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KINGSTON – The Senate has approved amendments to the Terrorism Prevention Act, to allow the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to list persons or entities as terrorists, following the approval of the Supreme Court. The Bill, titled the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2011, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday March 22 and in the Senate on Friday...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has testified that within 10 days of receipt of the extradition request for Christopher Coke, he was informed by Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, that there were difficulties with the request. Cross examined by People’s National Party (PNP) lead counsel, K.D. Knight, the Prime Minister said that, based on information he received from the Justice...

KINGSTON – Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), Professor Hopeton Dunn has said that problems, such as payola and piracy that are facing the broadcasting industry, can be solved through the collaborative efforts of key players in the sector. Professor Dunn made the comment while addressing representatives from the music and broadcasting sectors at a ‘Payola and Anti-Piracy’...

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) is continuing its vigilance against doping in sports, and ensuring that athletes, their managers, and support personnel are informed and updated on the issues surrounding doping. This is being done through a series of anti-doping workshops around the island, the first of which was held yesterday March 23, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown...

MONTEGO BAY – The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that construction of the new Falmouth Police Station will recommence next month with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), through its Engineering Corps, in charge of the project. Mr. Golding noted that the project, which started in 2005 and should have taken one year to be completed, “started, stopped and...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that serious crime this year is down by 42% over the comparable period last year. “The intensified effort being conducted by the security forces since May of last year have produced remarkable results. I do get weekly updates as to the level of crime that has taken place and the most recent update I got yesterday, which...

KINGSTON – Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson has reiterated the Government's commitment to weed out corruption, to continue implementation of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's  (JCF) anti-corruption strategy, and to heighten focus on wrongdoers within the Force. “Corruption is a major hindrance to sustainable development with a disproportionate impact on the poor and dispossessed. In developing countries...

KINGSTON – There was a 27 per cent drop in citizens reporting that they had been asked for bribes by public officials, or in the workplace, a 2010 Latin American Public Opinion Project Americas Barometer poll has revealed. This was down from 2006, when data showed that some 35 per cent of Jamaicans had been asked for bribes by public...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer says funds have been diverted from certain projects for which implementation will be delayed to put in place additional security measures at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine which was the scene of an invasion by gunmen recently. Minister Spencer was addressing a meeting yesterday morning (Wednesday, March 16, 2011) involving members of...

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) held its inaugural National Poster Competition award ceremony last week with top honours going to Yanque Yip of Knox College High School in Clarendon. Yip, who was also adjudged as having the best illustration, was among eight students from schools across the island, who were presented with trophies and certificates of participation at...

KINGSTON – In its effort to rid its ranks of corruption, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has barred 137 members from re-enlisting. This was stated in the 2010 performance report of the JCF’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), presented at a press conference at the Commissioner’s Office, Kingston, on Monday March 14. Deputy Head of the ACB, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)...

WASHINGTON, D.C – Five members of  the Security Forces participated in a civil disturbance training course from March 7-10 in Washington, United States (US), organised by the US Department of Defence.  The course dealt primarily with techniques to handle civil disturbances as well as how to handle and diffuse explosive devices.  The five-man Jamaican delegation comprised two persons  from the...