Stories by Jason Cross

Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams has dismissed any idea that the independence of local law enforcement as they tackle concerns around crime and public safety might be compromised by the establishment of an official base for the Federal Bureau of...

Aloun Assamba, former Jamaican high commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), commented Monday that despite there being no breaches identified with the deportation of 42 Jamaicans from the UK recently, the need to appoint a Jamaican high commissioner is...

Following last Friday's protest by frustrated aviation and access control security personnel, who said they have had a number of outstanding concerns, ranging from salary deductions not being paid over to the relevant organisations, to late-night...

The Ministry of Health has collaborated with the agricultural ministry to distribute Gambusia, popularly known as tiki tiki fish, to households islandwide, to help reduce mosquito larvae as yet another government initiative to combat the Zika virus....

Following the deportation of 42 Jamaicans from the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday, National Security Minister Robert Montague told reporters yesterday that interesting questions concerning human rights and natural justice have been raised.Montague...

Safety and security took centre stage yesterday as the 2016-2017 school year officially got under way, with a special opening ceremony organised by the Jamaica Constabulary Force in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information...

His great-grandfather, Raglan Phillips, started the Salvation Army in Jamaica, along with Agnes Foster, when he came to the island in the 1800s.Now, Richard Phillips, who works with Canada-based TruNorth Deck, makers of durable construction material made...

The countdown for the start of the new school year, beginning September 3, has begun and schools in the eastern section of the capital city, which The Gleaner visited this week, are happy about their state of readiness so far.Everything seems to be...

Just a few hours into last Friday's commencement of the second annual west Kingston health fair, put on by the West Kingston Power Partners, at the Tivoli Gardens High School, the Diabetes Association of Jamaica was able to detect that many west...

Sandra Brown, mother of 22-year-old Odane Abbott, who was one of three persons killed by gunmen in his yard on Lincoln Crescent in Arnett Gardens on Tuesday, said her son would have been playing football with friends at 5 p.m. that same evening, but...

As the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) seeks to develop a policy of principled policing, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has called for such a policy to be integrated and promoted with a system of restorative justice.Chuck was speaking at the...