Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, says early collaboration between police investigators and prosecutors prior to taking a case to trial is critical. This, the DPP said, will lessen the chance for even the most skilful of defence attorneys to find and exploit loopholes or for a guilty person to walk free. Ms. Llewellyn, who was addressing the 33rd...

Counterfeit goods valued at $1.2 billion were destroyed by the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (C-TOC) during its annual ‘Destruction Day’ exercise on April 25. The goods included boxes of rum, shoes, handbags, toothpaste and baby formula. This was disclosed by Head of C-TOC, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey, during a press briefing held recently at 8-10 Ocean...

Expansion work on the Public West Building in downtown Kingston, which houses the Court of Appeal and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, is on track. This will result in the provision of additional courtrooms to assist in reducing the backlog of cases. A contract to facilitate the work was signed recently at the Ministry of Justice offices...

Beginning in May, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information will be training more teachers in restorative justice practices, in keeping with strategies to improve safety and security in schools. This is according to Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, who informed that the targeted 500 teachers will be trained in batches of...

The Court of Appeal, downtown Kingston, is to be expanded to accommodate additional courtrooms. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the project will see the addition of three new courtrooms, 13 judges' chambers and two lounges within the next four months. “In four months’ time, we will be meeting down at King Street to hand over the Courts to the...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III has thrown its support behind an innovative new programme being piloted in the August Town community in St. Andrew that focuses on using sporting tools and techniques to mentor at-risk youth. The initiative, dubbed project GOLD (Guidance, Opportunities and Lessons for Development), kicked off on Saturday, April 7. It uses sports for...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to combatting corruption. Speaking at the eighth Summit of the Americas underway in Lima Peru, Mr. Holness said Jamaica will also continue to partner with international stakeholders to battle corruption. “Jamaica remains committed to cooperating with international bodies and other Member States to combat corruption in the forms of bribery, international graft,...