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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point, while addressing the House of Representatives earlier this week.

Jamaica Pursuing Partnerships to Strengthen Security Framework

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...

JamaicaEye Project Coordinator, Emil Holgate, addresses a meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & industry at the group's offices at Union Street on Wednesday (September 19).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during his address in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).

Denham Town Residents Provided with IDs

We Must Not Relent- We Cannot Stop Now, says PM Holness

St. Catherine State of Emergency Extended for Another Three Months

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, addresses the opening ceremony for the ‘Chance, Choice, Change (Triple C)

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Security Forces Going After Gang Leaders – Spencer

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says the Government is taking the formation and participation in gangs very seriously and the security forces will be going after gang leaders and apprehending them. “We will be diminishing their status as heroes within the communities; they will face the full force of the law. Their assets...

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Denham Town Zone of Special Operations Extended

The Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Denham Town, West Kingston, has been extended for another three months. This follows approval by members of the House of Representatives during the sitting of the Lower House on Tuesday (September 18). With the extension, the anti-crime initiative, which was slated to end on October 2, will remain in place until January 2019....

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey (centre), provides details about Anti-Gang Week during a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, September 13. He is flanked by Director of the Safety and Security Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Coleridge Minto (left); and Detective Inspector, National Strategic Anti-Gang Unit in the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Clifton Green.

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Anti-Gang Week from September 16 To 21, 2018

The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is collaborating with the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to observe Anti-Gang Week from September 16 to 21 under the theme ‘Gang Life equals no Life’. Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (September 13), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP),...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mckenzie, addresses councillors during a special sitting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Water Square, Falmouth, on Thursday (September 13).

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Emergency Response Agencies on Alert

The country’s emergency response agencies are on alert as the country braces for the possible effects of a tropical cyclone, which is expected to pass south of Jamaica over the weekend. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mckenzie, made the announcement while speaking at a special sitting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation on Thursday (September 13). Tropical...

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, Director of the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (September 13).

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Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing the opening ceremony for the American Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica’s (AMCHAM) inaugural regional data security conference, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Wednesday (September 12). The event is being held from September 12 to 13 under the theme: ‘Your Data, Your Rights: What Individuals and Companies Should Know’.

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Data Protection Key to Crime Fighting – Dr. Chang

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says Government’s move to protect personal data, through the passage of robust legislation, will play a key role in crime fighting. He pointed out that illicit access to and manipulation of data remains a major challenge for governments and business interests globally and is an area that the Government of Jamaica is “really...

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Jamaican Charities Exempt from Some Customs Duties

Local charity organisations that carry out activities for the social well-being of Jamaicans can benefit from exemption from import duties and other statutory relief for particular items. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Marine Wharves at Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Kevin Carter, explains that these entities are usually exempt from import duties, General Consumption Tax (GCT), and stamp duties, once...