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Deputy Assistant Secretary in the United States (US) Department of State, Julissa Reynoso, says the US administration has committed US$45 million to bolster the efforts of Caribbean nations to counter criminal activities in the region, through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). She made the announcement while addressing the inaugural two-day meeting of the CBSI Commission at the Wyndham Hotel...

National Security Minister, Senator Dwight Nelson, is warning that unless immediate steps are taken to counter the problem of crime and violence, CARICOM states stand the risk of being overrun by criminal activities. Speaking at the opening of the inaugural meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission, at the Wyndham Hotel, New Kingston, on November 3, Senator Nelson...

The Police have said they will be taking a zero tolerance approach to issues of law and order during and after the passage of Tropical Depression Tomas. "In times of natural disasters, we are aware that persons with criminal intent would want to prey on the vulnerable and persons who have suffered," Assistant Superintendent of Police, Clifford Blake, told a...

The Police have said they will be taking a zero tolerance approach to issues of law and order during and after the passage of Tropical Depression Tomas. "In times of natural disasters, we are aware that persons with criminal intent would want to prey on the vulnerable and persons who have suffered," Assistant Superintendent of Police, Clifford Blake, told a...

National Security Minister, Senator Dwight Nelson, says efforts are being made to reduce the rate of recidivism among criminal offenders, through the Jamaica Reducing Re-offending Action Plan (JRRAP). "Efforts are being made to reduce the number of re-offenders which is of critical importance to the security of the country," Mr. Nelson said ina brief address delivered by the Ministry's Senior...

Public opinion leaders and decision makers are discussing policies relating to the impact of violence on the country's children at a two-day workshop, which opened at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in Kingston Wednesday (October 27). The workshop is aimed at influencing key stakeholders, to prioritise the strengthening of national systems for the protection and promotion of the rights...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Organized Crime Investigation Division (OCID) has been making significant inroads into transnational criminal activities, since its inception in 1990. Transnational crimes are illicit activities occurring across national jurisdictional borders or when the attendant consequences, emanating from the country of origin, significantly impact another country. These activities include: human trafficking and people smuggling; trafficking/smuggling of goods,...

Four Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers have become part of history, as they are the last servicemen to graduate from an advanced aircraft maintenance technician course at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden, in Canada. After a nearly 30-year-old relationship between the two countries, Corporal Calverton Blagrove, Corporal Tauwee McLean, Corporal Oraine Riley and Corporal Samando Scott of the JDF...

"Hanging around like the clock on the wall," is the analogy used by Pleasant Heights (Wareika Hill) resident, Randy Anderson, to describe the sense of inertia many inner city youth feel. However, the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) is helping to change this, going beyond just enabling persons to acquire skills, to assist inner city youth to enter professional...

Jamaicans will be sensitised about the host of services provided by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), when the department observes Correctional Services Week from October 24 to 31. Acting Commissioner of Corrections, Lt. Colonel Garfield Prendergast, speaking at a press conference at the Corporate Area Probation Office in Kingston yesterday (October 21), said this year's celebration will seek to...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has credited the Safe Schools Programme with the decrease in violence and serious crimes in the institutions. "In terms of the Ministry's perspective (and) surveillance there is a decline in serious crimes in schools," Mr. Holness told educators, parents, Jamaica Constabulary Force personnel and other stakeholders at the Schools' Security and Safety Conference at...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has called for speedier finalisation of the Evidence Amendment Bill, to allow video-recorded statements from victims, particularly in child sexual abuse cases, to be used as evidence in the courts. She contended that the procedures involved in these cases have to be made easier for child abuse victims, to ensure that they are not re-traumatised in...