THE GLEANER MINUTE: PM’s statutory declarations…St James, 3rd deadliest…Cop charged with rape
Aug 8th, 2019 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:57AUGUST 8, 2019: Prime Minister Andrew Holness will release his 2018 statutory declarations if the Integrity Commission does not publish the documents… Up to August 3, St James recorded 79 murders, making it Jamaica’s third deadliest Police Division… Thirty-five-year-old District Constable Cleavon Heaven of Farm Heights in St James is the second police officer in the Area One Region to be charged with rape in the past month… A St Catherine man who admitted to having sex with a 12-year-old disabled girl is handed a 51-month prison sentence… IN SPORTS: National Double Sprint Champion Elaine Thompson says winning the 100m gold in the Pan American Games after Independence Day was a special feeling.
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