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The Government is moving swiftly to provide secure accommodation for children being held in police lock-ups due to lack of space in existing juvenile remand centres. Following his announcement in Parliament last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding received a report from the JDF, on Tuesday, on the timeframe for renovation works to be carried out at Cape Clear, St. Mary....

The Municipal Police Corps of the Department of Local Government has been strengthened with the addition of 28 new officers to increase the establishment to 180 members. The new officers, who participated in a five-week basic municipal police training course at the Jamaica Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, between February 1 and March 4, represent the seventh cohort intake...

National Security Minister, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that law enforcement must take a zero tolerance approach to every form of offence, if Jamaica is to be reclaimed from the clutches of criminals. He noted that while the authorities work to devise strategies to eliminate major crimes such as extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, cyber crimes, kidnapping, and gang-related...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has described the findings contained in the recent International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) as an inaccurate depiction of Jamaica's efforts to combat drugs and organised crime. The report, compiled by the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the United States' Department of State, asserted that the Government's anti-corruption and...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has said that her Ministry is in the process of redrafting the six anti-crime bills mooted in 2008, so that they can be passed by a majority vote in Parliament. The Bills are: An act to amend the Bail Act; An act further to amend the Firearms Act; An act to...

Measures will be put in place to improve security at the May Pen Hospital, including erecting perimeter fencing. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, addressing a meeting with staff of the Clarendon-based facility last week, expressed dissatisfaction with the existing arrangements to ensure the safety of staff and patients. He informed that a tender will be put out for a...

Bauxite/alumina company, Jamalco, has donated two radar guns to the Clarendon police traffic division to enhance its monitoring capabilities, as it seeks to reduce road fatalities along the major 'hot spots' in the parish. Speaking at the handing over ceremony held on Thursday (February 25) at the Halse Hall Great House in Clarendon, Minister of National Security, Senator, Hon. Dwight...

A Learning Network Centre, which aims to improve the reading and writing abilities of young people in South St. Andrew and equip them with marketable skills, was officially opened today (Feb. 26) in Jones Town. The facility, located on the grounds of the Admiral Town Police Station will benefit residents of Jones Town, Arnett Gardens, Torrington Park, Lincoln Avenue, Havana...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has stated that young people need and deserve transformational services that enable them to form a different view of themselves and the communities in which they live. "They must be made to realise that they have the potential to take control of their lives and be responsible for the choices they...

The Government has been staging public education campaigns to heighten awareness of the dangers of human trafficking, Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne Q.C., has disclosed. She was speaking at the opening of a two-day workshop on the theme: "Human Trafficking: A legal, medical/healthcare, economic and social dilemma", hosted by the Ministry of Health at the...

If not for the signature khaki suits, high concrete walls and fences, it would be hard to tell you are at a correctional facility, when faced with a bustling farm where fresh produce are cultivated, livestock reared and other economic activities carried out by some of Jamaica's incarcerated. This is the case at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre, St....

Eight suspected cases of human trafficking have been successfully investigated by the police and brought before the courts over the past two years, yielding two convictions, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, Q.C., has disclosed. Human trafficking is defined as the practice of humans being tricked, lured, coerced or otherwise removed from their home or country, and...