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Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, speaking at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on July 7.

No Announcement on Police Operations

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says operations and strategies being carried out by the police and military to tackle crime will no longer be announced beforehand. “This Minister will not be informing the criminal elements of the strategies...

We Will Not Shirk – Montague

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague

Big Investment in National Security

Harsher Penalties for Gun Crimes

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. (FILE)

Government to Undertake Audit of Borders

10 years ago National SecuritySectoral Debate 2016/2017

Gov’t to Implement Recommendations of WKCOE Report

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is working to address and implement the recommendations made in the recent West Kingston Commission of Enquiry (WKCOE) Report. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 6, Mr Montague pointed out that the Jamaica Defence Force has already moved to review the...

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer (centre), addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 5. Others (from left) are Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Lisa Palmer Hamilton and Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police Carl Berry.

10 years ago JIS Think TankNational Security

National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons calls for Global Study

The National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP) is calling for a global and university-based study on the state of human trafficking. “We would like academia to engage with us as a Task Force to do Jamaica’s international study on what is happening around the world,” Chairperson for NATFATIP, Mrs. Carol Palmer, said at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on...

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer.

10 years ago National Security

Human Trafficking Task Force Pleased With Tier 2 Ranking

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Carol Palmer, says the improvement in Jamaica’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ranking, is an acknowledgment of the important steps being made by the country in the fight against the scourge. Jamaica has been upgraded to Tier 2 from the Tier 2 Watch List, in the United States (US) Department...

Head of the Community Safety and Security Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police Gary Welsh, addresses farmers at the launch of three farm watches in Portland recently.

10 years ago AgricultureNational Security

Praedial Larceny to be Treated as Organised Crime

Persons involved in the theft of agricultural produce could soon face stiff penalties under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his Budget Debate presentation in May, said that an amendment to the Proceeds of Crime Act, to include praedial larceny, is among legislative measures to be given priority this fiscal year. Head...

Constable Leroy Chambers of the May Pen Police Station in Clarendon shares a moment with students of Green Park Primary and Junior High School in the parish during a recent devotional exercise which formed part of ‘Operation Hope’.

10 years ago National Security

‘Operation Hope’ Springs Eternal in Clarendon

‘Operation Hope’, a faith-based initiative undertaken by the Clarendon Police to reduce crime and violence across the parish, has been yielding notable successes. Its implementation over five weeks, from May 29 to June 7, focused on alleviating hopelessness, despair, and spiritual and material needs affecting several communities by offering residents, particularly young men, alternatives to a life of crime. The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson, exchange words as they focus on activities during a closing ceremony for Phase II of Exercise Tradewinds 2016, at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) polo field at Up Park Camp on June 28. Phase II of Exercise Tradewinds 2016 was hosted in Jamaica from June 20 to 28 jointly by the JDF and the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOM), to promote capacity building to counter transnational organised crime, among other objectives. (File Photo)

10 years ago National SecurityPrime Minister

Prime Minister Hails Exercise Tradewinds

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed Exercise Tradewinds 2016 as being successful in building the country and region’s capacity to conduct counter-transnational organised crime operations. He was addressing the closing ceremony for Phase II of the Exercise hosted in Jamaica jointly by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the United States Southern Command (US SOUTHCOM) from June...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on June 22, at the company’s head office. He said the Ministry will launch a cyber-security awareness campaign in July with the aim of highlighting safe practices to adopt while using the Internet.

10 years ago JIS Think TankNational SecurityTechnology

Cyber-Security Awareness Campaign to be Launched in July

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) will launch a cyber-security awareness campaign in July. The public-education campaign will seek to inform about the dangers online and highlight safe practices to adopt while using the Internet. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 22, said the goal of...