Provision of new Bail Act to balance human rights with safety and security needs — Malahoo Forte
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Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the review of provisions in the Bail Bill will focus on balancing human rights with safety and security needs.
Jamaica getting more US help to tackle crime and violence
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The American Government has increased its funding of programmes designed to help Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean tackle a number of problems linked to crime and violence, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti Barbara Feinstein told journalists on Tuesday.
British woman charged after cocaine found her suitcase
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A British woman was brought to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday in connection with cocaine allegedly being found in her luggage as she was checking in to board a flight to London from the Norman Manley International Airport.
US fugitive held in Jamaica after 10 years on the run
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A US fugitive said to be on the run for 10 years was held in a multi-agency operation in St James on Tuesday.
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has urged persons to take advantage of the pending gun amnesty before warning that "at the end of the amnesty there is no excuse" for individuals who are caught with an illegal gun.
Four dead, one injured in multiple Clarendon shootings
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Two separate shooting incidents in Clarendon have left four persons dead and one hospitalised.
Person of interest in Slickiana murder nabbed at guest house
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Rushane Patterson, the person of interest in the murder of social media influencer Aneka 'Slickianna' Townsend, is now in police custody, law enforcement sources have disclosed.
American woman on murder charge allowed to return home before case completed
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A judge in the Hanover Parish Court in Sandy Bay today ordered the return of the passport of an American woman charged with manslaughter arising from a fatal crash.
Regional police welfare body wants cop killers hanged
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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines, CMC – The organisation representing the welfare of police officers across the region has called for harsher punishments, including the death penalty, for anyone found guilty of killing a cop.
Bloomfield murder accused disappears – Man charged with MP’s killing fails to appear for trial
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Simeon Sutherland, the man accused of murdering former People’s National Party Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield, whose trial was set to begin in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston on Wednesday, has disappeared.
Help the youth! Police Commissioner worried about number of child criminals
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POLICE Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson on Tuesday described as a worrying trend the number of children being brought to book for serious crimes.
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Protesters block Brazil roads for second day after Bolsonaro loss
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)— Truckers and other protesters on Tuesday blocked highways for second day in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has yet to accept his election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a special push by the Government to develop the eastern Jamaica parish of Portland.
Guns recovered under firearm amnesty to be tested
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The government’s gun amnesty is set to take effect this Saturday, November 5, 2022.