Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Novelette Grant, is urging citizens to provide the security forces with information that will assist them in crime fighting efforts. The ACP says the information will help the police to nab criminals and prevent them from committing other crimes. She was speaking on June 12, in Grant’s Pen, St. Andrew. Recalling the front page story...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, will lead a two-member delegation to participate in the 4th Biennial Jamaican Diaspora UK National Conference in Birmingham, from June 13 to 15. Mr. Bunting and his delegation will also participate in bilateral meetings in London with government ministers and security officials. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made...

Director for Safety and Security in Schools, Ministry of Education, Sergeant Coleridge Minto, says the Government has taken a multi-partnership approach to tackle crime and violence in schools. He noted that this collaboration has been among the Ministries of Education and National Security, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and other stakeholders. The Director was speaking at the launch of the...

The Ministry of National Security is seeking to identify a ‘child-friendly’ facility to relocate female wards currently held at the South Camp Road Rehabilitation Centre in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says a facility with a school or home environment, rather than a correctional institution, is being sought. He made the disclosure while speaking at the Department of Correctional...

Several communities in and around Lakes Pen, in St. Catherine, now have access to a police post at a complex in the area, which also houses sporting facilities and a community centre, built at a cost of over $26 million. The facilities were officially opened on Thursday, May 29, by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, who said the...

The Peace Management Initiative (PMI) in St. James is using music as a part of its social intervention programmes for at-risk youth across the parish. Administrator, Garfield McGhie, told JIS News that to date 20 marching bands have been established across the parish, involving more than 400 youth. According to Mr. McGhie, “we are of the view that music and...

Twenty-six youngsters from juvenile correctional centres across the island are now sitting Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations, as the Government improves the educational programmes of these institutions. Commissioner of Corrections, Jevene Bent, who made the disclosure, said several improvements have been made to enhance the quality of education offered within the island’s four juvenile institutions. She was responding to questions...