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Bunting's stinging Sectoral Debate presentation

May 12, 2010

In his contribution to the 2010-11 Sectoral Debate in Parliament today, Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Peter Bunting, levelled a stinging broadside against the government. This only a day after the Prime Minister admitted in Gordon House that he sanctioned the hiring of a U.S. lobby law firm to represent the JLP in US-Jamaica treaty matters.

Mr. Bunting pulled no punches in calling out the government on its lack of credibility and moral authority, in declaring the PNP's readiness to lead the...

Contribution on National Security to the 2010-11 Sectoral Debate

"I did it" - Bruce admits he got Manatt hired

May 11, 2010

AMID mounting criticisms over the Government's credibility, Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday admitted in Parliament that he had given the green light for the ruling party to engage the services of US law firm Manatt Phelps and Phillips.

Golding confessed that he had "sanctioned" persons in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to approach Manatt Phelps and Phillips to lobby the United States administration to drop its extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke to face drug and gun-running charges...

Statement in Parliament on Extradition and Manatt firm, by the Hon Bruce Golding, Prime Minister

Samuda:US Mum On Manatt

May 10, 2010

The tempo of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips controversy - in which the United States law firm was asked to help resolve an extradition matter between Jamaica and the US - is set to increase this week, even as the Government maintains it has not received any official statement from the Obama administration.

Industry, Investment and Com-merce Minister Karl Samuda, the Golding administration's point man on the matter, told The Gleaner yesterday that as far as he knew, no word had been forthcoming from US...

UWI Study - Ja kids ripe for extremism recruitment

May 03, 2010

The vulnerabilities of Jamaican children make them easy pickings for exploitation by extremists, similar to the radicalism found in the Arab world, a study by university lecturer Dr Claudette Crawford-Brown has revealed.

Crawford-Brown's claim comes with the recognition that many of the island's children, some as young as four, are being trained by gunmen to carry out crime.

"They are watching drug shipments go off, they are watching criminal activities that are inappropriate for their age. This...

Cops recover more weapons in 1st Quarter

May 03, 2010

THE police have seen significant jumps in the number of illegal firearms and ammunition taken off the streets for the first quarter of 2010, as they report increases in operational outputs in all the major categories when compared to the same period last year.

(Source: The Gleaner
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