CARICOM leaders have agreed to a ban on assault weapons in the region, except for use by the security forces and in sporting competitions. This was among a slew of measures coming out of the recently concluded regional symposium on ‘Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge’, which was attended by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government...

CARICOM leaders are being urged by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, to continue lobbying the United States (US) for its assistance in stemming the flow of guns into the Caribbean. “We must, as a collective group, agree that greater resources must be placed into national security, into our police forces, into our ability to gather intelligence and interdict...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be working with other Caribbean governments to address the problem of crime and violence in the region. The Prime Minster, who is in Trinidad and Tobago attending an event entitled ‘Regional symposium: violence as a public health issue – the crime challenge’, said that crime and violence is “indeed a...

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness says the police are making progress into their investigations, following recent attacks on armoured cash delivery services. “Those brazen crimes have not gone unsolved, and the police have dramatically improved their investigative and intelligence gathering capabilities. Those criminals who feel that they are going to benefit from this robbery, that is not going...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is appealing to juvenile offenders to take full advantage of the skills training and empowerment opportunities provided through the We Transform Youth Empowerment and Reintegration Programme. Minister Chang, who was addressing wards at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Facility in St. Catherine on April 13, said the programme is part of the...

Persons engaging in illegal migration are exposing themselves to dangerous situations such as kidnapping, human trafficking and death, warns Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The Minister was speaking during Wednesday’s (March 12) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, where she continued to implore Jamaicans to not attempt to enter a country illegally....

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be placing greater focus on successfully reintegrating rehabilitated offenders into the society. State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, who made the disclosure, said this forms part of the Government’s thrust to reform the correctional services. “We have recognised that we have to do more where the reintegration of...