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FEAR – residents say gunmen now butchering their victims

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

FIVE gruesome murders over two days have heightened fear among residents in some Spanish Town communities that gunmen are opting to butcher their victims in what the residents believe is a new trend of brutality […] […]

My Gripe – Consensus? Not just for Ordinary Jamaicans.

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

By Sandrea. AN appropriate cartoon for MY GRIPE TODAY I happen to read an article in which the the Prime Minister of Jamaica is calling for “consensus on right and wrong” . I cannot help […] […]

33 Haitians sent home

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

THE 33 Haitians who landed in Jamaica last month were shipped back to Haiti yesterday on a Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard vessel. The group comprised 15 men and five women, 11 children, a Haitian […] […]

PM calls for consensus on right and wrong

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

JAMAICANS need consensus on what is right and what is wrong in order to progress as a nation, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Thursday, as he sought help from the Rotary clubs to reboot the […] […]

Missing Chandler dad, son found dead after apparent vehicle crash

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

A missing Chandler man and his 7-year-old son were found dead in an apparent vehicle crash Sunday afternoon, said Chandler police. The bodies of Conrad Hernandez, 47, and his son, Max, 7, were found ejected […] […]

Nurse struck off for punching elderly man

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

A Timaru nurse has been struck off the register for punching a “vulnerable” elderly man in the mouth while she was working at a Waimate rest home. Timaru registered nurse Kim-Marie Ainsworth was found guilty […] […]

Boy who stabbed teacher in care of CYF – police

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

The boy police believe stabbed his teacher in the neck is now in the care of Child, Youth and Family, police say. The teacher was attacked in front of up to 24 students at Te […] […]

Advertising murder

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

By: Carolyn Cooper, Contributor I really don’t understand why The Gleaner has started up again to advertise our high murder rate every single day. We’ve been there and done that, to little effect. I suppose […] […]

One-year-old’s birthday ends in bloodbath as two New York teens killed in shootout

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

MOTHER’S Day turned tragic for two teens families yesterday after they were brutally killed at a one-year-olds birthday celebration when an uninvited guest suddenly opened fire in the hallway of a New York apartment building. […] […]

Louisville man going to prison for tattoo on toddler’s bottom

10th May 2010 sandrea 0

A LOUISVILLE man “thought it was a good idea” to tattoo a 19-month-old girl on her bottom. Police and a judge disagreed, slapping Lee M Deitrick, 20, with a three-year prison sentence, CantonRep.com said today. […] […]