Even as the Jamaica Constabulary Force swore in its 29th commissioner of police, George Quallo, at a ceremony at the Police Officers Club in Kingston, criminals continue the bloodletting and mayhem that has made the island one of the most violent in the Western hemisphere.

  Angry residents of Whithorn, Westmoreland angrily beat a man almost to the point of death this morning. According to the cops, the incident happened at about 1030 a.m, and the man is suspected of perpetrating several robberies in the area.