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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering the keynote address at the ground-breaking ceremony for the National Housing Trust’s 63-unit Industry Cove Manor housing development in Industry Cove, Green Island, Hanover, on Thursday (August 16).

Prime Minister Encourages Stronger Citizen-Police Relations to Curb Crime

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging citizens to work more closely with the security forces to safeguard their communities against criminals. The Prime Minister said a “strong message” must be sent by citizens that they will not...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness. (File)

PM Holness Urges Residents of Hanover to Give up the Criminals

National Coordinator of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Col. Martin Rickman (2nd right), engages in conversation with HOPE interns from (left) Chunta Rexted, Adrian Walters and Celina McKenzie, at the launch of the HOPE Programme Police Partnership for the St. Andrew North Division at the Constant Spring Police Station in St. Andrew on Monday (August 13). Listening is Head of the St. Andrew North Police, Superintendent Glenford Miller.

HOPE Partners with JCF to Provide Opportunities for Unattached Youth

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (File)

Infrastructure Upgrading Continues in Mount Salem

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague fields questions from journalists during a press conference held at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew on August 10.

Minister Montague Rejects any Suggestion of Impropriety

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8 years ago National Security and Peace

Community Outreach in Mount Salem

Residents of the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) have benefitted from outreach activities aimed at providing them with job-readiness skills and improved access to critical social services. This is according to a Ministry Paper tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Since the establishment of the Zone on September 1,...

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Projects Ongoing in Denham Town ZOSO

Several projects are currently in progress or scheduled for action in the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), in Kingston. This is according to a Ministry Paper tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. To this end, the Zinc Fence Substitution and Integrated Infrastructure Project is targeting the substitution of over...

Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (left), engages with President of the Association of Past Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Benevolent Society, Clarence Taylor (centre), and Chapter Two President, Louis Chambers. Occasion was the 24th annual general meeting of the association held at the Vereny House Resort in St. James on August 9.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Retired Cops Urged to Engage Youth

Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, has called on retired members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to volunteer their efforts to help steer young people way from crime and violence. “When you look around and you see what’s happening, you have the skills and experience that can be used to enrich communities, not just in...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right),listens attentively to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, at a ceremony to confer Jamaican citizenship on 32 persons, held on August 9 at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Stringent Vetting Process for Jamaican Citizenship – PICA

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, says persons who apply for Jamaican citizenship have to undergo a stringent vetting process. “In Jamaica…it’s not a free for all. You have to bring in your police records, we check with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and other international agencies. On the local scene,...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), presents Sangeeta Sharma (left) with her Registration of Jamaican Citizenship at a ceremony conferring Jamaican citizenship on 32 persons at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston on August 9. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter.

8 years ago National Security and Peace

Jamaica Welcomes 32 New Citizens

Thirty-two persons were today (August 9) conferred with Jamaican citizenship at a swearing-in ceremony organised by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston. The men and women, who have been associated with Jamaica for some time, hail from countries such as Syria, Nigeria, India, Sri Lanka, Cuba, the United Kingdom, Suriname, Canada and...

Legal Officer in the Ministry of National Security, Tonelle Beecher, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank

8 years ago National Security and Peace

JamaicaEye Not Infringing on Privacy Rights

The Ministry of National Security is assuring citizens that its national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme – Jamaica Eye – is not infringing on their right to privacy. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Legal Officer, Ministry of National Security, Tonelle Beecher, noted that the programme is voluntary “and not something placed on you mandatorily”. “What we are really...

8 years ago National Security and Peace

PICA Adjust Procedures to Safeguard Passport

In an effort to make the Jamaican passport more secure and to tighten any loopholes for identity theft, the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will now require that persons submitting an application on behalf of an applicant take along a certified authorization letter signed by the applicant. Formerly, a person could submit an application for another person without presenting...