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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...

Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Antony Anderson, says he intends to build a force that is relevant and can respond to the threats facing Jamaica. Speaking at the Change of Command Parade on Saturday (October 9) at Up Park Camp, he assured the hundreds of Jamaicans, who braved heavy showers to witness the proceedings that...

The police are reporting that, for the first time since July 2002 when 72 murderers were recorded, the number of murders committed in a single month fell below 80, with the 77 recorded in September. Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) statistics, released Monday (October 11), showed that last month's figure was 55 less than for the same period last year, representing...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Novelette Grant, head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Strategic Review Implementation Team (SRIT), wants civilians to pool their knowledge and resources with the Police to reduce criminal activities in their communities. "We cannot continue to sit back, as citizens, and believe that the problems of crime and disorder are the problems of those sworn in...

New Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Brigadier Antony Anderson, has promised to uphold the high standard and professionalism of the nation's armed forces in the execution of his new role. Brigadier Anderson was sworn in on Thursday (October 7), by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, as the 10th Chief of Defence...

Contractor General, Greg Christie is proposing that an Independent National Anti-Corruption Agency be established, with powers to investigate and prosecute in a more cost-effective way. In the Office of the Contractor General's 23rd Annual Report, which was recently tabled in Parliament, Mr. Christie said he would formally propose this year, that the Parliamentary Integrity Commission, the Corruption Prevention Commission, and...

Incoming Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Brigadier Antony Anderson, says the Force will be reviewed early next year, to assess the implementations that came out of a Strategic Defence Review done in 2006. Incoming Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Antony Anderson. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, he says the review is important to...

Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations (DCP), Glenmore Hines, is assuring Jamaicans that the police is on full alert and will be carrying out regular duties across the island. He told JIS News that all divisional officers have been mobilised and deployed to provide security against any criminal activities. A number of communities across the island have suffered...

Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, says that the Defence Board's approval of the transformation process of the Strategic Defence Review is one of the major achievements of his 3-year tenure as head of the force. He said the transformation has allowed the force to refocus its business model, as it moves...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has generally enjoyed a good reputation, even when some question the relevance of its existence. It has been 49 years since the JDF was established, and with no major threats to Jamaica from outside sources, as such the level of understanding of the role of the army has diminished. The JDF has often been called...