Tag: domestic violence
DO BETTER, cop tells men in and around Linstead
The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in charge of Linstead, Guy’s Hill, Bog Walk, and Ewarton in the St Catherine North Police Division, said the area under her supervision is having too many issues with families, adding that more men should start taking a positive stand generally throughout the society. DSP Ilene Fearon-McKenzie said: “Where…
Law enforcer slain in domestic dispute | commish condemns incident
For the second straight Sunday morning, Jamaicans are being hit with news about the slaying of at least one woman as a result of domestic violence. The latest victim, Woman District Constable Mellissa Edwards-Whyte, who is pictured above, was fatally chopped at her home in St Andrew about 9 o’clock last evening, September 29. Head…
Security minister decries domestic violence, murder of Akeem Wilks
While noting that the government will have to intensify its effort to address the issue of domestic violence, Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang this afternoon condemned the killing of Akeem Wilks allegedly by his half brother Triston Wilks. The minister also noted the murder of 50-year-old Delroy Turner from Kensington district, St Ann,…