The Meaning of Good Friday.... Significance & History of Good Friday

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By Iulia Filip eHow Contributor  April 3, 2015  
Good Friday is a religious holiday that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Also known as Great Friday or Black Friday, this holiday is primarily observed by Christians. On this day, Christians honor Christ's death, which is believed to have saved the souls of the faithful.
  1. Significance of Good Friday

    • Observed on the Friday preceding Easter, Good Friday is a crucial part of the Easter ritual, which commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. This holiday precedes the apex of the Holy Week: the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection on Saturday night.

    History of Good Friday

    • According to the Christian Gospels, Caiaphas, the high priest of the Roman province of Judea, judged Jesus Christ – who is recognized as the son of God and the highest among prophets in the Christian faith – finding him guilty of blasphemy. After sentencing Jesus to death, the assembly of the Jewish priests deferred authority to the Roman governor of the province, Pontius Pilate, who eventually gave in to pressure and enforced the death sentence.
      Jesus’ trial is believed to have been held during what is now the Holy Week, concluding with his crucifixion, which, according to the Gospel of John, occurred on a Friday. more 

Fact Checker : Obama’s claim the Affordable Care Act was a ‘major reason’ in preventing 50,000 patient deaths (VIDEO)...


 April 1
The Affordable Care Act is “a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals.”
This number jumped out at us during the president’s recent speech hailing his health-care law. Could 50,000 people have not died in hospitals because of the Affordable Care Act?That seemed rather extraordinary, even given the size of the United States. We’ve spent time digging around on this issue, and here are the results of our inquiry. It turns out that preventing hospital-related deaths is one of the least controversial aspects of the much-attacked law. 

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The 50,000 number is derived from a study, released on Dec. 2, 2014, by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The study looked at the impact of the Partnership for Patients, a $460 million program funded by the health law that ties together 3,800 hospitals in 27 “health engagement” networks, with the goal of reducing 10 categories of “patient harms,” such as adverse drug events, pressure ulcers and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The networks collaborate to identify possible solutions to common problems and then circulate those ideas among the various hospitals, with the goal of reducing preventable hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) by 40 percent and 30-day hospital readmissions by 20 percent. more

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) UPDATE: Fly Jamaica resumes flights to New York... Fly Jamaica is a partnership between Guyanese-born chief executive officer, Captain Paul Ronald Reece, and Jamaican shareholders.

Friday, April 03, 2015 | 5:08 AM  
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Fly Jamaica airways has resumed flying to New York, following a setback in operations related to landing rights issues on Wednesday.
As a result, over 200 Fly Jamaica passengers were stranded.
Captain Paul Reece, chairman and CEO of Fly Jamaica
However in a media release on Thursday, Fly Jamaica said the issue regarding landing rights “has been favourably resolved and flights to and from New York will resume today (Thursday)”.
Fly Jamaica is a partnership between Guyanese-born chief executive officer, Captain Paul Ronald Reece, and Jamaican shareholders.
In addition to Kingston, the company that was incorporated in Jamaica on September 7, 2011 flies to Georgetown, New York, Toronto and Georgetown.

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Iran and six world powers agreed to a framework for a final deal on Iran's controversial nuclear program, officials announced Thursday.
World Leaders involved with Iran Deal
The understanding paves the way for the start of a final phase of talks that aims to reach a comprehensive agreement by the end of June. The agreement concludes weeks of intense negotiations and comes two days beyond the initial March 31 deadline for an outline deal.
"We have reached solutions on key parameters on a joint comprehensive plan of action," EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said at a joint press conference with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Reading a statement on behalf of negotiators, Mogherini specified that Iran has accepted limitations on its enrichment capacity that include retaining only one enrichment facility, Natanz. The Fordo fortified site will be converted into a scientific center, according to the statement.
Europe and the United States will end nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions on Iran under the future deal after the United Nations' nuclear agency confirms Tehran's compliance with the deal.
“We will now start drafting a comprehensive text,” Mogherini said. U.S. President Barack Obama lauded the agreement as a "historic understanding" in a press statement outside The White House. more

CLARENDON, JAMAICA: Family, Teacher In Shock After 11-year-old Schoolboy Stephen Williams Murder In Clarendon...."By the time mi reach back over, I heard the shots and I remember that he was there so me and mummy run out and I saw my little brother on the ground at the shop," the boy's sister said.

