Cabinet has approved the award of a contract in the amount of US$7,436,430 to Toyota Jamaica Limited for the provision of 159 patrol vehicles for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Details are outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives on September 18. “Although not purpose built for military applications, the selected Toyota model with modifications has...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Administration will continue to pursue legislative measures to effectively investigate, pursue and apprehend individuals for whom there is strong evidence of gang activity. “It is our position as a Government that there must be specific provisions within the law for the apprehension of these types of complex, organised criminality,” he...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government is committed to social-intervention programmes that provide protection for children and keep them out of conflict with the law. He noted that far too many children are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law, with data showing that 194 minors were being housed in the island’s four...

Members of the Senate today (September 21) voted to extend the State of Public Emergency in the St. Catherine North Police Division for another three months. This follows approval of the Emergency Powers (No. 2) (Continuance) (No.3) Resolution, 2018, during today's sitting of the Senate. The security measure, which was slated to end on October 2, will remain in place...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica will continue to forge ties with new and traditional partners in a bid to bolster the country’s national security framework. “We are intensifying our cooperation with our traditional partners (Americans, British and Canadians) but there are new partners...  other countries, as well, that we seek to cooperate with,” he said in...

An additional 300 closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) will be installed in public spaces in Montego Bay by year end under the National Security Ministry’s JamaicaEye Initiative. Project Coordinator, Emil Holgate, who made the disclosure at a meeting of the city’s chamber of commerce and industry at the group’s Union Street offices on Wednesday (September 19), said the measure will serve...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that up to 80 per cent of adults living in Denham Town, Kingston, now have at least one form of identification (ID) through intervention under the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO). “The interventions continue in all aspects of the community, including health, parenting and, importantly, civil registration,” he said in the House...