Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, says the State of Public Emergency (SOE) that was declared in Westmoreland in April is curbing crime and violence in the parish. In an interview with JIS News, Councillor Moore said that based on the information he has received, the SOE is working. On April 30, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, declared...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) Regulations is expected to be tabled in the House of Representatives soon. National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, made the disclosure as he addressed the Canadian Association of Police Polygraphists Region 7 Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 27. The Regulations will give effect to the...

Wards at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre for Girls, in Kingston, were feted with a brunch in observance of Child Month, on Wednesday, May 22. The ‘Spring Brunch’, which was the brainchild of We Transform Programme mentor, Kim Bernard, was held under the theme: ‘Self-Love’. The We Transform Programme is implemented through the Department of Correctional Services...

The Ministry of National Security observed National Children's Day on Friday, May 17, by assigning children to mentors within the Ministry for the day. The Ministry partnered with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) to facilitate the ‘Children in Charge Day’, under the theme ‘Encourage, Enable, Include Me’. “Children from the CPFSA were paired with Directors at the...

  Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), in discussion with Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Hon. Ahmed Hussen (right), during a call at the National Security Ministry’s Oxford Road Offices, on May 22. At left is Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters.

The St. James Municipal Corporation, in collaboration with the police, will be undertaking activities aimed at restoring and maintaining law and order in the Parish starting on Monday, May 20. The initiative dubbed ‘Operation Restore Paradise’ will span one week, and will involve other agencies including the Ministry of Health and Wellness, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Island Traffic...

Hundreds of soldiers attached to the Second Battalion, Jamaica Regiment, displayed their full military might in a Battalion March Past in downtown Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday, May 15. The event was staged to reassure the citizens of the Second City of the Jamaica Defence Force’s strong presence in western Jamaica. It also doubled as a celebration of the...