The Government will spend more than $308 million for the construction of new integrated accommodation, office and storage facilities at Lathbury Barracks, Up Park Camp. Details of the project are outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Anticipated targets for the 2015/16 fiscal year include: the complete construction of the first three-storey building; continued...

More than $1.3 billion will be spent in the new fiscal year to  improve and upgrade the operations of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The money has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. It will be shared among the Military Services, Air Wing, Coast Guard and Engineering Services. Of the figure,...

The country’s crime fighting capabilities will be boosted with the injection of $50 million to support the effort under the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Reform Programme. This is contained in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. Anticipated targets for the 2015/16 fiscal year include Consolidated Fund payment for activities completed in the 2014/15 financial year,...

The St. James Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has identified several priorities on which its members will be working during this year. Head of the Division, Superintendent Derrick Champagnie, told a news conference in Montego Bay on February 6, that included in the priority areas are the reduction of serious crimes, especially murders; shootings; fatal accidents; anti-lotto scamming;...

Head of the St. James Police Division, Derrick Champagnie, has provided details of efforts by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to curb crime and violence in the division. Speaking at a press conference, held at the St. James Freeport Police headquarters, on February 6, Superintendent Champagnie said since the start of this year, the parish has recorded tremendous successes in...

The Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA) is targeting schools under a campaign aimed at eliminating lottery scamming in western Jamaica. The Lottery Scamming Prevention Campaign in Schools got underway on Wednesday (Jan. 28), with sensitization sessions held at four schools in Montego Bay under the theme: ‘Lottery scamming is a crime. Stop it before it stops you’....

Statement from Minister of National Security Peter Bunting clarifying Close Protection Officer (CPO) assignments to Members of the Judiciary  I wish to correct misinterpretations reported in the press today arising from my statement to the Parliament yesterday that judges and magistrates will no longer have Close Protection Officers (CPOs) assigned to them. The Ministry of National Security recognizes that most, if...