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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) Child Justice Guidelines training seminar at the Iberostar Rose Hall Hotel, Montego Bay, on September 22.

Gov’t Committed to Keeping Children from Conflict with the Law

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...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point during today's (September 21) sitting of the Senate.

Senate Approves Extension of State of Public Emergency in St. Catherine North

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

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).

More CCTVs for Montego Bay Under JamaicaEye

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

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

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there must be a strategic approach in dealing with crime. During his presentation in Parliament yesterday (September 18) to extend the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), Prime Minister Holness urged Parliamentarians to support the extension as it has been an effective tool in reducing crime. “We have to take all the communities and...

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St. Catherine State of Emergency Extended for Another Three Months

The House of Representatives has extended 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 Wednesday’s (September 19) sitting of the House. The security measure, which was slated to end on October 2, will remain in place until January...

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...