Published:Friday | April 3, 2015
The family of an 11-year-old boy who was murdered on Wednesday night is still trying to come to the realisation that their loved one was taken from them in such a brutal manner.
Stephen Williams died after he was shot multiple times while he was at a shop in New Bowens, Clarendon, where he lived. Williams' older sister said they went to the shop around 9 p.m. and she left him and went back home.
"By the time mi reach back over, I heard the shots and I remember that he was there so me and mummy run out and I saw my little brother on the ground at the shop," the boy's sister said. The police were called and the scene was processed and Williams' taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The young victim has been described as a quiet but jovial sibling who wasn't very troublesome. Williams was a grade-six student at Hazard Primary School, also in Clarendon. 
Principal Althea Simmons said she was shocked and in disbelief when he heard the news that one of her students was shot and killed. "He is one of our best students. He is a student that is always neat and tidy and is always concerned about his work. He is really going to be missed by his classmates and teachers because he was a real example to the boys in school."
Simmons also described him as a quiet boy who was well disciplined. "I don't know how we are going to manage when school reopens after the holidays and the students are to get back in class. Stephen will be missed by all of us," she said.

US President Barack Obama To Arrive In Jamaica On April 8 and sleep over...WATCH President Obama practicing some Reggae dance moves

Published April 3, 2015
US President Barack Obama is to arrive in Jamaica on April 8.
The Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller had announced that Obama would arrive on April 9. However Consular Officer for Public Affairs at the US Embassy in Kingston, Joshua Polacheck, says the April 8 arrival date is not a change in schedule as it was planned long ago that the US President would arrive ahead of a full working day on April 9.
Obama... to have full day of work on April 9
“Think about the travel time from Washington, if he is going to work on the morning of the 9th he would have to leave Washington like 4 in the morning”, Polacheck  explained.
A check on the White House's website show a release issued on March 18 which states that President Obama will visit Jamaica and Panama from April 8-11. Meanwhile, Polacheck says officials are finalising President Obama’s schedule for his visit to Jamaica.
He says among other things the US President will be holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister Portia Simpson as well as meeting with leaders from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Yesterday, the Ministry of National Security issued a statement saying the National Reserve of the Jamaica Defence Force has been called out to strengthen security Obama’s visit.
National Security Minister, Peter Bunting said the calling out of the Reserves is among several security measures being pursued. Bunting also said the public should expect traffic diversions and road closures for the visit. Additionally, there will be air space restrictions to be communicated by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority. WATCH President Obama practicing some Reggae dance moves  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAxo0lK91rA

IN JAMAICA: Christine Daley, A card-making machine.... Employed full-time as an accounting executive, Daley, 26, started Chrisinique as a passion in 2011, a business which provides personalised cards, baskets, totes, jewellery and event planning for all occasions.

ALL WOMAN Wednesday, April 01, 2015 , By NICOLE NATION
From humble beginnings in Green Island, Hanover, Christine Daley has come a far way.  Employed full-time as an accounting executive, Daley, 26, started Chrisinique as a passion in 2011, a business which provides personalised cards, baskets, totes, jewellery and event planning for all occasions.
From humble beginnings in Green Island, Hanover,
26 y-o Christine Daley has come a far way. 
“Growing up I wanted to be either a flight attendant or an architect. My father especially wanted me to do architecture, so much so that I did technical drawing in high school,” she told All Woman.
“My lines, however, were never straight enough, and my work was always untidy.” With time her career goals changed, and business became her core focus. The Manning’s School graduate pursued a bachelors in accounting and marketing at the University of Technology (UTech), a journey she started after employing a bit of creative skills.
“Initially I wasn’t accepted into UTech’s School of Business but, after hearing the news, and knowing that UTech was my only option after fifth form, I put down a piece of bawling in the office,” she said. “The head of the school took pity on me and allowed me to resubmit my application, and I got accepted.”
After school she got the opportunity to work with Digicel, where she was mandated to develop the activities and ideas for the company’s morale building programme. “From that experience I quickly discovered that I had a very creative side. I found making cards, graphics and planning events really easy and effortless,” she said.
And so moving to Chrisinique was effortless, and she moved from one birthday card to countless invitations to parties, send-offs, baby showers and lymes. “The real challenge lies with juggling the business with a regular nine-to-five,” she shared. “I have had countless sleepless nights and limited resources including insufficient capital and creative block.” more

