believed by the police to be a contract killing. Robert Campbell was attacked and shot near his two-storey home on Baptist Road in Middle Quarters by a gunman who called out to him before opening fire. Campbell's household helper, who was travelling with him in his van, wasn't injured. A police source told the Jamaica Observer about the suspicion of a hit, while adding that the 'trigger man' and two other men ha ...More
More Internet training for Jamaican youth........ Google engineer hosts app workshop at UWI
FOR two hours a day last week, some university students were briefed on best practices and industry techniques by software Google engineer, JJ Geewax.
Students pay keen attention to Google’s JJ Geewax during the software engineering workshop at the UWI campus recently. |
Twenty computer science students at the University of the West Indies were taught techniques in web development and software engineering, how to make better use of software development tools, and how to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when building applications.
Computer science Lecturer at the UWI, Dr Daniel Coore, lauded Geewax for his efforts in aiding the development of the tech landscape in Jamaica.
"One of the things I'm happy about in seeing people like JJ participate in Jamaica is the fact that he provides not just financial support, but also provides encouragement for students, who are interested in (tech) activities; that it is an option." more
Canada Wants Weed - Medical Ganja Company Boss Says Country Would Purchase Jamaican Marijuana
Canada is willing to purchase marijuana from Jamaica, a lucrativedeal that could potentially earn billions of dollars for the country on an annual basis.
Blaine Dowdle, chief executive officer of Canada-based MedCannAccess, is urging Jamaica to act quickly and seize the vast economic opportunity that could come from legalising marijuana and establishing an export market for the product.
Blaine Dowdle, CEO of MedCannAccess, Canada, looks on as Wanda James, member of Cannabis Global Initiative out of Colorado |
According to Dowdle, his country is looking to engage in the potential CDN$1.2-billion medical marijuana market. However, it is very expensive to grow marijuana in Canada, and hence investors there would be more than willing to import it from Jamaica.
Noting that medical marijuana currently retails for approximately CDN$7-$10 per gram in Canada, he said the product was in demand, which makes it a very profitable market. more
World's 85 richest people have as much as poorest 3.5 billion: Oxfam warns Davos of ‘pernicious impact’ of the widening wealth gap......Oxfam calculated that almost half the world’s wealth – $110trn – is owned by just 1 per cent of its population......85 richest people own as much as bottom half of population, report says (VIDEO)
The 85 richest people on Earth have the same amount of wealth as the bottom half of the population, according to a new report that highlights growing income inequality as political and business leaders gather for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Those wealthy individuals are a small part of the richest 1% of the population, which combined owns about 46% of global wealth, according to the report from British humanitarian group Oxfam International.
The study found the richest 1% had $110 trillion in wealth -- 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the population.
That bottom half of the population owned about $1.7 trillion, or about 0.7% of the world's wealth. That's the same amount as owned by the 85 richest people, the report said.
The findings undermine democracy and make it more difficult to fight poverty, the report said. more
Entertainment : Boombastic times for Shaggy
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and Sly and Robbie) are up for Best Reggae Album. Leading up to the big event, the Jamaica Observer presents a daily reflection on the reggae category. Today, we look at Shaggy's Boombastic.
IT was his third studio album, 1995's Boombastic, that announced deejay Shaggy as a genuine pop star. It gave him his sole Grammy Award for Best Reggae album the following year.
Shaggy |
Distributed by Virgin Records, Boombastic has sold over one million copies in the United States, which earned it platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. In the United Kingdom, it went gold for sales of over 300,000 copies.
Five hits came from the album: A cover of Mungo and Jerry's classic In the Summertime (featuring Rayvon); Boombastic, Why You Treat Me So Bad (featuring rapper Grand Puba); The Train is Coming (with Ken Boothe); and Day Oh, a Japan-only release. more
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says: Gov. Chris Christie Wanted Me Out Of Senate Race.......He bullied me too.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dropped a plan to appoint him the state's first physical fitness ambassador when he launched a political campaign against a Christie friend.
Lewis said Monday the governor called to dissuade him from running as a Democrat for state Senate in 2011 against Republican Sen. Dawn Addiego (ah-dee-AY'-goh). Lewis says he was told the fitness program they'd been developing wouldn't materialize if he ran. Lewis says the governor felt the post "was a carrot he could pull away."
Lewis withdrew from the Senate race after a court ruled he didn't meet a residency requirement. He now lives in Houston. more
Jamaica bobsled team is heading to the Sochi Games.......Watts was unsure about its ability to participate because of funding. He estimated he needed up to US$80,000 to make the Olympic trip.
(AP)-- Jamaican bobsled pilot Winston Watts and the nation's Olympic Committee said Monday they are accepting an invitation to compete in next month's Sochi Olympics.
It's the first time the Jamaican bobsled team will compete in the games since 2002. The invitation comes after Watts accumulated enough points in lower-tier races in North America to qualify.
"Oh, man, it's really overwhelming," Watts said in a telephone interview Monday. "I'm really happy. I have the whole entire world behind us. The Jamaica bobsled team is very popular, but when I see and hear that the whole entire world, even the Middle East — I mean, really, there's a place in the Middle East that calls me and I don't even know its name — we have fans from so far away. For a little tiny island, it's so emotional." more
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrations Honor The Late Civil Rights Activist
ATLANTA (AP) — The nation paused to remember Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with parades, marches and service projects.
King was born Jan. 15, 1929, and the federal holiday is the third Monday in January.
