Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting has welcomed the handover of more than US$2 million worth of less-lethal equipment on Thursday, November 13, donated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force from the United States Government. Minister Bunting said the donation of 3,500 retractable batons, 3,500 canisters of pepper spray, 3,500 pairs of handcuffs, and utility belts  follows a commitment made...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the Government’s decision to spend $4 million to return Muslim Leader, Yasin Abu Bakr, to Trinidad and Tobago last week, was the best course of action immediately available to the Government. “It was clearly in the interest of national security to not land this individual and to remove him from Jamaica at...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the country’s maritime surveillance capacity, encompassing monitoring of the country’s territorial waters, will have to be ramped up, as part of the Government’s Ebola preparedness and response mechanism. This will entail boosting the capabilities of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard, and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Marine Police Division, he noted....

The Jamaican government says it paid Thirty-Six Thousand US Dollars (US$36,000.00) for a private plane to take leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen in Trinidad and Tobago, Yasin Abu Bakr back to the twin island republic on October 16. Abu Bakr had initially been placed on a Caribbean Airlines on Wednesday afternoon for return to Trinidad; however he became unruly...

As the Government seeks to implement preventive cancer measures, it is collaborating with the United Nations (UN) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to include nuclear technology in the fight against the disease. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the cost of treating cancer patients places a huge burden on the public health system, and on families, and he...

The Jamaican Government has issued an immediate travel ban against certain persons travelling directly or indirectly from or through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in light of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This ban extends to persons ordinarily resident in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as well as persons who have travelled to or transited through Guinea, Liberia and...

The leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen in Trinidad and Tobago, Yasin Abu Bakr was returned to Trinidad via private plane on Thursday, October 16. The flight left Jamaica shortly after three this morning and arrived in Port of Spain just after 6:00 a.m. Abu Bakr was initially placed on a Caribbean Airlines for return to Trinidad; however he became...