The Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) will be looking, over the medium term, to align its operations in accordance with the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act, 2022. This is to inform the public and stakeholders of its new role, as well as modernise its record-keeping process and improve its cyber resilience under the new legislation, which replaced the Firearm Act...

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, has been promoted to Vice Admiral (Lieutenant General) and three Colonels have been promoted to Brigadier, effective May 10 2024, following approval from the Defence Board. Rear Admiral Wemyss Gorman was appointed CDS on January 21 2022. Her career spans 32 years at various command levels. As CDS, she has...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has emerged the overall winner of the inaugural ‘SheSecures Jamaica’ National Cybersecurity Competition. The all-female team attained maximum points of 325 after successfully completing all eight challenges in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Web Hacking and Forensic Analysis. Teams from the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) copped second and third places, while...

Twelve new motor vehicles valued at $97.5 million have been commissioned into service, at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The new vehicles include four Nissan Frontier pickup trucks, four Nissan panel vans, two Foton buses, one Hyundai SUV, and one Foton flatbed truck, bringing the total number of vehicles in the DCS’ fleet to 119. Speaking at the commissioning...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging the motoring public to follow the rules of the Road Traffic Act, as it regards to pedestrian crossings. Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie explained that the Police continue to have challenges with motorists and pedestrian crossings. “The offence is failing to...

The investigative capacity of the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) has been strengthened, following the training of 18 personnel from the agency at the National Police College of Jamaica, at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine. Participants who took part in the Sexual Harassment Training Course, which was done in conjunction with the Department of Criminal Investigation Training (D-CIT), were exposed...

The JamaicaEye Programme has been boosted by a donation of 215 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras by the Government of the Republic of Korea. Delivering the keynote address at the handover of the devices at his New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, April 16, Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said any measure of success in citizen security requires a...

The Government continues to undertake a coordinated and comprehensive approach to stem the flow of illicit firearms and ammunition into Jamaica. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, reiterated the Administration’s commitment during a firearms marking workshop at the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine in St. Andrew on Tuesday (April 16). “The illicit...

Approximately 22 police stations across the island are now utilising the Station Records Management System (SRMS), allowing citizens to make real-time reports to the police. The system helps in the reduction of time to make applications for certain permits. It was designed and introduced to organise police data in electronic format, and to facilitate electronic recording of reports, complaints, and...