The Department of Correctional Services, as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, hosted an exhibition of art and craft items done by inmates and wards from a cross section of correctional centres, at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre, on October 16. Woodwork, preserves, paintings, spreads, cushions, cakes and other items were on display and for sale to persons who turned...

The ‘Get the Guns’ campaign, launched just over three weeks ago, continues to reap results in the seizure of illegal firearms. Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, reports that law enforcement officers have seized 68 illegal guns and some 800 rounds of assorted ammunition from communities all across Jamaica. Speaking at the handover of nine boats by the United States...

Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jennifer McDonald, and her staff are still celebrating their awards in the Public Sector Customer Service Competition (PSCSC) 2015. The executive agency copped four awards in the categories: Most Creative/Innovative, Most Socially Aware, Best Modernised and 1st runner-up for Most Improved Entity. To qualify for each category, PICA presented...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting is assuring the public that the police will not be deterred in its efforts to reverse the increase in violence and murders now affecting sections of the country. The Minister was speaking in an interview with JIS News following a visit to Logwood Hanover on Friday, October 9, where six persons were killed...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is funding a project to provide Wide Area Network connectivity for 73 police stations and facilities across the island, at a cost of $7 million. This islandwide broadband fibre-optic network, being put in by FLOW, will provide interconnectivity and Internet across the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) facilities. This will allow officers to share information and...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says there is need for a modern, purpose-built prison, to improve the conditions under which inmates are held. He was responding to questions regarding a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom (UK) for the possible construction of a maximum security prison in Jamaica, at a Jamaica House press briefing on...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says it could take up to a year for consultations to be completed, before a decision is made as to whether Jamaica will sign a Prison Transfer Agreement with the United Kingdom (UK). “We are realistically looking at another year before we could go through the Parliamentary process,” he said. The Minister was...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the Government has no intention of changing the arrangements governing the use of the voter identification system. The Minister gave the assurance, while speaking to journalists following the Jamaica House press briefing held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, October 7. He was responding to concerns raised in the...

At a meeting with the Hanover Lay Magistrates Association last week, a suggestion was made to the Minister of National Security that a national identification card should be developed for all adults, which would carry biographic and biometric data. As part of his response, the Minister commented that the elector identification cards issued by the EOJ was such a system,...