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Business operators are being asked to more closely monitor their shipments to ensure that they are not being used to transport guns into the island. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Leslie Green, said yesterday (June 22), that "it's within these containers that, unfortunately, the vast majority of the firearms are trafficked." "I urge businesses to be vigilant in relation to...

Two curfews have been imposed in sections of the St. Catherine North Division as of 4:00 a.m. today June 23, 2010 until 4:00 a.m. Friday, June 25, 2010. The boundaries of curfew number one which will be imposed in the Jones Avenue/Shelter Rock communities are:NORTH Along Greendale main road and Burke road between Michael Manley Drive and the Spanish Town...

The marked success achieved by Jamaica in the treatment and care of HIV/AIDS has caught the interest of other Caribbean nations. This has led to a five-day study tour now underway by the Caribbean Coalition of National AIDS Programme Coordinators (CCNAPC), to learn more about our best practices. The group comprises persons designated by the country or territory who are...

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington this evening confirmed that the police have arrested the former West Kingston gang leader, Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Commissioner Ellington is reassuring family, friends and well wishers of Coke that the police will be taking "every step possible to ensure his safety and well being whilst he is in our custody." He also asked these...

Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, said this evening (June 22) that legal proceedings against captured fugitive, Christopher Coke, should commence within 48 hours. "The legal proceedings will commence immediately; once we are able to settle on the issue of legal representation and reach an agreement with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on where the hearings will be held a...

Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), His Excellency Ambassador Albert Ramdin, has expressed confidence in the Jamaican Government's efforts at maintaining national security. Bringing greetings at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF-5), being held at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in Montego Bay, on Monday June 21, the...

Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Audrey Marks, has urged the organisation to continue to emphasise the multi-dimensional approach to security in the Americas, noting that security threats can no longer be addressed solely with armed conflict. This approach, she said, must encompass economic, social, health and environmental issues, among other key factors that can...

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington this evening confirmed that the police have arrested the former West Kingston gang leader, Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Commissioner Ellington is reassuring family, friends and well wishers of Coke that the police will be taking "every step possible to ensure his safety and well being whilst he is in our custody." He also asked these...

The Centre of Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), is seeking the public's assistance in locating Shanice Allen and Janet Wright from Sandy Bay, Clarendon who are witnesses in a case of Indecent Assault which is now before the Home Circuit Court. The next trial date isMonday, July 26. These persons are Shanice Allen and Janet Wright, both...

Just days after smashing a major passport/visa racket in downtown Kingston, Flying Squad Sleuths have dismantled a major car stealing ring in the Clarendon Division over the weekend (June 12-13). Four men including the mastermind have been taken into custody; four motor vehicles and two desk top computers were seized in the incident. Detectives are withholding the identities of the...

The Jamaica Military Aviation School (JMAS) in Kingston today (June 18), graduated its second batch of trainee pilots during a wings presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). The graduates: Lieutenants Craig Lewis-Mayne, Joel Nelson, Jaime Walsh, and Brandon Chambers, were presented with their military wings by the JDF's Chief of Defence...

Sixteen-year-old Leandrow Clarke of Edinburgh district, Manchester was recaptured in the parish yesterday, after escaping from the Mandeville Police lock-up two days before. Police on assignment went to the Willowgate taxi stand in the parish about 4:30 p.m. where Clarke was seen. He was arrested and taken into custody. Clarke was earlier arrested on suspicion of robbery and escaped from...