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MONTEGO BAY — Thousands of residents of six volatile communities in St. James are soon to benefit from a range of sustainable development initiatives to be undertaken through partnership between the Ministry of National Security and the Social Development Commission (SDC). The communities are Farm Heights, Rose Heights, Canterbury, Glendevon, Granville and North Gully. Already, a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

MANDEVILLE — Thirty Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Area 3 division corporals participated in a one month development training course, which included studies in management and problem-solving. The training programme was inclusive of public speaking, the tenets of debates, problem-solving and decision making. “We did communication, missing persons and human trafficking and a number of other areas that affect leadership and...

MONTEGO BAY — Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has called on participants attending the 38th Annual International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC), to utilise the knowledge gained in a positive and productive way. “Since 1973, the International Conference of Police Chaplains has provided a source of strength, rest and rejuvenation for the men and women who...

MONTEGO BAY — The 38th annual International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC) is underway at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James. The five-day conference began on Monday, July 11, 2011, and is being held under the theme: ‘Rest, Recharge and Receive: A Chaplain’s Therapy’. Assistant Commissioner of  Police and Chief Chaplain for the Jamaica Constabulary...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Community Crime and Violence Prevention Programme, launched in June 2010, has been making strides in its efforts to reduce violence in high risk inner-city communities across the parishes of Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon and St. James. Project Manager for the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)-implemented programme, Ayanna Demetrius, tells JIS News that already, the initiative has...

KINGSTON Non-violent offenders in local prisons who have shown signs of rehabilitation may soon enjoy the freedom of an electronic monitoring programme, Minister of National Security, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, said Tuesday July 5, 2011. The initiative, launched at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Kingston, will facilitate early conditional release of low risk/non-violent offenders, who have completed at least...

We are approaching the start of the summer holidays. This is the time when most children and teenagers are either at home or are engaged in numerous activities which require them to be on the streets more often than they would be when in schools. Analysis over the years indicates that during the summer holidays, there is an increase in...

KINGSTON — Local ex-offenders and deportees in need of a second chance will benefit from the opening of the refurbished Salvation Army William Chamberlain Adult Rehabilitation Centre (ARC), at Lyndhurst Road, Kingston. The facility, renovated at a cost of some $13 million through a partnership between the governments of Jamaica, Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) and Scotia Bank Jamaica,...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson has reiterated plans to disaggregate murder figures to reflect the number of homicides that result from criminal activity, and those which occur due to domestic incidents. “We churn out the figures…(for example), for the month of May, we have 100 murders, but we do not disaggregate the figures, so everybody accept...

OCHO RIOS — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, is encouraging law enforcement officers to remain strong and, to carry out their duties professionally. She pointed out that the Ministry is working assiduously to assist them, as they seek to protect the nation. Speaking at the opening of the 27th Annual Joint Central Conference of the...

MONTEGO BAY — The United States (US) will be increasing its financial support to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) with US$77 million in funding committed for fiscal year 2011/12. US Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton, made the announcement at a press conference held yesterday (June 22) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay following high-level talks with...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, says the Ministry is working assiduously to strengthen its intervention mechanisms that offer psychological and counselling support to police officers. One short term intervention, she informed, is a series of one-day workshops offering refresher courses in pastoral care and counselling for Police chaplains and pastors who counsel those who are...