January 2016

Cops to begin wearing body cameras this year

January 18, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_9426" align="alignright" width="300"] Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams[/caption] ANOTHER layer is about to be added to accountability in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) with the outfitting of police personnel with the long-touted body cameras. Cops are scheduled to start wearing the recording devices between the...

Not good enough

January 18, 2016 in Regional

People’s National Party (PNP) Councillor for the Port Maria Division Trecia Harris-Smiley has accused fellow Comrades — Mayor of Port Maria and St Mary sitting members of parliament of not doing enough for the parish capital. “I don’t think enough effort is being made for Port...

Shelly taken aback by ‘Iconic’ recognition

January 18, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_9420" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sagicor Group President and CEO Richard Byles presents Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with the Sagicor Iconic Award at the RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman Awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday.[/caption] After consistently dominating the track since 2008, there is no award...

Arsenal edge ahead as Rooney stuns Liverpool

January 18, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_9416" align="alignleft" width="300"] Manchester United’s French striker Anthony Martial (second right) flashes a shot wide during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield in Liverpool, north-west England, yesterday.[/caption] London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Arsenal’s goalless draw at Stoke took...

January 21 Date Set For Philo Wallace Inquest

January 15, 2016 in National

[caption id="attachment_8281" align="alignleft" width="300"] Philo Wallac[/caption] Freedom Fm Newsdesk has been reliably informed by ACP Ian Queeley that an inquest into the shooting death of Philo Wallace has been set for January 21st.. Seventeen year old Wallace was shot and killed in October 2015 by an...