THE United States White House and State Department declined yesterday to confirm or deny reports out of Washington that a career diplomat has been identified as ambassador-designate to Kingston.
But impeccable Observer sources insisted that the person had been identified, though not announced, and that a career diplomat was deemed to be more desirable than a political appointee, in the frosty environment caused by the stand-off over Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
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Two and a half years into its term, an incisive midterm assessment of the Bruce Golding-led government's performance in the area of national security reveals its absence of direction and resultant malfunctions.
Unequivocally, the Golding administration's performance in the area of national security can only be described as a colossal failure. Murders have increased from 1,583 in year 2007 to a record 1,680 in year 2009. For the first quarter of 2010 (up to March 28), the murder rate has increased by a...
US agents stream into Jamaica
Move seen as effort to push 'Dudus' extradition
AGENTS from two American intelligence-gathering organisations have descended on Jamaica in unusual numbers over the last six months in what political watchers believe is a move by the United States to add more muscle to its request for Jamaica to extradite Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
A highly placed source told the Sunday Observer that some of the agents have been given strict instructions to pay...
POLICE TASK FORCE SEIZE SEVERAL GUNS OVER THREE MONTH PERIOD
The Joint Police/Military Task Force based at the Mobile Reserve seized 24 guns, 321 rounds of ammunition and 59 pounds of marijuana during operational initiatives carried out island wide between January 1 and March 31, this year.
During this same period eight of Jamaica’s most wanted men were captured and 201 persons were charged for various crimes.
The seizures and arrests were as a result of over 2900...
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) yesterday called for the resignation of attorney Harold Brady from all state boards, until the party gets a satisfactory explanation from the Government regarding his involvement with the American law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.
"We are demanding, until then, that Mr Brady be relieved of all his responsibilities and from membership of all boards," PNP president Portia Simpson Miller said.
At the same time, she said, the party was calling on the...