The Government invested more than $45 billion to improve the capacity and capability of the country’s security architecture during the fiscal years 2016/17 to 2019/20. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said with a further $15.9 billion budgeted for 2020/21, the Administration would have invested approximately $61 billion in national security over a five-year period. The Prime Minister, in...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says he is pleased with the operation of the joint security forces in the Seven and Eight Miles communities of Bull Bay in St. Andrew. The communities have been placed under quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This follows a Declaration Order by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...

Managing Director of the Ports Security Corps (PSC), Major Merrick Lloyd, is appealing for understanding from travellers as officers carry out their functions to safeguard the airports and seaports, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The PSC’s mandate is primarily to secure the ports of entry/exit, including the screening of all passengers. Major Merrick Lloyd, who was speaking in an interview...

In keeping with the directives issued regarding the operations of the public sector during the COVID 19 outbreak the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency(PICA) has revised their operations as follows: Outposts located in the following Parishes will be closed for the next 7 days • Savannah La Mar, Westmoreland • Morant Bay, St Thomas • Port Antonio, Portland Passports can...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang is assuring members of the public that the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is working to prevent more cases of COVID-19 from entering the island’s main ports of entry. On Friday (March 13), he met with Immigration Officers at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, to discuss personal safety...

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Vernon Douglas, says the organisation is lobbying the Government to put a Task Force in place to combat electricity theft in the island. Addressing the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Public Consultation on the JPS’s 2019-2024 tariff review, held in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on March 10, Mr. Douglas...

Arising from queries from the media and members of the public, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising that it remains fully operational at the country’s air and sea ports, and assures its customers that there are no restrictions or ban on the importation of goods from countries impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Mrs. Velma Ricketts Walker, CEO/Commissioner of Customs,...