Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, is imploring Justices of the Peace (JPs) to be vigilant when certifying passport documents. “Justices of the Peace play an important role with PICA in maintaining the integrity of the Jamaican passport system. We rely heavily on their uprightness, so I want to encourage each JP to...

Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe, has welcomed increased utilisation of the Crime Stop programme by civic-minded Jamaicans as part of overall efforts to reduce illegal activities and bring the perpetrators to justice. He said total calls to Crime Stop for the first nine months of 2016/17 averaged 100 per month, noting that this doubled for...

The Registrar General’s Department wishes to advise the public that its Kingston Office located at 58 Duke Street, Kingston, will be temporarily closed to the public until further advised, as we are currently experiencing unforeseen challenges at this location. Customers wishing to make an application can visit any of our other nine locations islandwide or visit our website at www.rgd.gov.jm...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the tracking of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) vehicles began this month. Addressing the annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre in Montego Bay on January 25, the Commissioner said that in another month, some 1,200 motor vehicles...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says digital content is being developed to enable members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to train remotely. The Commissioner made the disclosure at the annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, which was held at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre in Montego Bay,...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) continue to have positive results in the areas they have been implemented. Aimed at saving lives and restoring peace, safety and security, SOEs were last year declared in St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland; Clarendon and St. Catherine; and St. Andrew South. “This methodology has been very...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has received a donation of six gas analysers from the United Kingdom (UK) Border Force, which will be used by customs officers to test the air quality inside containers. The devices, valued at £9,000, were handed over to the JCA’s Chief Executive Officer, Velma Ricketts Walker, by the British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency...