The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will conduct a Mass Casualty Incident Response Exercise on January 23 as part of the activities under its ongoing Exercise Event Horizon 2025. The simulation exercise, which involves collaboration with regional and international partners, will test the emergency response to a large-scale airliner crash in the Portland/St. Mary offshore region. Executive Officer, Maritime Air and...

The Ministry of National Security’s (MNS) Case Management Strategy Programme is being hailed as a transformational violence prevention and social intervention tool. This initiative represents a departure from using the physical presence of law enforcement in communities impacted by crime and violence as a primary deterrent and, instead, delving deeper into the root causes and creating specific strategies to rectify...

The Government, through the Ministry of National Security, is further advancing efforts to combat human trafficking in Jamaica with the development of a National Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Policy.  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, made the announcement while addressing Friday’s (January 17) staging of the newly launched ‘Heightening Awareness to Combat Human Trafficking’...

The Government has taken a significant step towards youth mental health services in Western Jamaica with the official opening of the St. James Child and Adolescent Wellness Centre on January 16. The facility is located at the renovated Corinaldi Avenue Primary School Teachers’ Cottage at 1 Humber Avenue in Montego Bay. It was established under the Citizen Security Plan, a...

There has been a significant transformation within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), enabling the law-enforcement entity to be better equipped in tackling crime, says Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. Speaking to JCF personnel and other stakeholders at a recent function in Newmarket, St. Elizabeth, Dr. Chang emphasised the ongoing commitment to modernise the police force and cited...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says repairing of cables that connect the cameras under the JamaicaEye programme is under way. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14), Dr. Chang explained that maintenance of the system was a problem. “The cameras weren’t the problem; it is the cabling that connects the cameras across the island....

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Exercise Event Horizon will showcase a suite of activities aimed at sharpening disaster and emergency response across the region. Exercise Event Horizon 2025, which began on January 12, takes its name from a term in the army where plans are put in place for things that are unseen “beyond the horizon”. “It is verbiage that...