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The Stephen's House hostel, which will provide temporary shelter while supporting the rehabilitation of deported women, was officially opened Thursday (September 16). The hostel, located at 13 West Avenue in Kingston, comprises bedrooms, kitchen, living and dining quarters, and can accommodate up to eight individuals, including children. The facility was built at a cost of $1.2 million and was funded...

For the third consecutive month, the police are reporting a decrease in the number of murders committed, which fell 42 per cent during August, compared to the corresponding period last year. Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) crime statistics, released this week, show that 81 murders were committed last month, as against 139 in August 2009. Last month's figure was three less...

Eleven students, who sat the 2010 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), were yesterday (Sept. 14) honoured by the Ministry of National Security for their outstanding performance. The students, whose parents are employed to the Ministry, were presented with gift baskets and certificates during the inaugural award function held at the Ministry's Oxford Road headquarters. The awardees are: Shanelle Bryson, who...

Brigadier Antony Anderson has been appointed the new Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force. He will succeed Major General Stewart Saunders who is due to retire. Brigadier Anderson will be promoted to the rank of Major-General and will assume command of the Jamaica Defence Force on October 10, 2010. Brigadier Anderson is currently the Deputy Chief of...

Several leads are being followed by investigators in connection with July's theft of petrol from the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) Rockfort depot in East Kingston, a company official has disclosed. The JUTC's Communications Manager, Reginald Allen, told JIS News that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) East Kingston Division, "under direction from the Police High Command," is leading the...

Can you imagine being a teenager, only 16, and having to prepare for the most important examinations of your life, knowing that your family and friends are experiencing a nightmare? That was the reality for Carlisle Brown, who did the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in May, during the military/police operation in sections of Western Kingston. St. George's College...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), today (September 9), handed over five computers to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), during a ceremony at the High Commission, in Kingston. The machines, which comprise three desk tops and two lap top computers, will go to the Transnational Crimes and Narcotics Division and other departments of the JCF, to assist with drug interdiction...

The strained relationship between the Police and members of the Western Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens, that existed for many years, seems to be at an end. Community policing, which previously was non-existent or very challenging, has taken root in the area, with many of the residents welcoming the change. Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of the Tivoli Gardens...

Minister of National Security, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, has assured members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) that the Government is working assiduously to bring closure to their salary negotiations. "There have been differences in the way we believe we should go forward but, let me assure you that, we are determined to find a way to achieve finality in...

The Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) is in the process of hiring residents as assistants to officers working on the ground as part of efforts to enable the programme to effectively carry out its objectives. Programme Manager, at the CSJP, Mr. Simeon Robinson tells JIS News that the assistants will aid in the mobilisation of services within the various...

Transforming people's conduct can be a tall order, but the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Strategic Review Implementation Team (SRIT), has set itself three years to overhaul the level of professionalism displayed by police personnel. Acknowledging that there is no "easy fix" for changing human behaviour, Head of the SRIT, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant, says her team is...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Justin Felice, says that he hopes to achieve an honest, upright and clean Jamaica police force in three years. "Whether that's achievable within three years I don't know but, as you have seen, in the first seven months of this year officers are being refused reenlistment. They are...