The curtains came down on the four-week children’s summer camp in Salt Spring, St. James, on August 16, with 120 children from the area benefiting from the initiative. There are plans by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to replicate the camp in other volatile communities in the parish. The camp began on Monday, July 22 at the Salt Spring Primary...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says great things are happening in  inner-city communities, where many young people have been making their mark in a positive way. Dr. Chang, who was addressing the St. James North Western Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Education Grant award ceremony, at the University of the West Indies Western Campus, in Montego Bay, on...

Residents of surrounding communities in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, are to benefit from the upgrading of their health and security facilities, as well as the rehabilitation of a road, at a cost of $88 million. Over the next six months, the Bog Walk Health Centre will be expanded, and a dental unit constructed, at a cost of $31.7 million; the...

The Government is to spend over $5 billion to improve the condition of facilities of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang made the announcement at the ceremonial opening of the Shady Grove Police Station in Lluidas Vale, St. Catherine on August 9. Under a new initiative called ‘Rebuild, Overhaul, and Construct’ (R.O.C), over 200 police...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is imploring the latest batch of police recruits to be steadfast in their commitment to safeguarding the society. Addressing the passing-out parade for 147 new police constables at the National Police College of Jamaica’s Harman Barracks Campus in Kingston on Wednesday (August 7), Dr. Chang urged them to make public safety a priority...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is confident in the established anti-corruption framework aimed at deterring corruption. The Prime Minister says the country’s independence mission, is to ensure the building of institutions that are open to scrutiny and accountability. Prime Minister Holness made the statement during his National Independence Message. “I am confident that with the anti-corruption framework we have...

Work is underway to draft amendments to the Firearms Act that will ascribe executive authority to the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). It is anticipated that the amended Firearms Act will be tabled during this Parliamentary year. This was outlined by National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, as he closed the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...