Strong partnerships with law-enforcement agencies are being credited among the reasons for successful probes by the Financial Investigations Division (FID). Brand Communications Specialist at the FID, Garth Williams, told JIS News that the entity, which is the sole law-enforcement agency in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, works in tandem with local and international bodies to fight financial...

Work is far advanced on the new Stony Hill Police Station in St. Andrew West Rural, Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, has informed. Making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 24), Mrs. Cuthbert Flynn, who is also Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security,...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be establishing a Military Cyber Corps to effectively respond to cybersecurity threats. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, in making the disclosure, said the Corps, at full operational capability, will ensure that the JDF can protect its mission, critical command and control systems, and “be able to support the national...

Young persons are being encouraged to register for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) CodeSprint-Cyberthon, to be held on Friday (October 20). The event, which is being staged as part of Cyber Awareness Month, aims to empower young people to know more about cyber threats. Officer Commanding the Institute of Cyber Science at the Caribbean Military Academy at the JDF, Major...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (sixth left), and Corporate Communications Manager at LASCO, Danielle Cunningham (fifth right), are flanked by finalists in the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force Police Officer of the Year Competition. Occasion was a courtesy call at King’s House on Thursday (October 12).

Ransomware gangs originating overseas continue to prey on establishments operating in Jamaica through cyberattacks. Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT), Lieutenant Colonel Godphey Sterling, says some of the gangs are succeeding in carrying out monthly attacks while others are less frequent. “These are like any other criminal organisation… and they operate almost without any restriction. They [also]...

Ground is expected to be broken for the construction of the new Westmoreland Police Divisional Headquarters by year end. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. He was addressing journalists following a recent tour of the Frome and Little London police stations which are under construction, and the site for the...