Weekly Round-up: Major crimes down… Cabinet changes coming… Alleged gang leader, mother killed
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government on Monday welcomed statistics suggesting that major crimes were down by 16.8 per cent between January 1 and August 11, compared to the same period last year.
However, the total of 797 murders recorded for the period represented increases of 55 over the same period in 2016; 68 on those reported in 2015; and 99 for the same period in 2014.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday admitted that since the resignation of science and technology minister Dr Andrew Wheatley he has considered changes in his Cabinet with the appointment of a new minister to take over the portfolios formerly overseen by Wheatley.
And an alleged gangster and his mother were killed in Hanover on Wednesday night when gunmen entered their home and shot them multiple times.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps this week for you.
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Major crimes down 16.8 per cent
Confused, incompetent JLP Government can’t manage, says Phillips
If you live in a glass house you don’t throw stones, PM tells PNP
PNP calls for Montague’s removal from Cabinet
Holness describes depreciation of J’can dollar as ‘growing pains’
Economy grew by 1.8% April to June quarter — PIOJ
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! J’can singers remember icon Aretha Franklin
Mayor says Negril supermarket owner addressing issues
Media should exercise responsibility commensurate with press freedoms — Reid
Man chopped to death, another injured as woman flees raging lover
Teen girl stabbed to death in St Elizabeth
NWA working with cops, health dept to stop vandalism of traffic signals
Relatives shocked at how 13-year-old girl met her demise
Alleged gang leader, mother killed in Hanover
Tallawahs condemn St Lucia franchise to 14th-straight CPL loss
