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Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, makes her presentation Representatives. (File Photo)

Attorney General Proposes Radical Changes to Curb Crime

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Government will be making “radical changes” in a bid to curb the country’s murder rate. “To successfully tackle the murder problem, some of the fundamental rights and freedoms which we have guaranteed...

Attorney General and West Central St. James Member of Parliament, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (left), and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (2nd left), listen as Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (2nd right), addresses residents of New Ramble in St. James during a tour on Saturday, July 2. Nine residents were shot, three fatally, during a brazen attack by gunmen on Friday, July 1. Also listening is Deputy Commissioner of Police George Quallo who heads the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Territorial Operations Portfolio.

Attorney General Pledges Support to Curb St. James Crime Wave

Custodes Urged to Appoint More JPs

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (centre); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer (fifth right, front row) and Custos of St. Elizabeth, Hon. Beryl Rochester (5th left, front row), with the 56 new Justices of the Peace (JPs) who were installed in St. Elizabeth on June 16, at Beadle’s Hall, in Santa Cruz. The Minister delivered the keynote address.

Training for JPs Islandwide

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), looks on as Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, points out files on his desk during a tour of the Minister’s new offices on June 15.

Gov’t Encouraging Private-Sector Investment in Vacant Buildings

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More Training for Justices of the Peace

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says Justices of the Peace (JPs) will be required to participate in more training sessions in order to strengthen their effectiveness. “We are looking at the probability that we will have at least four training sessions per year for all the JPs and you should attend at least one for you to be empowered...

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More Judges for Parish Courts

The Government is seeking to increase the number of judges available to serve in parish courts. “In the short term, we want to employ at least another 15 or 20 judges permanently or on a part-time basis to deal with the backlog in the parish courts,” said Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. He was making his contribution to the...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate. (File)

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Gov’t Looking to Employ Retired Judges

The Government is seeking to amend the Constitution to allow for retired judges to offer their services. Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the amendment will enable these judges to be re-engaged as needed by the Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Appeal. He said the retirement age will still remain at age 70. “All of...

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West Kingston Report Tabled

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, today (June 15) tabled the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry Report in the House of Representatives, which recommended, among other things, apology to the residents, counselling for traumatised persons, and compensation for victims. The Justice Minister informed that 51 wide-ranging recommendations were made in the report for consideration by the Government. The 900-page document...

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Caribbean Human Trafficking Conference Underway in Montego Bay

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, says Jamaica stands to benefit from expertise in tackling human trafficking. She made the statement while speaking at a regional conference on human trafficking now underway at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St. James. The week-long event, which is being led by INTERPOL, aims to strengthen the capacity of the...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (at podium), addresses the launch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) computerized criminal records system, at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in St. Andrew, on June 3. Sated at the head table (from left) are: Communications Consultant with the Ministry of National Security, Mark Thomas, who chaired the function; and Project Executive with the United Kingdom-based ACRO Criminal Records Office, David McKinney.

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Criminal Records System Computerized

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) criminal records system is now computerized. Installed at a cost of approximately $98.1 million (£545,267), with funding from the United Kingdom (UK) Government, the electronic database replaces the manual format of documentation at the Criminal Records Office on Duke Street in Kingston. The facility now enables the JCF to streamline the collation and storage of...

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Gov’t Will be Bold in Addressing Crime – PM Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government intends to take bold steps in tackling crime in Jamaica. “I believe there is scope within what is legal and reasonable for the Government to make changes,” he said. The Prime Minister was speaking in an interview on the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Issues & Answers programme on Tuesday (May...