The Aural, Read, Respond, Oral, Write (ARROW) Literacy Software Training, provided under the UK/Jamaica Violence Prevention Partnership Programme (VPPP), is the first activity under the programme now in active implementation. The opening ceremony was held on Wednesday (October 30), at Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston. Seven volatile communities across Jamaica are set to benefit from a six-year United Kingdom...

Jamaica continues to record reductions in major crimes, including murders, says Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. “Major crimes are down 14.1 per cent. Murders are down 19 per cent. Those are the facts, and so when murders and major crimes were going up, they made the news every single day, now...

Incarcerated persons are systematically categorised within the island’s correctional facilities to assess their risk levels and determine appropriate housing. Head of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Superintendent Ivan Randall of the Department of Correctional Services, elaborated on the process at a recent JIS Think Tank. The classification begins at the court level, where inmates are categorised into three main...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is promoting cybersecurity practices that safeguard users from online threats. To date, the agency has not experienced any significant digital breaches. In a recent virtual cybersecurity session hosted by the agency, keynote speaker, Director of Cyber Security, Symptai Consulting Limited, Rory Ebanks, credited this achievement to the agency’s ongoing security sessions to maintain this record...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has explained how ‘family life’ is accommodated in the island’s correctional facilities. The DCS has developed programmes that seek to mirror activities done normally in society, to aid the rehabilitation process of inmates. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Head of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Superintendent Ivan Randall, indicated that family...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, is reporting improvements in the response to praedial larceny since the start of the year. In a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 22), Mr. Green said the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been actively working to reduce agricultural produce crimes. “This...