Work on the construction and improvement of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) facilities will continue in the new financial year. A sum of $1.5 billion has been provided for the undertaking, in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The objective is to facilitate the construction of facilities for training, accommodation, offices and storage. The allocation...

The Government has allocated $2.8 billion to boost the Jamaica Defence Force’s ability to monitor and safeguard the country’s borders. As outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project aims to procure radar, marine offshore patrol vessels, cameras, software, hardware and other equipment. The money will go towards completing the acquisition of equipment...

The Government will be spending $3.03 billion in the new fiscal year to conclude the procurement of aircraft for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). This is outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Estimates were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 11 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr....

The Government has budgeted $2.3 billion to construct and renovate police stations and other facilities to boost the fight against crime. The project, entitled ‘Construction and Improvement of Police Buildings’, is being implemented by the Ministry of National Security. As outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the money will also go towards the...

The JDF will be conducting training exercises in and around the Moneague area in St Ann over the period Monday February 17, 2020 to Friday February 28, 2020. The JDF is advising residents that there is no need to be alarmed by the presence of the soldiers as the training exercises in their community will not involve any live firing...

Residents of Manchester will have the opportunity to learn more about the pitfalls of human trafficking, during a forum to be held at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville on February 12. The anti-trafficking in persons symposium, which gets underway at 9:00 a.m., is being organized by the Office of the Custos Rotulorum for Manchester in collaboration with the Jamaica...

The increased presence of the security forces in the Eastern Kingston Police Division under the State of Public Emergency (SOE) has put residents at ease, and they are now able to go about their normal lives without fear. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, announced the SOE on January 26 to quell rising crime in the Division. Speaking in...