Livern Barrett
Journalist at Jamaica Gleaner
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4 days ago |
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1 week ago |
jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett
A 12-year-old boy is alleged to have been jailed overnight by cops in Trelawny after he refused to comply with their demand for the password to his cell phone. That’s the claim from the attorney for the child’s family. The series of incidents began in the community of Florence Hall, Trelawny, on April 24 and ended the following day, when the boy was released from the Falmouth Police Station without any criminal charge, according to Donnovan Collins, the attorney retained by the family.
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1 week ago |
jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett
A chemical used during routine preventative maintenance at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) last Friday inadvertently entered the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department, prompting its temporary relocation, according to CEO Barry Graham. He was speaking after a statement by the People’s National Party (PNP) on Monday claiming that “noxious chemical fumes” forced the closure and emergency evacuation of the A&E Department.
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2 weeks ago |
jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett
A group of legal experts has suggested that the Government rethink punitive legislative trends and pursue comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to reduce violent crime. The suggestion by the Advocates Association of Jamaica (AAJ) comes days after the Senate approved significant increases in the mandatory minimum sentences for capital and non-capital murders that will keep convicted killers in prison for up to 50 years.
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2 weeks ago |
jamaica-gleaner.com | Livern Barrett
Published:Thursday | May 1, 2025 | 12:10 AM More that 150 children under age 17 were murdered while just over 4,000 were sexually assaulted in Jamaica over the five-year period that ended last year, the national coordinator for Child Month activities has disclosed. May is celebrated every year as Child Month, which will be observed this year under the theme ‘Act Now! Stand Against Child Abuse and Exploitation’.
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