Beginning October 1, 2015, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) will be expanding the use of its Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based application that allows clients to undertake e-transactions. Commissioner of the JCA, Major Richard Reese, says the expanded use will include the processing of Transit, Transshipment, Private and Public Bonded Warehousing declarations for commercial and non-commercial imports...

Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, says some 16 firearms have been recovered over the past 36 hours under the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) ‘Get the Guns Campaign’. This brings to 26, the total number of firearms recovered since the launch of the campaign on September 17. The Commissioner was speaking at a customs seminar today (Sept. 24), at the...

Corporate Jamaica is being urged to partner with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) to create employment and learning opportunities for at-risk youth. The social intervention programme has joined forces with the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and Jamaica Public Service (JPS), through Memoranda of Understanding, to create such opportunities for youngsters that would not be otherwise possible. “It...

Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Terrence Williams, is reporting that fatal police shootings in Jamaica continue to fall. He said there has been improvement in the cooperation between the investigative body and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), which has resulted in less use of excessive and deadly force by the police during their operations. “It is not...

Minister of National Security, Hon Peter Bunting, has been revving up the Unite for Change campaign, particularly in the rural parishes,  in which he has been calling for a more united effort in the fight against crime. He emphasizes that the approach has to be frontal and steadfast, where the criminals will realize  that there is no safe haven from...

A 25 year-old beneficiary of a social intervention programme, aimed at reducing serious crimes and violence, has been awarded a Chevening scholarship. A resident of Parade Gardens, Jerome Cowans, is an active community participant who has benefitted tremendously from the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), which has transformed him into an ambassador and inspiration for other youngsters. At the...

The Ministry of National Security has partnered with the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) to create training opportunities in stevedoring for 30 at-risk youth in the Corporate Area. The initiative is estimated to cost just over $10 million, and will benefit young men drawn from Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) participating communities. They will be involved in an Integrated...