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Head of the Cyber Crime Unit at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Andrea Martin Swaby, addresses the inaugural Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James on July 8.

Legislation Best Protection Against Identity Theft – Martin Swaby

Head of the Cyber Crime Unit in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Andrea Martin Swaby, says legislation provides the best protection against identify theft, which she noted, has become a major international problem, impacting Jamaica and...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), looks on as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh, points out something of interest in the guidelines for the ‘Management of Substance Misuse in the School System’ to Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla (2nd right). Sharing the moment is Senior Parish Court Judge, Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court, Paula Blake Powell. Occasion was the presentation ceremony for participants in the Children’s Drug Treatment Programme, held on July 8, at the Institute of Jamaica, downtown Kingston.

More Mentors Needed for Young Men – Minister of State Charles Jr.

Chairperson for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, Carol Palmer (centre); Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Lisa Palmer Hamilton (left); and Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police Carl Berry (right), review techniques used in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Anti-Trafficking in Persons training manual at a recent JIS Think Tank.

JCF Boosts Anti-Trafficking in Persons Training

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague.

Minister Montague Moves to Safeguard Information on Security Spending

Several Ministries to Assist in Fight against Crime

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.

10 years ago National Security and Peace

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 to catch them,” Mr. Montague emphasised. The Minister was responding to questions posed by journalists during a post-Sectoral Debate press...

10 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

We Will Not Shirk – Montague

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government will be relentless in pursuing perpetrators of crime and violence. “We will not shirk in this war against those who would challenge the authority of the State and bring untold terror to the people,” he said. Minister Montague was making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague

10 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Big Investment in National Security

Over the next three years the Government will make the largest investment in the National Security apparatus, as it seeks to curtail the country’s crime rate. “Never before will so much be invested in ensuring our peace and safety. We are not talking millions, but billions,” Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague said. Speaking in the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate...

10 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Harsher Penalties for Gun Crimes

The Ministry of National Security will be seeking to have the mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes, trafficking and possession increased. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representative on July 6, Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, said this will be escalated depending on the type of weapon. “Because the gun is featured...

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

10 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

Government to Undertake Audit of Borders

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is to undertake an audit of the nation’s borders. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 6, the Minister said the movement of drugs, people and guns is too free and frequent. “If at our established ports we are finding guns and...

10 years ago National Security and PeaceSectoral 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 and Peace

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...