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Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on July 19.

Senate Approves Extension of SOE in St. Andrew South

The Senate on Friday (July 19) approved extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOE) for the St. Andrew South Police Division until October 5, 2019. In her address, Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), speaks with Mentor, Scottmore Richards (right), at the We Transform Youth Empowerment Programme mentorship training session, held on Friday (July 19), at the Ministry, on Oxford Road, in Kingston. Also pictured are We Transform Programme Director, Ella Gharty (second left) and Mentor, Ginnel Peart.

More Mentors Trained to Assist Children in Care of DCS

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the House of Representatives on July 16. With the Prime Minister are (from left) Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

Violence Prevention Commission Begins Work

House Approves Extension of SOE in South St. Andrew

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the Police Officers’ Association (POA) at the Iberostar Rosehall Hotel in St. James on July 12.

Police Urged to Observe Rules and Regulations

State Minister for National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (centre), engages with Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck; and Child Diversion Consultant, Ruth Carey. Occasion was the Justice Ministry’s ‘Child Diversion Programme stakeholders’ sensitisation session held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on Wednesday (July 10).

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National Child Diversion Programme to Roll Out by November

The National Child Diversion Programme, which deals with children who have come in conflict with the law, is to be fully rolled out by November this year. This was disclosed by State Minister for National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, at a stakeholders’ sensitisation session on the programme at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), greets outgoing Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica, Eric Khant, who visited the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (July 10), to say farewell.

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PHOTOS: Outgoing Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Jamaica Meets with Dr. Chang

(FILE) Dr. the Hon Horace Chang delivering his presentation at the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on April 16, 2019

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House Approves Resolutions to Fight Crime

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 9), approved two Resolutions that are aimed at strengthening the security forces anti-crime response. The Resolutions are the Interception of Communications (Amendment to First Schedule) Order, 2019, and the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment to Second Schedule) Order 2019. In his address, Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the objective of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, displays a package of seeds as he makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 9.

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Hefty Fines Coming for Praedial Larceny

The Government is to amend the Agricultural Produce Act to increase fines for offences as part of strategies to combat praedial larceny. “We will soon be bringing to Cabinet the Agricultural Produce Act, which will see the fines for anyone convicted increased to a maximum of $3 million or six months’ hard labour,” Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), addresses a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (July 7), where he announced a State of Public Emergency for the St. Andrew South police division. From left are: Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson ; Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; and Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade.

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PM Announces State of Emergency for South St. Andrew

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a State of Public Emergency (SOE) for the South St. Andrew division. Speaking at a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (July 7), Mr. Holness said that the declaration was made after “careful consideration and review of the current crime situation.” St. Andrew South has recorded the highest number of...

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State of Public Emergency Boundaries St Andrew South Police Division

The area to which the State of Public Emergency is to be applied shall be the Jamaica Constabulary Force St Andrew South Police Division. The detailed boundaries of the division are as outlined below: East. Starting at the foot of Red Hills at the intersection of Perkins Boulevard, Molynes Road and Red Hills Road, extending in a south-southeasterly direction along...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right); and Director of the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine (IFSLM), Dr. Judith Mowatt, tour the newly constructed Annex at the Institute in Kingston, on Wednesday, July 3.

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Autopsy Suite to be Constructed

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says a state-of-the-art autopsy suite, to be constructed soon, will facilitate the efficient and effective operations of local forensic pathologists. Construction is slated to begin during this fiscal year and has been budgeted to cost $200 million. During a tour of the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine (IFSLM), in Kingston...