National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the work being undertaken to renovate police stations across the island will serve to promote stronger interface between citizens and law enforcement. Fourteen stations are being upgraded at a cost of $195 million as the Government continues to improve the working conditions of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Dr. Chang, who...

Head of the St. Ann police, Senior Superintendent Calvin Small, is calling on the business community to work more closely with the police to safeguard their operations against criminal activity. He made the appeal at a meeting of the St. Ann Chamber of Commerce at the Port Rhoades Complex in Discovery Bay, on Thursday (October 31). The Senior Superintendent said...

Thirty-seven wards and members of staff of the Hill Top Juvenile Facility, who have successfully completed a drama and theatre programme, were feted on Monday (October 27), during a closing ceremony held at the institution in St. Ann. The six-week programme, dubbed ‘From Training to Stage’ was undertaken by the Ministry of National Security as part of its youth-offender rehabilitation...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the National Security Council has looked at two critical pieces of legislation that are at various stages of development. The first, he said, is the National Security Council Act, which will “situate the Council in law and give it some kind of permanence and structure, which would be [a] forum through which...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, at a meeting with business leaders and security personnel from Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth. The event was held on Sunday (October 27), in Mandeville.

The Government has signed a new bilateral security cooperation agreement with the United States (US) that will assist in the fight against transnational criminal activities. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, at today’s (October 29) sitting of the House of Representatives. “I am pleased to announce, today, that last week Wednesday, October 23, 2019,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (centre), examines products being shown to him by Director, Juvenile Services, Department of Correctional Services, Claudeth Hamilton, at the Department of Correctional Services' Exposition and Awareness Day, at the St. Catherine Sports Complex, on October 23. At left is Commissioner of Corrections, Lt. Colonel (Rt’d.) Gary Rowe.