In Atlanta, a service was planned at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was pastor. In Memphis, Tenn., where King was assassinated, an audio recording of an interview with King would be played at the National Civil Rights Museum. The recording sheds new light on a phone call President John F. Kennedy made to King's wife more than 50 years ago.
Historians generally agree Kennedy's phone call to Coretta Scott King expressing concern over her husband's arrest in October 1960 — and Robert Kennedy's work behind the scenes to get King released — helped JFK win the White House. more
IN JAMAICA: Entertainment, Burning sets at rebel salute......THE legalisation of ganja was the talking point among artistes at last weekend's Rebel Salute....I Wayne lashed out at homosexuality, oral sex, and acts he considered "unrighteous".
THE legalisation of ganja was the talking point among artistes at last weekend's Rebel Salute.
Stitchie & Bounty Killa |
Almost every entertainer gave their opinion on the 'burning' topic and urged the Government to 'free up' the herb which was recently decriminalised in the American state of Colorado.
It seemed 'legal' to smoke at Richmond Estate in St Ann as ganja was peddled openly in front of police personnel.
IWayne & Queen Ifrica |
There were several outstanding performances on Saturday's second and closing night. Queen Ifrica, I Wayne, Stitchie Bounty Killer and Bob Andy delivered conscious, purifying sets. Queen Ifrica was in scorching form. Ethiopian flags went up and lighters flickered when the Rastafarian singjay did Below the Waist, Lioness on The Rise, Genocide and Keep it To Yuhself.
"From the other day, some people a act like dem no waan mi talk, but I believe in freedom of speech," she declared before performing Freedom of Speech and Straight Like Arrow. I Wayne lashed out at homosexuality, oral sex, and acts he considered "unrighteous". more
IN JAMAICA: Titchfield High honours top 2013 CSEC performers.....last week are Bryton Kinlock, Dakota Wright and Janeala Morsby. Kinlock, who attained 11 subjects with all distinctions
TITCHFIELD High School recently lauded top performing students in the 2013 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Top 2013 CSEC performers at Titchfield High (from left) Dakota Wright, Bryton Kinlock and Janeala Morsby. (PHOTO: EVERARD OWEN) |
The top performers who were presented with awards during the school's devotion last week are Bryton Kinlock, Dakota Wright and Janeala Morsby. Kinlock, who attained 11 subjects with all distinctions, attributed his success to proper time management.
"The main one is time management, because I also do extra co-curricular activities such as cricket, mathematics club and I am also a prefect," he said..
Kinlock continued: "You have to make sure that you allot enough time for study. Moderation is key so you have a little fun, a lot of studying along with your extra-curricular activities." He expressed thanks to his parents and siblings who supported him. more
Obama fund-raiser at ganja forum....... Historic first marijuana growers association to protect small farmers
ONE of United States President Barack Obama's top fund-raisers was among overseas marijuana advocates who supported a bid, Saturday, to launch Jamaica's first ganja growers and producers association.
JAMES... the brand has been coming out of Jamaica for a very long time |
Wanda James who is one of the most well known of the activists behind the legalisation of ganja in Colorado, the first US state to do so, told the Cannabis Stakeholders Forum that her group, the Cannabis Global Initiative, wanted to ensure that Jamaica got what it deserves — "which is a lot" — from a ganja industry.
"The brand is Rastafarian's. The brand has been coming out of Jamaica for a very long time," said James who is married to Jamaican and fellow Colorado ganja activist, Scott Durah.
Organisers of the Forum described James as one of Obama's most powerful fundraisers, who was no doubt pivotal in helping the Democrats to carry the state of Colorado in the 2012 presidential elections. more
'We are killing those who are our future' — JTA........ Slain teacher remembered as a ward of the state who defied the odds to excel
PRESIDENT-ELECT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Doran Dixon yesterday urged those responsible for fixing the crime problem to start treating the situation as "desperately serious".
"How many more young productive persons will have to die before we come to the realisation that we are in a crisis and those who have the duty... to stop this must begin to take it desperately serious?" Dixon questioned as he addressed the funeral service for Mona Primary School teacher, 26-year-old Paul Watson, at Andrew Memorial Seventh-Day on Hope Road in Kingston yesterday.
Watson's life was snuffed out by criminals who shot and killed him along with his friend Omar Campbell at a bar in Bay Shore Park, Harbour View, in Kingston on January 4. Three other people were also injured in the incident.
"It cannot continue to happen, and as a country we are killing those who are our future," Dixon lamented during the reflection on behalf of the Mico University College where Watson earned a teaching diploma, specialising in social studies and physical education.
The JTA executive, who remembered the slain teacher as a unique and hard-working individual said, "Watson was a different kind of youth; he was the kind of person who got involved and was into everything." more
IN JAMAICA: DEATH SQUADs: Ex-cop claims extrajudicial killings are planned, ordered by senior officers
Hinds |
A RETIRED cop and a serving police officer have broken the unwritten vow of silence within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to reveal how, they claim, cold-blooded killings are ordered by senior officers.
But Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds has rebuffed the claims relayed to The Sunday Gleaner, arguing that police personnel are sworn to uphold the law and that there are appropriate avenues for them to take if they are ordered to operate contrary to their duties.
“They (police) know their obligations. They know what the law is, and one would want to believe that if they get something that is contrary to the law, then they have recourses,” Hinds insisted, as he noted he was hearing the allegations for the first time. “There are a number of independent bodies set up to investigate the police.” more
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