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Making Brand JAMAICA work for Jamaica.....In Jamaica we do not control enough points along the value chain of producing any good or service to claim to have an industry. A case in point; in the mid-1990s Jamaica enjoyed one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment per capita mainly caused by the rapid expansion of hotel rooms by the Spanish.

Henley MORGAN  Wednesday, April 01, 2015 
GOD forbid it to be so, but if Jamaica were to be hit by a great catastrophe causing the loss of all humanity, there is not a single monument, not even a proper venue; nothing that would say to the succeeding generation, this little island is the birthplace of one of the great genres of popular music -- reggae. As clear a case as ever of the farmer eating the goose that laid the golden egg.
Making Brand Jamaica work for Jamaica
Sadly, the same is true for athletics. People come from all walks of life, from home and abroad, overflowing the National Stadium to be part of the spectacle that's Boys' and Girls' Champs. At the end of the event, we are left with hoarse throats, an empty stadium, and emptier pockets. Beyond the psychic pleasure of being world beaters on the track, and a few athletes lucky enough to get scholarships and later in their career to become icons, there is nothing substantial or lasting to show.
This is so for a reason so simple it is laughable. Jamaica is good at producing icons. Icons invariably become rich for themselves, for their families, for people in their immediate circles, and for the tax man ready to exact his pound of flesh. Industries are what produce wealth, measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), for a nation and its people.
The Jamaican economy is characterised by sectors, not industries. There is not a fully developed sports industry, or music industry, or any other industry for that matter. There is the manufacturing sector, the agriculture sector, the construction sector, the entertainment sector, the tourism sector, and the banking sector. The standard dictionary definition of industry is, "a distinct group of integrated productive or profit-making enterprises as a whole". A sector is merely, "a distinctive part of an economy". Highlighting the difference between the words "whole" and "part" in the given context may seem to some readers as nothing more than semantics, making much ado about nothing or a bad case of splitting hairs. But the difference can have serious consequences for the wealth of a nation.
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In Jamaica we do not control enough points along the value chain of producing any good or service to claim to have an industry. A case in point; in the mid-1990s Jamaica enjoyed one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment per capita mainly caused by the rapid expansion of hotel rooms by the Spanish. Yet in all those years the country continued to experience negligible GDP growth largely because of the absence of linkage enterprises operating as members of an integrated manufacturing or service industry. The foreign exchange brought in to invest in real estate and construction went back out to import goods and services. more

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (GOOD NEWS UPDATE) : A home for street sweeper Peaches Henry built by FOOD For the Poor (FFP)..."Our aim is to build 300 homes under our FFP 5K run, and the house constructed for Peaches was one from that list," Burrell emphasised.

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Thursday, April 02, 2015   
FOOD For the Poor (FFP) has completed construction of a house for street sweeper Peaches Henry whose plight was highlighted in the Jamaica Observer on March 1.
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Peaches Henry (second left) with members of the Jamaica
 Observer marketing team (from left) Pamille Shaw-Blair,
Kamilah Morrison, and Andrea Beckford. The Observer team
 was on hand to help with construction of Henry’s house.
"I am very grateful for the help that Food for the Poor and the Jamaica Observer have provided. If it was not for these organisations and the help of concerned citizens, I don't know what I would do," said the 38-year-old single mother.
She made the comment as a team from FFP spent a day constructing the two-bedroom for her and her children.
Three of the street sweeper's five children, who were on hand to witness the construction, celebrated and cheered as FFP employers carried out their work.
Peaches Henry and three of her five children pose outside
 their unfinished house in Waltham Park, St Andrew. The house
was a donation from charity organisation Food for
the Poor. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
Several of Jamaican's top entertainers, including Assassin and members of No Madzz group were also on hand to help. Members from the Observer's marketing team also provided assistance.
"We want to thank the Observer; they were the ones who featured the story about Peaches and, because of that, we got the funding to build the home," said Marsha Burrell, marketing manager at FFP.
According to Burrell the house was built under the FFP's '5K Run' initiative, which is scheduled for May 9.
"Our aim is to build 300 homes under our FFP 5K run, and the house constructed for Peaches was one from that list," Burrell emphasised. more

