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National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is presented with a signed copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by United States Agency for International Development USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise Herbol, that will facilitate implementation of phase two of USAID’s Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II) in Jamaica, in partnership with the Government, over the next five years, at a cost of $1.4 billion (US$13 million). The signing and presentation took place at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston, on Friday (May 2).
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is presented with a signed copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by United States Agency for International Development USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise Herbol, that will facilitate implementation of phase two of USAID’s Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II) in Jamaica, in partnership with the Government, over the next five years, at a cost of $1.4 billion (US$13 million). The signing and presentation took place at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston, on Friday (May 2).

USAID Launches Project to Empower Vulnerable Communities

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $330 million (US$3 million) in grant assistance to support targeted community activities under phase two of its Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II). The Small Grants Programme will provide...
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is presented with a signed copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by United States Agency for International Development USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise Herbol, that will facilitate implementation of phase two of USAID’s Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II) in Jamaica, in partnership with the Government, over the next five years, at a cost of $1.4 billion (US$13 million). The signing and presentation took place at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston, on Friday (May 2).
National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), is presented with a signed copy of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by United States Agency for International Development USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise Herbol, that will facilitate implementation of phase two of USAID’s Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II) in Jamaica, in partnership with the Government, over the next five years, at a cost of $1.4 billion (US$13 million). The signing and presentation took place at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston, on Friday (May 2).

Gov’t and USAID Sign $1.4 Billion MOU for Citizens’ Security Project
Newly-sworn former ISCF members for St. Thomas which has completed the merger.
Newly-sworn former ISCF members for St. Thomas which has completed the merger.

National Security Minister to discuss remaining ISCF/JCF merger concerns with SCFA members
Minister of National Security, teh Hon. Peter Bunting, inspects the guard at the Jamaica Police Academy, in St. Catherine, where 195 new members were added to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
Minister of National Security, teh Hon. Peter Bunting, inspects the guard at the Jamaica Police Academy, in St. Catherine, where 195 new members were added to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Crimes Trending Down
Justice of the Peace (JP), George Williams (centre), gets assistance from Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Michael Smith (left), in fitting a blazer from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in recognition of his community service at the Rockfort Police Station, in Kingston. Looking is Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (right). Occasion was the graduation of new police recruits, held on April 16, at the Jamaica Police Academy, in St. Catherine, where Mr. Williams was accorded honorary membership in the JCF.
Justice of the Peace (JP), George Williams (centre), gets assistance from Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Michael Smith (left), in fitting a blazer from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in recognition of his community service at the Rockfort Police Station, in Kingston. Looking is Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (right). Occasion was the graduation of new police recruits, held on April 16, at the Jamaica Police Academy, in St. Catherine, where Mr. Williams was accorded honorary membership in the JCF.

JP Made Honorary Member of JCF

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Inner-City Parenting Group Attracts International Support

The concept and focus of Trench Town-based, Fathers United for Change, has attracted the attention and support of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). Fathers United for Change is an all male Community Based Organisation (CBO), which focuses on parenting. The body was formed by a group of males who were frustrated with the negative messages about fathers,...
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August Town Celebrates Peace with March on May 4

The Greater August Town Ministerial Fraternity, in association with the Ministry of National Security and Jamaica Constabulary Force, will host a ‘Peace, Love and Unity March’, on Sunday, May 4, in the August Town, St. Andrew. In an interview with JIS News, Project Manager for the event and Pastor of the Escarpment Road New Testament Church of God, Reverend Stevenson...
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PICA and STATIN Sign Data Sharing MoU

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) and Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see both entities sharing data, under an inter-agency collaboration arrangement. The MoU will enable easier monthly transfer of data from PICA to STATIN in relation to the annual count of all persons arriving in and departing the island...
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National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), cuts the ribbon to formally open the Hellshire Police Station in St. Catherine on Thursday, April 17. Looking on is Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington.
National Security

Police Station Opens at Hellshire

Residents of Hellshire, in south St. Catherine, now have a police station in their community. The facility was opened on April 17, by National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, and is consistent with the Government’s improved safety and security priority, focusing on strategies and policies associated with preserving and enhancing a secure and protective environment to facilitate individual pursuits and...
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Gov’t Focuses on Mainstreaming Community Policing

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting says greater emphasis will be placed on community policing with the implementation of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III this fiscal year. The Minister made the disclosure while giving a special lecture entitled ‘The Underpinning of Crime in Jamaica from Quant to Kartel: The need for Divine Intervention’ held at the...
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Assistant Community Action Officer, Rocque Ferguson, who has been awarded the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation and Korea East West Power (EWP) scholarship.
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CSJP Beneficiary Awarded Scholarship

Rocque Ferguson, a young community mobiliser and beneficiary of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), is the recipient of a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation and Korea East West Power (EWP) scholarship to study Public Administration in South Korea. Ms. Ferguson, who leaves for Seoul in August, is an Assistant Community Action Officer. She has a passion for improving...
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National Security

JCF Gets 195 New Members

The membership of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been bolstered with the addition of 195 new recruits, many of them possessing first degrees in various disciplines. As the new members take on their assignments, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, is urging them to make professionalism and integrity their guiding principles, in what he called a “transformed police...
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