Activities under Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal), a collaborative social and economic transformation initiative, have begun to yield dividends since commencing in beneficiary communities in east downtown Kingston seven months ago. The initiative was created by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Some 8,000 persons reside in the east downtown...

The St. Catherine South Police Division is to help train and empower student leaders to be ‘Violence Interrupters’ within their schools, under the Safe Schools Programme. Commanding Officer for the Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Christopher Phillips, provided details during a recently held Voice of the Youth Student Leadership Symposium, held at the 100-Man Police Station, Portmore, in the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right); and member of the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Ministry of National Security, Audrey Budh, look at a booklet during the ‘World Day Against Child Labour’ Information Blitz on June 12 at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St. Andrew.

A new, specialised police operational base is to be established in Montego Hills, St. James, which will provide enhanced security and improved response time for residents in the community and surrounding areas. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, made the disclosure during a stakeholder engagement at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Hanover on Tuesday, June 6. He informed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Caribbean needs a more informed approach to tackle crime and violence, in order to improve regional security. “It is a reality that our region, Latin America and the Caribbean, is a high-violence region. It is for this reason [we need] a more informed approach to combat crime and violence,” Mr. Holness...

A multi-Ministry approach will be used to strengthen the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) programme in schools. Newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, told JIS News that she has been in dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Youth to determine how best they can leverage their partnership. “We have to do...

The breakdown of the family structure and its relation to crime will be one of the priority areas for newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Speaking with JIS News, Minister Cuthbert-Flynn pointed out that in her new portfolio she will have responsibility for the Department of Correctional Services and the Jamaica Combined...