KINGSTON, JAMAICA :Woman accused of stabbing common-law husband to death after he punched her in the face during a domestic dispute : 29-year-old accused, Norbia Allen of Graham Street in Kingston, was arrested and charged for the murder of 45-year-old Patrick Coombs

Thursday, April 02, 2015
A woman who allegedly stabbed her common-law husband to death after he punched her in the face during a domestic dispute is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on April 19.
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The 29-year-old accused, Norbia Allen of Graham Street in Kingston, was arrested and charged for the murder of 45-year-old Patrick Coombs on November 26 last year.
The police alleged that on the day in question both parties were at Coombs' house at Victoria Street in downtown Kingston when they had a dispute. The police further alleged that during the dispute Allen was hit in the face and retaliated by pulling a knife and stabbing her lover in the chest
Coombs was rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.
Allen was arrested and charged and first appeared in court last December but was released on $300,000 bail. Her lawyer David Clarke told the court during the bail application that Allen was in an abusive relationship for many years and that she was fearful of Coombs.
However, on Monday when the matter was mentioned, Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey was told that the post-mortem report was not yet available and as a result, Allen's bail was extended. more

KINGSTON, Jamaica : Ardenne High School claims 2015 Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools' Challenge Quiz (SCQ) title

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | 9:51 PM 
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ardenne High has defeated four time champions St Jago High to secure their sixth title in the 2015 Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools' Challenge Quiz competition.
Ardenne led from start to finish, claiming a huge victory on 28 points to St Jago’s 16.
Ardenne captain accepts trophy
Following the end of the opening challenge, Ardenne led with five points, one more than St Jago High’s four.
The speed challenge again saw Ardenne finishing ahead with 26 points at the end of their third and final minute, having racked up some 14 and 20 points after the first and second minutes, respectively.
Meanwhile, St Jago trailed on 22 at the end of their third and final minute, having mounted 11 and 17 after the end of their first and second minutes, respectively.
The start of the buzzer section was, however, delayed as the teams sought to query answers to questions, but the results remained unchanged.
After a steady start, Ardenne, who only managed to answer one question in the buzzer section, held their nerves to secure victory after St Jago crumbled to 16, having failed to answer majority of the questions correctly for which they pressed the buzzer.
St Jago last won the title in 2010. Sixty-three schools entered this year's competition.
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NUKE DEAL D-DAY: 50/50 SHOT.... Iran Nuclear Talks Go To The Wire With 50-50 Chance of Success, Negotiators Say


WASHINGTON -- Iranian and American negotiators give themselves a 50-50 chance of reaching a nuclear agreement before Tuesday's deadline, with several notable disagreements remaining in the political framework.
Negotiators have been hesitant to publicly share details, but there is obvious discord between Iranians and the U.S. on Iran's demand for sanctions relief. Iranians have long insisted that a final agreement, to be reached by June 30, should trigger an instant lifting of the broad sanctions imposed by the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations. American negotiators have argued that sanctions relief must occur gradually, as Iran demonstrates compliance with terms of the nuclear agreement.
Both sides are facing tremendous pressure back home to avoid compromising. Sanctions have crippled Iran’s economy, which is heavily dependent on oil exports. Perhaps more importantly, Iranians see the international sanctions as an injustice that should be reversed immediately as part of any comprehensive nuclear deal.

