Head of the St. Catherine North Police Division, Senior Superintendent (SSP) Anthony Castell, has come in for high praise from Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, for transforming the Gravel Heights community, and achieving a significant reduction in crime. The community was some two years ago plunged into chaos after multiple gang-related killings and mass exodus by residents from...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has joined the call of global leaders for more women to become political leaders. Mrs. Simpson Miller noted that as of January 2013, the average share of women in Parliaments globally stood at only 20.4 per cent, a far cry from the 40 per cent ideal, advocated by the Millennium Development Goals...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Carol Palmer, has called for increased sensitization of the effects caused by substance abuse, with particular focus on the children. Delivering the keynote address at a recognition ceremony for persons in the Drug Court Rehabilitation Programme, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on November 27, she said her call is...

Technologies, that assist persons with disabilities, are among the key topics for discussion at a special seminar during the Caribbean Telecommunications Union/Information and Communications Technology (CTU/ICT) Week – Jamaica Conference, scheduled for December 2 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, at...

Jamaica has been honoured by the European Union (EU) for its role in the empowerment of women, in particular for closing the gender gap in terms of women, who work in public administration. A beaming Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, accepted the award on behalf of Jamaica, during a high profile gala and awards dinner hosted on...

The rich legacy of the more than 100-year-old Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being preserved, with the opening of a Police Museum on the grounds of the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The museum, which is housed at the library of the training school, showcases artefacts collected over the JCF’s 146-year history. It was opened on Tuesday,...

Minister with responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has released a letter sent to Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) President Jenni Campbell in May this year, which shows that the OPM was not opposed to granting on-location interviews with the media. The Information Minister said that within the last week,...