Stories by Jason Cross

Commissioner of Police George Quallo has indicated that the police force is moving much closer to doing away with the old practice of recording reports and statements in station diaries.The commissioner was the guest speaker at yesterday's opening...

Attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie is warning that unless the police improve their investigation of crimes, guilty persons will continue to take their chances with the courts while ignoring the opportunity to accept a plea deal from prosecutors....

Executive Director of the Mona School of Business and Management at UWI, Mona campus, Densil Williams, is expressing concern that the 44-year-old Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) might not achieve all the success that it can....

With rampant criminality contributing to the backlog within the court system, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is advocating for Jamaicans to buy into plea bargains.Chuck was addressing a recent town hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Justice at...

Jamaicans should soon begin to experience more compassion from medical practitioners when they visit public clinics and hospitals, Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton has said.He was speaking to The Gleaner yesterday at The Jamaica Pegasus...

The general attitude towards young Jamaicans suffering from mental-health problems is usually one of scorn, and according to co-founder and executive director at Children First, Claudette Pious, that needs to stop.Pious sat down with The Gleaner on...

With Jamaicans prone to breaking organisational rules for personal gain, Lt Commander George Overton, director of operations at the Guardsman Group Limited, is encouraging business people not to view security with one-track minds.Overton was one of...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Dr Horace Chang is decrying a recent gun attack on two persons in Top Bay, Annotto Bay, a community in South East St Mary.In a statement yesterday, Chang said that based on information from the police,...

Millions of dollars have been pumped into the North Street sewer line repair project in Kingston, but to little avail, as raw sewerage has begun to overflow on to the roadway once more in the vicinity of St George's College, with the only difference...

More than 30 dons have informed stakeholders in the redevelopment of downtown Kingston that they want a piece of the action to restore the capital city and have expressed willingness to participate and make it happen, piquing the interest of...

Chief Executive Officer of Jamaican Teas Ltd John Mahfood has lauded the government for the Barbican Road development project in St Andrew, which authorities say will be completed by December."We (the Mahfoods) have a business in the area on...