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The Government has signed loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), totalling US$31 Million (J$2.7 billion), to cover justice and road improvement programmes. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, signed both agreements on Wednesday (December 16). They cover: the Citizens Security and Justice Programme II; and the Road Improvement Programme. Mr. Shaw welcomed the loans,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to school administrators to allow students full access to computers that have been placed in schools. He urged them not to let their desire to preserve the equipment get in the way of students fully utilising them. Speaking at the handing over of the final batch of computers to 10 schools under...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called on new recruits of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to be committed while serving their country. Dr. Tufton, who is the Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, made the call when he delivered the keynote address at the graduation of over 200 new members of the JCF,...

An additional 700 police personnel will be deployed to various locations across the island as the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) institutes measures to ensure the safety of citizens during the busy Christmas season. "The JCF is giving the public the assurance that all available police men and women will be on the streets during this Christmas period," said Acting Deputy...

As of January 1, wreckers that are approved to tow vehicles on behalf of the police will bear official identifying stickers. Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Operations, Glenmore Hinds, addressing a press briefing at the Commissioner's Office on Old Hope Road today (December 9), informed that the stickers will bear the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) logo...

The Four Paths Police Youth Club (FPPYC) was recently restructured and re-launched following a period of inactivity. Club member, Kimesha Small, informed that the restructuring process, which was spearheaded by Constable Fredi Ferguson, was to increase the level and range of services to meet the needs of the young people of the community. The club, she said, "is now functionally...

Acting head of the Manchester Police Division, Superintendent Howard Francis, has said the police will be deploying all the resources at its disposal to quell criminal activities in the parish. "Recently we have received new equipment and motor vehicles, these we have used to retrofit our police stations, so that they can respond to the needs of the parish. During...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, is seeking public support for his efforts to root out corrupt members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). "I am pleading with members of the public to assist us in rooting out these individuals from among the ranks of force," the Acting Commissioner told a press briefing at his office, Old Hope Road, Kingston,...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has taken advantage of a unique opportunity to build trust among inner-city youths, by offering internships to several young people from Parade Gardens (Tel Aviv and South Side) in downtown Kingston. The internship programme is a part of the Inter-American Development Bank-funded Kingston Urban Renewal Project (KURP), managed by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC)....

The 119 emergency number serves as a means through which persons with genuine emergencies can receive urgent assistance. However, the emergency line is being plagued by persons abusing the system through prank calls and other general enquires that are not considered dire. In an interview with JIS News, Superintendent with responsibility for Police Control and Emergency, Kenneth Wade, informs that...

Six municipal police officers of the Manchester Parish Council were on Tuesday (Nov. 24), sworn in as District Constables (DC) to support the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at the community level. The newly appointed DCs, comprising five males and one female, took the oath of office during a ceremony held in the Parish Council chambers in Mandeville,...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, has declared that an aggressive campaign is to be conducted against praedial thieves, with the Ministry leading the charge. "The value of praedial larceny last year was $5 billion or 6 per cent of the entire agricultural industry," he said, assuring that the Ministry was working assiduously...