A sustained reduction in violent crimes across the nation is to be noted in 2023, with a clear message being sent to violence producers, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. In his 2023 New Year’s Day message to the nation, Mr. Holness said legislative framework is coming this year to tackle the “epidemic of crime”, as part of...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is urging Justices of the Peace (JPs) to work more closely with the police to help curb crime and violence in the society. He noted that the “rights and freedoms of many of our citizens in many communities are being pushed over… by violence producers, who believe that because they have guns they can...

The Vale Royal Talks are expected to resume in January 2023 as part of efforts to build consensus on issues of national importance between the Government and Opposition. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure while addressing a recent press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister where he declared states of public emergency (SOE) in...

The Government has provided United States (US) law-enforcement agencies with a list of names of persons overseas supporting criminal activities in the country. “I think it is important for criminals to understand that Jamaica does have very strong respected political and diplomatic links, and we have legal treaties and frameworks in which we can interdict and prosecute them in foreign...

Jamaicans are being assured that all the required measures have been put in place to prevent the violation of human rights under the states of public emergency (SOEs). This assurance came from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, during a recent press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, where SOEs were declared...

The use of states of public emergency (SOEs) has proven to be the quickest and most effective way of rapidly reducing violent crimes, says Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson. “During the first period of the SOEs declared in November, murders were reduced by as high as 64 per cent and increased by as much as 171 per cent...

A total of 70 persons have been charged under the new Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act. This was disclosed by Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew, on December 28, where States of Public Emergency were declared in several parishes islandwide by Prime Minister, the...