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Hundreds of residents from the inner city community of "Russia" in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and surrounding areas, turned up at the Hudson Street Early Childhood Centre Wednesday (August 26) to participate in an Opportunity Fair. The Fair, organised and sponsored by the Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) of the Ministry of National Security, featured a tent village in which several...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is investigating the circumstances surrounding an attack on the Jamaican Consulate in Toronto, early Wednesday morning (August 26), which left minor damage. In a release Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade stated that, according to official reports, at about 4 a.m., three persons threw two 'molotov cocktail' devices through a window...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) and the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) have teamed to sensitise the public to the implications of breaching Jamaica's copyright laws. Details were unveiled at a joint media briefing hosted by both agencies, at the Police Officers Club, Hope Road, Kingston, on Tuesday (August 25). Head of the OCID, Superintendent...

Twenty seven District Constables graduated on Friday (August 14) from a 6-week training programme, conducted at the Jamaica Police Academy, Tranquility Bay Campus, St. Elizabeth. At the closing ceremony, Training Instructor, Constable Terrence Linton said the District Constables are integral to law enforcement, and as such a training programme had to be designed to adequately address the realisation. The course...

With approximately 3,000 persons being deported to Jamaica annually, coupled with the local offenders, there is absolutely no doubt that an effective rehabilitation system is needed. Thanks to the British Government, who committed 2.97 million pounds sterling to the initiative, Jamaica is on its way to achieving state-of-the-heart rehabilitation facilities and well trained individuals, through the Jamaica Reducing Re-offending Action...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says a review of security arrangements at the Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas, is being undertaken following the invasion of the facility by gunmen early Friday morning (July 31). The Minister visited the Hospital Friday, and met with staff and patients who were present during the incident, as well as the management of...

The Howard Hostels, which will assist in managing prisoners' transition to freedom while reducing re-offending, were officially opened Wednesday (July 29) at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston. The project forms part of the Ministry of National Security's efforts to improve its rehabilitative infrastructures and reduce crimes. The facilities, which were refurbished at a cost of some $22...

Adequate security will be in place for this year's Festival Float Parade and Independence Grand Gala slated for Thursday, August 6. The events, part of the 47th Independence celebrations, are being held under the theme: 'Preserving the Positive, Shaping the Future'. Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, said...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, said that the security forces will be addressing crime in Clarendon as a matter of priority. He was speaking at a community consultation hosted by the Ministry of National Security on July 15 at the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall in May Pen, Clarendon. He said that not only was Clarendon...

National Security Minister, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has reassured the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of his Ministry's commitment to improving the conditions at police stations which have fallen into disrepair. Senator Nelson was speaking at the signing of a $30 million contract for the construction of the Alexandria Police Station in St. Ann, at the Ministry's office in Kingston...

Money laundering expert, Inspector Carl Berry, has advised the public to exercise caution in dealing with remittances from overseas or clearing goods on behalf of other persons. "Sometimes we do, acting in good faith, engage indirectly in the process of money laundering. So please be careful," Mr. Berry warned. He was speaking at a seminar on money laundering hosted by...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard is continuing the search for three fishermen from Old Harbour, St. Catherine, who have not been seen since journeying to the Pedro Cays on Saturday (July 11). The fishermen- Norman White, John Welsh and a man known only as 'Anthony', went missing in a 38-foot, yellow canoe fitted with an outboard engine. The...