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Students of high schools participate in a long-distance race at the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girl’s Championships. (FILE)
Students of high schools participate in a long-distance race at the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girl’s Championships. (FILE)

Keep the Peace During Champs – Police

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging the public to maintain the peace during the five-day staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, which got under way on Tuesday (March 28) at the National Stadium. Speaking in a...
Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (right), in conversation with participants in the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force Police Officer of the Year competition (from left) Corporal Tony Ann Fearon-Dixon, Corporal Patrice Gordon and Constable Hilette Virgo. The finalists were feted at a reception on Monday (March 27) at the Police Officers’ Club, Hope Road, in Kingston.
Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (right), in conversation with participants in the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force Police Officer of the Year competition (from left) Corporal Tony Ann Fearon-Dixon, Corporal Patrice Gordon and Constable Hilette Virgo. The finalists were feted at a reception on Monday (March 27) at the Police Officers’ Club, Hope Road, in Kingston.

Ten Police Officers Vie for Top Cop Award
In this file photo, Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (left), converses with President of the Denham Town Community Development Centre (CDC), Pauline Perez, prior to the start of an empowerment session held at the Women Resource Outreach Centre’s (WROC) Beechwood Avenue location in Kingston on February 14.
In this file photo, Acting Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant (left), converses with President of the Denham Town Community Development Centre (CDC), Pauline Perez, prior to the start of an empowerment session held at the Women Resource Outreach Centre’s (WROC) Beechwood Avenue location in Kingston on February 14.

Acting Police Commissioner Says Criminals Prey on Children from Broken Homes
Acting Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant (left), emphasises a point as she addresses the launch of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation’s (JEF) 35th annual business and workplace convention and expo 2017, at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday (February 16). Looking on is Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert.
Acting Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant (left), emphasises a point as she addresses the launch of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation’s (JEF) 35th annual business and workplace convention and expo 2017, at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday (February 16). Looking on is Chief Executive Officer, JEF, Brenda Cuthbert.

ACP Grant Warns Persons against Aiding Criminals
Cofounder and Director of Counselling at Choose Life International (CLI), Faith Thomas (left), presents National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (second left) with a book at CLI’s conference on happiness at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on March 23. Others (from third left) are Management Consultant and Social Entrepreneur, Dr. Henley Morgan and Founder of CLI, Dr. Donovan Thomas.
Cofounder and Director of Counselling at Choose Life International (CLI), Faith Thomas (left), presents National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (second left) with a book at CLI’s conference on happiness at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on March 23. Others (from third left) are Management Consultant and Social Entrepreneur, Dr. Henley Morgan and Founder of CLI, Dr. Donovan Thomas.

Jamaica Constantly on Alert – Security Minister

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Road Tour on Human Trafficking Begins March 28

Persons across the island will be educated on ways to prevent human trafficking, beginning with the launch of a road tour at the Ministry of Justice in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 28). At 7:00 a.m., officials with the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), will gather at the Ministry, 61 Constant Spring Road, to commence the awareness...
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Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
National Security

JCF Takes 150th Anniversary Celebrations to Montego Bay

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) continues its 150th anniversary celebrations with the staging of a concert in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, on Saturday, March 25. The event is the third of six scheduled concerts to be staged, one for each police division. Head of the Corporate Communications Unit, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, told JIS News that the event is part...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (right), converses with Jamaica Police Federation Chairman, Sergeant Raymond Wilson, following the handing over of a Mitsubishi bus to the Federation, valued approximately $7.6 million, on March 20, in New Kingston.
National Security

Jamaicans Urged to Appreciate Work of JCF Members

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, has urged the nation to be more appreciative of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) role in safeguarding the country’s security. He made the call while speaking at the presentation ceremony for a Mitsubishi bus, valued at approximately $7.6 million, which the Ministry donated to the Jamaica Police Federation, at the NCB North Tower car...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, peruse the features of newly produced passports during a tour of the entity’s Constant Spring Road head office in St. Andrew.
National Security

Security Ministry Awaits Designs for New PICA Office

The National Security Ministry is still awaiting the completion of architectural designs to commence construction of the new Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) head office in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, who has responsibility for PICA, says the initial designs are being modified by the architects. He told JIS News that the modifications are based on the Ministry’s...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), shakes the hand o Jamaica Police Federation Chairman, Sergeant Raymond Wilson, after presenting him with the keys to a new Mitsubishi Rosa bus, valued at $7.6 million, which the Ministry donated to the Federation. The presentation was made during a ceremony at the NCB North Tower parking lot in New Kingston, on March 20.
National Security

JCF to Get 200 Additional Motor Vehicles

The Ministry of National Security will be acquiring 200 additional motor vehicles for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), at a cost of approximately $418 million. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, noted that these will include 120 pick-ups and 80 motorcars. “We are hopeful that with this purchase to improve mobility, we will see much more from our officers,” he said....
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State Minister in the National Security Ministry, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (2nd left), addresses the opening ceremony for a train-the-trainer programme for correctional officers at the Vocational Development Training Institute (VTDI) on Gordon Town Road, St. Andrew on March 20. Listening (from left) are Director Principal of the HEART Trust/NTA, Delize Williams; Senior Director Workforce Development Employment, HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin; and Deputy Commissioner of Corrections with responsibility for Custodial Services, Joyce Stone.
National Security

32 Correctional Officers to Benefit from Training

Thirty-two correctional officers will benefit from training scholarships totalling in excess of $1.2 million, which will equip them to deliver National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J) programmes to inmates and wards in correctional facilities across the island. The scholarships were provided by the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) under the HEART Trust/NTA’s Train-the-Trainer project. As part of the programme, two...
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Acting Director of Customer Service at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Stephanie Gordon (left) and Immigration Officer, Collette James, reviewing documents in preparation for their trip to Pearson Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada, on March 25.
National Security

PICA Goes to Toronto March 25

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be taking its outreach campaign to an exposition at the Pearson Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada, on March 25. This will be done in partnership with other government agencies, such as the Registrar General's Department (RGD) and the National Land Agency (NLA); and Jamaica National (JN). In an interview with JIS News,...
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