JAMAICA Governor General gives assent, 'Ganja law' now in effect ....."My understanding is that the GG has now assented to the Bill and the signed Bill is now on its way back to Parliament,"

Tuesday, March 31, 2015    
THE governor general has given his assent to the Bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act, making possession of two or less ounces of ganja a ticketable offence.
Justice Minister Mark Golding made the disclosure yesterday, just over a month after the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the legislation now being called the Ganja law.
"My understanding is that the GG has now assented to the Bill and the signed Bill is now on its way back
to Parliament," Golding informed advocates of decriminalisation or legalisation of marijuana, who were anxious that the amendments became law as soon as possible.
The House passed the Bill on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, following which it was expected to be signed into law about a week later. But Golding did not say what might have contributed to the apparent delay in the Bill returning to Parliament from King's House to be gazetted.
During the month-long wait, there was speculation among some ganja advocates that Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist faith, might have been having difficulties giving his assent to the amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act.
The Act is highlighted by a provision making possession of two or less ounces of ganja a ticketable offence, among other provisions that could pave the way for establishment of a ganja industry that advocates believe would make a dent in poverty here.
"When they (Parliament) receive it, they will send it to the Printing Office for gazetting," Golding assured.

BARRETT TOWN, St James - JAMAICA (SENSELESS KILLING OVER A CHAIR) : 12 y-o student, Shyheim Lewis stabbed to death in class...Lewis's distraught mother, Jacinth Johnson, told the Jamaica Observer that her son's life could have been saved if the teachers had taken him to hospital earlier. "...Dem cut him and teachers say dem don't want dem car to blood up, so dem allow the child to bleed to death," the mother alleged. "When wi go over deh, di pickney dem a bawl, and di teacher dem [just] stand up so," claimed the grieving mother.

BY HORACE HINES Observer staff reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, March 31, 2015
BARRETT TOWN, St James — There was mourning yesterday at the Barrett Town All-Age School, as well as in the wider community, after a grade six student was fatally stabbed by his classmate shortly after break in the morning.
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Jacinth Johnson, mother of 12-year-old Shyheim Lewis who was
 fatally stabbed by his classmate, is comforted yesterday by her spouse
 Linton White outside the Barrett Town All Age School as Police
 Superintendent Gary Francis looks on. (PHOTO: PHILLIP LEMONTE)
The deceased has been identified as Shyheim Lewis, also called Chin, 12, of the Jenkins Corner neighbourhood here in Barrett Town.
The child's alleged killer, who is reportedly from the Vietnam section of Barrett Town, was taken into custody by the Barrett Town police.
It was alleged that about 10:30 am a fight broke out between Lewis and one of his classmates over a seat, during which a knife was brought into play. Lewis, who was stabbed and injured on the neck, was taken to hospital where he died.
Students who were overheard relating the incident said the two boys who, both of whom sat the Grade Six Achievement Test last week, had a heated argument which escalated into a fight.
"Him tell him say he will kill him and run go a him yard," one of the students was overheard saying.
The students said that shortly after Lewis was stabbed he ran downstairs where he collapsed.
When the Observer visited the school, where a large crowd had gathered, there was a large pool of blood in the area where the student collapsed.
Lewis's distraught mother, Jacinth Johnson, told the Jamaica Observer that her son's life could have been saved if the teachers had taken him to hospital earlier.
"...Dem cut him and teachers say dem don't want dem car to blood up, so dem allow the child to bleed to death," the mother alleged. "When wi go over deh, di pickney dem a bawl, and di teacher dem [just] stand up so," claimed the grieving mother.
She also alleged that two of her other children have been the victims of violence at the school in the past.
"... Mi have a son in grade two and dem fling stone and lick him down over there. Den dem stab mi daughter with pencil down here. What kind a school this?" she questioned. more

Glenn Ford, Wrongfully Convicted And Dying Of Cancer, Denied Restitution For 30 Years On Death Row

The Huffington Post  |  By Kim Bellware Email Posted: 03/30/2015 7:50 pm EDT
Glenn Ford was imprisoned nearly half his life for a murder he didn't commit. Now, the 65-year-old has been denied restitution for his nearly 30 years on Louisiana's death row.
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Glenn Ford
Caddo Parish District Judge Katherine Dorroh on Friday denied Ford compensation, saying that while Ford did not commit the murder that led to his wrongful imprisonment, he was "proven to be guilty of lesser crimes and was not an innocent man." The judge said Ford knew about plans for the robbery that led to the killing and didn't stop it. Further, he attempted to destroy evidence by pawning items taken in the robbery and tried to find buyers for the murder weapon used by men Ford implicated in the murder.
"While Mr. Ford does not have the blood of Isadore Rozeman on his hands, he did not have clean hands," Dorroh wrote in her nine-page order. Ford's attorney, Gary Clements, said the court's conclusion is akin to denying compensation for "jaywalking in front of the house where a crime happened."
"Truth is, if you pawned jewelry, you would never spend 30 years on death row," Clements told The Huffington Post Monday. Ford's lawyers with the Innocence Project-New Orleans (unaffiliated with the national Innocence Project) are appealing the ruling. The lawyers said in a statement Friday: more

