NEPA seeks environmental partners in Negril to improve shoreline of resort town

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is looking to partner with environmental organisations in Negril, Westmoreland, to lend support in strengthening protection of the resort town’s coastline.

This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Leonard Francis at the forum, co-hosted by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and the Negril/Green Island Area Local Planning Authority (NEGALPA) under the theme ‘Shaping Our Future: The Role of Urban Planning in Communities.’

EU continues to support LAC countries in the fight against violence

Reading Time: 3 minutesHead of Cooperation for Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Aniceto Rodriguez Ruiz, during his presentation at the report launch and discussion on Tuesday, for the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), outlined that the EU has been strategically supporting countries in the Caribbean and Latin American (LA) region in the fight against organised violence.

Ruiz highlighted that in 2014, the EU agreed on a strategy on public security. This strategy acknowledged that crime and violence were the main obstacles against the full development of countries in Latin America and in the Caribbean.

Two men face with larceny charges after workplace theft

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDetectives of the St Andrew South Policing Division have charged Steve Wilson and Dwayne McKenzie with simple larceny and conspiracy to larceny following an incident at a business establishment in St Andrew on Monday, February 17.

Reports from the Duhaney Park Police are that at about 11 pm, 44-year-old Wilson, who was employed by the company as a truck assistant, drove his private motorcar onto the compound and went to an
unauthorized area where acetylene gas cylinders are stored.

Voletta Wallace, mother of Notorious B.I.G., has died

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVoletta Wallace, the mother of the late Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning.

Wallace passed away at 78 at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the Monroe County Coroner, Thomas Yanac, confirmed to The Post.

‘Women’s roles in organised Jamaican crimes less visible than men’

Reading Time: 3 minutesDirector of Research at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), Diana Thorburn, underscored that women’s roles in organised crime are less visible than men’s during her address at a CAPRI official report launch and discussion on Tuesday under the theme ‘Hits and Misses: Women in Organise Violence.’

Thorburn stated that there is a popular idea of a rising female gangstress in Jamaica, which requires deep understanding to identify how this issue threatens Jamaica’s peace, citizens security, and overall well-being as a country.

Fired and rehired – the dizzying confusion of Trump’s government overhaul

Reading Time: 4 minutesFederal workers responsible for America’s nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu, and officials responsible for supplying electricity are among those who have been accidentally fired in President Donald Trump’s rush to lay off tens of thousands of workers.