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Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), His Excellency Ambassador Albert Ramdin, has expressed confidence in the Jamaican Government's efforts at maintaining national security. Bringing greetings at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF-5), being held at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in Montego Bay, on Monday June 21, the...

Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Audrey Marks, has urged the organisation to continue to emphasise the multi-dimensional approach to security in the Americas, noting that security threats can no longer be addressed solely with armed conflict. This approach, she said, must encompass economic, social, health and environmental issues, among other key factors that can...

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington this evening confirmed that the police have arrested the former West Kingston gang leader, Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Commissioner Ellington is reassuring family, friends and well wishers of Coke that the police will be taking "every step possible to ensure his safety and well being whilst he is in our custody." He also asked these...

The Centre of Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), is seeking the public's assistance in locating Shanice Allen and Janet Wright from Sandy Bay, Clarendon who are witnesses in a case of Indecent Assault which is now before the Home Circuit Court. The next trial date isMonday, July 26. These persons are Shanice Allen and Janet Wright, both...

Just days after smashing a major passport/visa racket in downtown Kingston, Flying Squad Sleuths have dismantled a major car stealing ring in the Clarendon Division over the weekend (June 12-13). Four men including the mastermind have been taken into custody; four motor vehicles and two desk top computers were seized in the incident. Detectives are withholding the identities of the...

The Jamaica Military Aviation School (JMAS) in Kingston today (June 18), graduated its second batch of trainee pilots during a wings presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). The graduates: Lieutenants Craig Lewis-Mayne, Joel Nelson, Jaime Walsh, and Brandon Chambers, were presented with their military wings by the JDF's Chief of Defence...

Sixteen-year-old Leandrow Clarke of Edinburgh district, Manchester was recaptured in the parish yesterday, after escaping from the Mandeville Police lock-up two days before. Police on assignment went to the Willowgate taxi stand in the parish about 4:30 p.m. where Clarke was seen. He was arrested and taken into custody. Clarke was earlier arrested on suspicion of robbery and escaped from...

Fire destroyed a five-apartment house in the Nanny Jointwood district of St. Elizabeth this morning. The family of six, who occupies the dwelling, was reportedly at home about 3:40 a.m., when fire was seen coming from a section of the house. The police and fire brigade were summoned and one unit from the Black River Fire Department responded. The fire...

Two men who challenged the police in a shootout last evening, in the White Wing, Kingston 11 community, were fatally shot and a firearm seized. The men are yet to be identified. Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about 5:30 p.m., a team of police was on patrol in the area when a group of men were seen....

Fifty-year-old taxi operator, Trevor Hutchinson of Spring Garden, Buff Bay in Portland was shot dead by unknown assailant/s in the community last night. His car was also robbed. Reports are that about 9:40 p.m., residents heard explosions in the area and alerted the police. A patrol unit responded to the calls and found Mr. Hutchinson's body with a gunshot wound...

Twenty-two-year-old mechanic, Sean Barrett, otherwise called 'Monkey Brain' of Fort William district in Westmoreland was fatally shot after he confronted the police with a gun in the community yesterday. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar CIB are that about 11:30 a.m., police responded to reports of gunmen being in a section of the community. Barrett and another man were seen acting suspiciously....

A leading US Investment publication-'Oppenheimer' has commended Prime Minister Bruce Golding on the bold initiatives he has taken to fight crime in Jamaica. In its June 7 publication, under the heading Emerging Markets Commentary. Jamaica at a Crossroads' by Carl Ross, Managing Director-Investments, the writer noted that the offensive against drug lords and gangs should be 'viewed as an extraordinary...