THE GLEANER MINUTE: Bill Johnson polls in…15yo on gun charges…Clive Peck killed in bombing
Aug 12th, 2019 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:55AUGUST 12, 2019: The Bill Johnson Poll commissioned by the One PNP team led by Dr Peter Phillips found that 46 per cent of Jamaicans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction… A 15-year-old boy, who is out on bail, is to appear in Children’s Court on new charges for breaches of The Firearms Act… Former Jamaica Constabulary Force Special Branch Policeman, Clive Peck and two colleagues were killed by a car bomb in Benghazi, Libya… The Jamaica National Children’s Home is set to receive one million dollars from Sagicor after fire… IN SPORTS: Jamaica’s Female Under 14 Football Team walks away as the winners of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Girls’ Under 14 Challenge Series.
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