The Government will be investing $1 billion to improve the mobility of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, as he opened the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives today (April 16). “We recognise that mobility is critical to the efficient functioning of any police force,” Dr. Chang...

The Ministry of National Security will be partnering with the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme to provide jobs for at-risk youth. The collaboration will be facilitated under the Ministry’s flagship ‘We Transform’ youth empowerment Initiative, which was launched in 2017. Minister of State, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, said the partnership is strategic and timely, and reflects the Government’s commitment...

In an aim to improve our customer experience, the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) wishes to advise all our stakeholders that we have revised our Record Updating application forms and usage has commenced WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. In the interim, the RGD will continue to accept all old application forms submitted by our customers. However, we ask our customers to observe the...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has begun work to improve the flow of traffic at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) South Camp Road, entrance, popularly called ‘Camp Gate’. The project, which is valued at US$2.2 million, commenced approximately two weeks ago and is slated to be completed over a six-month period. NWA Senior Communications Officer, Ramona Lawson, told JIS News...

President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Winston Lawson, is encouraging more of the city’s business people to sign on to the Government’s national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme, JamaicaEye. Mr. Lawson said the initiative can help put a significant dent in crime and violence in St. James. “The JamaicaEye programme… allows us to partner and support, in a...

Twenty-four persons from several organizations graduated from the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) Strategic Command Course 2019, on March 29. The group included 19 Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) personnel and one person  each from the Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago police forces; the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) and the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB)....

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has underscored the Government’s commitment to adequately equipping the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to fight crime. “We recognise the challenges and we are taking steps to ensure that members of the JCF have all the necessary resources to respond to the issues out there. The police need (added) resources and we seek...