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Cabinet has approved a variation amount of $7.2 million to a contract awarded to ShareCon Limited, to complete the construction of the Alexandria Police Station in St. Ann. Speaking at Wednesday's (November 24) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, noted that the variation amounted to 23.8 per...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has informed the House of Representatives that the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been given the land in St. Catherine, for the construction of its new headquarters. "We have already transferred to the JDF over 4,000 acres of land in Caymanas. That will become their new headquarters. They will have a major training facility...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, has reached an agreement with private security firms for insurance benefits for security guards' death or injury on the job, to be calculated on the same basis as that for the police. Mr. Charles made the announcement in an address to Saturday's (November 20) Triennial General Assembly of the Bustamante Industrial...

A two-day workshop, aimed at reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the Kingston Western Police Division, began today (November 18), at the Denham Town Community Centre. The workshop, hosted by the Strategic Review Implementation Team (SRIT) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) targets 300 front line responders from the Denham Town, Tivoli Gardens, Hannah Town, Craig Town, Fletcher's Land...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is imploring members of the newly established Independent Commission of Investigations, to be thorough in conducting investigations thereby securing public confidence in the agency. Mr. Golding gave the admonition as he asked members of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (November 16), to approve the resolution outlining the compensation package for the Head of...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) received a fuel donation of 50,000 litres, valued at $5 million, today (November 16), to support their crime fighting efforts. The fuel, which is to be apportioned equally between the two entities, was provided by the Energy and Mining Ministry, through Petrojam Limited, and handed over at the Ministry....

Portlanders turned out to participate in the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony, at the Port Antonio Cenotaph, Sunday (November 14). The function, to remember veterans of World Wars I and II, featured a parade by uniformed groups and the laying of wreaths. Among the uniformed groups were: Boy Scouts, Brownies, Girls Guides, Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), Jamaica Defence Force (JDF),...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Diane McIntosh says a major focus of the Ministry is to devise strategies that will unite law enforcement agencies, private organisations and individual citizens in a nationwide effort to reduce crime and improve local communities. "The Ministry is of the view that the success of our initiatives hinge on the establishment of...

Work on the new Police Station in Falmouth, Trelawny, is to resume soon, as the adjusted designs have been completed and are being assessed. Senior Portfolio Manager with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Howard Barrett, said that his organisation is committed to completing the facility, which was started some time ago. Mr. Barrett was speaking at a stakeholders meeting, held...

On Sunday, November 14 the Jamaica Legion will pay homage to the over 500 ex-servicemen and women who participated in World Wars One and Two as well as ex-Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) members. Chairman of the Major General Harty Branch of the Jamaica Legion, Captain Clifton Lumsden is urging Jamaicans to come out in their numbers on Sunday at National...

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...