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MANDEVILLE — The Longville Park community in Clarendon, supported by more than 10 churches in the area, staged a special worship service for the security forces, at the Longville Park Baptist Church on January 30. Major Ezra Bignall of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) told the gathering that much of the security forces’ work would be lighter, if citizens unite...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, is calling on citizens to co-operate with the police to make their communities safe. “Without the co-operation of the citizens, the police really can’t do a good job, so I am imploring all citizens to work with the police and provide information to prevent major crimes,”...

Customs Week Observing Excellence Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has underscored the importance of knowledge and its continuous renewal in maintaining relevance to various periods of time. Addressing the Jamaica Customs bi-annual Information Fair, held in Montego Bay, on Saturday January 29, the National Security Minister expressed the view that the knowledge persons had 20 years ago,...

Persons holding top level positions within the public sector could soon to be asked to undergo polygraph examinations commonly known as lie detector tests. “As a matter of policy, this Government has decided that all sensitive post within the public sector should be subject to vetting to ensure the integrity of those who hold the posts,” said Minister of National...

Minister of National Security, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson said the Government is committed in ensuring that the force is equipped with the best and effective tools to advance crime fighting efforts. “The remarkable advancement in technology, and the tools that are now available to us and are being utilised by the criminal underworld, demands that we stay ahead of the...

Superintendent in charge of the Manchester Police Division, Lascelles Taylor, has called on parents to encourage children, with the requisite passes in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations, to join the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). “Gone are the days when you become a policeman, it is just an ordinary policeman. Now when you become a policeman or woman, you are...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has welcomed the increased support from the United Kingston (UK) Government to the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). British State Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy Browne said on Saturday (Jan. 22), that the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) will be allocating approximately $100 million...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has welcomed today’s announcement by British State Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy Browne that the United Kingdom is entering into a partnership with the Ministry and the Inter-American Development Bank with the aim of reducing crime and violence in the most volatile communities across Jamaica. Minister Browne announced...

Acting Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Prendergast, says construction of the Metcalfe Street Juvenile Remand Facility for boys, should be completed as early as February. Reporting to a meeting of Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) on Wednesday (January 19) at Gordon House, Lt. Col. Prendergast said, on completion, the facility can house more than 200 inmates. "So...

Jamaica recently sent a delegation to Cuba on an exploratory/preparatory visit with that country’s Ministry of the Interior as part of the government’s effort to increase collaboration and cooperation in the fight against the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organized crime. The Jamaica delegation was headed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Mrs....

Twenty-five members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) were on January 18 presented with the first bar to the medal of honour for meritorious service for distinguished conduct or performing acts of bravery. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, awarded the medals during a brief ceremony at King’s House. Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson,...

MONTEGO BAY — The Trelawny Police Division will be placing focus on dismantling criminal gangs in the parish this year. The move is keeping with the law enforcement priorities for 2011 as outlined recently by Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, which includes targeting and dismantling at least three gangs in each police division in 2011. Detective Sergeant Renford Whyte in...