BUFF BAY, JAMAICA: Two Cuban nurses attacked, injured in Buff Bay....HEALTH Minister Fenton Ferguson has described yesterday's attack on two Cuban nurses assigned to the Buff Bay Community Hospital as a "disgusting and vicious act undertaken by a coward". The nurses who were brutally attacked and injured by a gunman while at their residence yesterday morning

Tuesday, March 31, 2015    
HEALTH Minister Fenton Ferguson has described yesterday's attack on two Cuban nurses assigned to the Buff Bay Community Hospital as a "disgusting and vicious act undertaken by a coward".
The nurses who were brutally attacked and injured by a gunman while at their residence yesterday morning, were said to in stable condition in hospital.
Some of the residents who protested yesterday against the
 assault of two Cuban nurses are about to enter the Buff Bay
 Hospital compound as they heard that the police had taken
 the suspect there for treatment.
A group of Buff Bay residents took to the streets early yesterday to protest against the attack on the nurses. The protesters, during the rain, walked to the hospital after being informed that that police had taken the suspect in the attack to the facility for treatment. They were, however, not not allowed inside the building.
"... To enter the residence of two females and attack them in that manner is cowardly and unforgivable, especialy since they have committed themselves to service to the people of that community. It is time that we start thinking about the implications that these acts can have on our country as a whole and stand up against this type of behaviour," a Ministry of Health release quoted Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson, as saying.
"We will do everything we can to bring the person to justice and I urge the residents of Buff Bay and anyone else who may have information to share it with the police immediately. None of us is immune to this kind of action and so we have to support each other and send a strong message to criminals," said Ferguson. "We cannot allow persons to disrupt services to others and prevent our health workers from carrying out their duties in a safe and comfortable atmosphere," he added.
Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz, who also condemned the attack, said in a release that he hoped that the incident would not tarnish or jeopardise in any way the various health programmes between Jamaica and Cuba as Jamaica has benefited tremendously in this bilateral arrangement over several decades. more

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (DISTURBING CRIMES BY TEENS - PARENTS INVOLVED) : Police find teens committing robberies on orders from home.... Police warn parents to stop sending children to rob people. "Since the start of the year we have received reports of more than 25 of these robbery cases," the cop said.

BY KIMMO MATTTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Monday, March 30, 2015    
THE police say they have made a disturbing discovery in their investigation of an upsurge in robberies taking place on the streets of downtown Kingston. The crimes are being committed by teenagers under the command of their parents.
"We have been carrying out investigations, and what we have found is disturbing," said one policeman close to the development. "We have found that some parents are sending these youngsters out in the streets to carry out these illegal acts."
According to the cop, who declined to be named, many of the robberies are being carried out by boys between the ages of 15 and 18 who, when caught, reveal that they are acting on the parents' orders.
"In the last month we have apprehended more than seven of these youngsters and brought them before the court. But this is a small percentage of the overall robberies that take place," he told the Jamaica Observer as he explained that many of the teen thieves have escaped being captured by the police.
"Since the start of the year we have received reports of more than 25 of these robbery cases," the cop said, adding that many of these youngsters are still in school and have had multiple run-ins with the law.
The teen thieves, he said, make a habit of robbing shoppers and vendors, particularly in the market districts. They also target motor vehicles and steal phones that are left exposed.
"Many of these criminals are known to us, and we are making an appeal for those still out there to stop their illegal activities. We are also warning the parents to stop sending out their children on the streets to carry out these illegal acts," the policeman said.
He added that when many of these youth carry out their robberies and manage to escape no alarm is raised, but as soon as they are caught the parents are the first ones to get to the police station to deny that their children are involved in wrongdoing, even when they are caught red-handed. more