Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday, October 25, 2018, chaired the monthly sitting of the National Security Council. During the deliberations of the Council, concerns were raised by the Security Forces regarding the granting of parole to offenders whose release has been assessed as being contrary to the public interest, given the magnitude of their criminal antecedents. In response to...

The Senate on Friday (October 19) approved the Emergency Powers (Continuance) (No.4) Resolution 2018, which will extend the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parish of St. James until January 31, 2019. Seventeen members of the Senate voted in favour of the Motion. There was one abstention, while three members were absent. In her remarks, Leader of Government Business...

The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act, popularly called the ‘anti-gang’ legislation is to be reviewed and amended. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on October 16. The Act makes provision for the disruption and suppression of criminal organisations and outlines offences, in order to restore...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says zones of special operations (ZOSOs) are to be rolled out into an additional 20 communities across the island. He made the disclosure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on October 16, where a resolution extending the zone in Mount Salem, St. James, for a period of 60 days, was approved....

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 16) approved a resolution extending the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Mount Salem, St. James, for a period of 60 days. The Resolution was moved by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who noted that activities in the community have progressed steadily since its declaration as Jamaica’s first Zone of Special...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 16) approved the Emergency Powers (Continuance) (No.4) Resolution 2018, which will extend the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parish of St. James until January 31, 2019. All 47 members of the House that were present voted in favour of the motion. Sixteen members were absent. In his remarks, Prime Minister, the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness had high praises for the law enforcement community during his National Heroes Day message. The Prime Minister said the security forces should be commended for their conduct and responsible use of extraordinary emergency powers. “I wish to commend the men and women of the JCF and the JDF for the work they have been doing in...

The results of a Parenting Education Programme implemented by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is expected to inform scientific and sociological exploration into the impact of strategic parenting intervention on the use of coercive forms of discipline. The programme, which was rolled out in November 2017, builds on a pilot project that was implemented by the CSJP...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says tertiary institutions must contribute to nation-building by investing more research funds in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. The Minister, who was addressing a symposium on cybercrime at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay on October 11, said the Government will be depending...