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Executive Director, National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe, speaking at a handing over ceremony for community based policing material at the Police Officers Club in Kingston, on May 20. Some of the material handed over by USAID/COMET II to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) included training handbooks/manuals to assist the JCF in building a culture of lawfulness among its members; and MOCA branded exercise books to support the anti-lottery scam school outreach programme, among other things.

Public’s Trust in JCF has Improved According to LAPOP

The public’s trust in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has grown in the last nine years, and is now at its highest level, says Executive Director, National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe. This, he said, is based on data from...

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Implementation date for passport fee increase extended to June 1, 2015

PICA Extends Service Beyond Quota

Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Jennifer McDonald.

PICA Reaches Quota – Customers Invited to Come Back May 21

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PICA Increases Work Stations to Cope With Persons Applying for Passports

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Persons Reminded to Pick Up Passports at Police Officers’ Club

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), is reminding persons who are scheduled to pick up their passports between May 20 and 22 to do so at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road, instead of the agency’s head office on Constant Spring Road. “We anticipate a rush, so just for this week we are asking persons to only visit...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

PICA Implements Customer-Flow Measures Prior to Introduction of New Fees

In anticipation of a greater demand for passports following an announced price increase the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has adopted measures to ensure that its customers are properly served. Between Monday May 18 and Friday, May 22 the Agency will only receive applications from customers whose passports have expired or will expire in 6 months or less as...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

New Passport Fees Effective June 01

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) wishes to announce new passport fees as well and the introduction of expedited services, effective June 01, 2015 as given in Gazette Notice No 25B dated April 20, 2015. The current passport fee was introduced in 2009 and the new fee seeks to cover inflation and the movement in the exchange rate over...

Representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is joined by members of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) and residents of Farm Heights as they prepare to paint a section of the community centre to be used for the staging of parenting workshops. The Farm Heights project was one of six in which the group participated on May 13. The other projects were undertaken in Mount Salem, Granville, Canterbury, Glendevon and Salt Spring.

11 years ago CommunityNational Security and Peace

CSJP and IDB Engage in Oureach Activities in St. James

A 60-member delegation from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) joined forces with representatives of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), on May 13, to carry out a number of community outreach projects in six inner-city communities in St. James. The projects were undertaken in the CSJP-adopted communities of Granville, Mount Salem, Farm Heights, Canterbury, Salt Spring and Glendevon and...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

O’Neil Hamilton Joins United Nations Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) Roster of Experts

The United Nations Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) has approved the nomination of Mr. O'Neil Hamilton to its Roster of Experts which advises the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Hamilton, who was nominated by the Government of Jamaica, is the first such nominee from a CARICOM Member State with a focus on non-proliferation and terrorism and joins a roster of...

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PICA to Offer Three-Day Passport Service at Diaspora Conference

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be offering a three-day passport service at the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 13 to 18, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. “Because it is a short week... if someone comes on Monday they can get back their passport on Wednesday; though our standard service is for...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (second left), shares a joke with Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), while Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding (second right), converses with resident of Orange Hill, Westmoreland, Monica Jackson, during a community meeting on May 8, to discuss new legislation governing the use of ganja.

11 years ago JusticeNational Security and PeaceTourism

Revised Ganja Law Deemed ‘Fundamental’ and ‘Far-Reaching’

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, resulting in decriminalization of specified quantities of ganja, are “most fundamental and far-reaching.” He underscored this point while addressing a community meeting in Orange Hill, Western Westmoreland, on May 8, to discuss the provisions of the new ganja legislation. Mr. Bunting noted that for “decades”, the possession...