THEIR TONGUES have been muted by years of fear and terror, so now, the silent cries of the people of Waterhouse in St Andrew for an end to bloodshed and violence go unheard. Sad eyes tell their stories.
They have seen it all - the ghastly effects of gang warfare - for more than 40 years. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives snuffed out by the gun; families shattered; a community splintered into factions.
Today, the scars are there for all to see, in a terrible culture of...
DETECTIVES from the Montego Bay CIB are probing the circumstances surrounding the killing of five people in the second city this morning.
Dead are 20 year-old Cornel Brown and Elton Hines, 23, both of Bird Hill, Salt Spring in the parish; Damion Brooks and 20-year-old Byron Powell, whose addresses are not known; and a fifth person who is yet to be identified.
Information received from the police is that about 5:30 am, residents called them to Bird Hill district after discovering...
Multimillion-dollar trade said more lucrative than cocaine, holds lower risk
ORGANISED criminal gangs and drug dealers are behind the growing multimillion-dollar trade in illicit cigarettes locally, the Sunday Observer has learnt.
According to the authorities, the drug lords' transition is driven by their desire to avoid the harsh penalties associated with narcotics trafficking, even though breaches of the Trade Marks Act can attract huge fines and prison time.
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Opposition In The Dark - Davies, Bunting Say Information Out Of Government Not Detailed Enough
HE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition yesterday said it refrained from offering a more detailed package of solutions when it contributed to the Budget Debate because it was in the dark about the country's macroeconomic situation.
At the same time, Dr Omar Davies, who is the opposition spokesman on finance, has said the People's National Party (PNP) is not impressed with the cherry-picking of...
JUST MORE than 3,000 deportees were sent back to Jamaica last year, with the vast majority heading to the parishes where crime is most rampant.
Kingston, St Andrew, St James, St Catherine and Clarendon - which accounted for the majority of the 1,680 murders last year - were the final destinations for most of the people sent back to Jamaica, sparking more concern about the link between deportees and crime.
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