
With just 52 days gone in the year, Jamaica has already surpassed 200 murders. A total of 212 killings were recorded island-wide between January 1 and February 22, according to the latest statistics […]
With just 52 days gone in the year, Jamaica has already surpassed 200 murders. A total of 212 killings were recorded island-wide between January 1 and February 22, according to the latest statistics […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Murders dropped 22 percent in 2020 compared to the year prior, according to Minister of National Security Marvin Dames. There were 74 murders in 2020, the lowest on record […]
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has taken issue with a Newsday article headlined “55 gunned down by the law in 2020”. In a statement, the commissioner said he has noted the rightful […]
As Jamaica’s Crime Monitoring and Oversight Committee prepares to update the nation on its deliberations, stakeholders will be acutely aware that the wave of violence flaring for decades is still at crisis […]
Amid the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 700 people have been murdered across Jamaica since the dreaded respiratory ailment reached local soil. The staggering death toll comes despite a range […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Crime declined nine percent in The Bahamas between January 1 and September 30, compared to the same period last year, according to Police Commissioner Paul Rolle. During a report to […]
The draft terms of reference and an Memorandum of Understanding for the investigations to be led by the Regional Security System (RSS) officials into the murders of the three West Coast Berbice […]
NEW YORK (WABC) — Many NYPD officers will now have to work a Saturday or Sunday as the department shifts schedules to combat the growing number of weekend shootings and cuts in […]
According to reports, Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital temporarily stopped accepting patients over the week because they were at capacity after a string of shootings. Senior VP for External Affairs—Roberta Ravoke said the […]
For many Americans, El Salvador is most closely associated these days with mass migration, grinding poverty, and gang violence. But the grim headlines mask some signs of hope. El Salvador’s murder rate […]