The new Road Traffic Act and Regulations indicate that the Government is serious about establishing and implementing an effective legislative framework to reduce the high level of road traffic deaths in the country. This was emphasised by State Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, at the Red Stripe ‘Responsibility Now’ Town Hall meeting, held at...

Some 20 retired veterans of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) affiliated with the Montego Bay branch of the Jamaica Legion and officials of the city laid floral tributes on Friday (November 11) in memory of soldiers who fought in the two World Wars. The Remembrance and Wreath-Laying Ceremony was held at the St. James Parish Church in the Second City. The...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, tour the Frontier Property for the construction of the Port Maria Police Station in St. Mary, on November 9. At centre is Chief Executive Officer, St. Mary Municipal Corporation, Ethlyn Douglas.

Head of the Westmoreland Police Division, Senior Superintendent Wayne Joseph, says murders in the parish are trending down, since the implementation of Operation Relentless II in September. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar on November 10, Superintendent Joseph said the initiative began in the capital and “we will be going, eventually, right across the parish”....

Six new homes were handed over to residents in sections of Clarendon and St. Catherine on Thursday (November 10) under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Located in Kellits, Clarendon and Cotton Piece, Forte Street, Gordon Pen and Brunswick Avenue, St. Catherine, the units bring the number of houses now delivered under the programme to 110. During a ceremony for...

Jamaica remains deeply concerned over the crisis in Haiti, particularly the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, while making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate, recently. Mrs. Johnson Smith said the stranglehold by gangs on the ports and...

‘Leggo Di Gang… Lift Up Jamaica’ is the theme for the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Anti-Gang Week 2022 from November 13 to 19. Acting Director of the Safety and Security Unit in the Ministry, Richard Troupe, told JIS News that the week is “significant and timely” given recent incidents of violence in schools. “We, at the Ministry, know that...