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New members of the Jamaica National Reserve (JNR) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) participate in their Passing Out Parade held at Curphey Barracks, Up Park Camp in Kingston on Saturday (July 2). A total of 92 recruits graduated after completing the JNR training programme.
New members of the Jamaica National Reserve (JNR) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) participate in their Passing Out Parade held at Curphey Barracks, Up Park Camp in Kingston on Saturday (July 2). A total of 92 recruits graduated after completing the JNR training programme.

New Army Reserves Commended For Resilience

Ninety-two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) recruits, who have successfully completed the longest period of training in the history of the Jamaica National Reserve (JNR), have been hailed for their dedication and resilience over the extended training cycle. “Each of you...
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Border Protection at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Alwyn Nicely, addresses the closing ceremony for a three-day radiation incident tabletop simulation exercise from June 28 to 30, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, in Kingston. It was held in collaboration with the Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Programme.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Border Protection at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Alwyn Nicely, addresses the closing ceremony for a three-day radiation incident tabletop simulation exercise from June 28 to 30, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, in Kingston. It was held in collaboration with the Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Programme.

JCA Hosts Radiation Incident Simulation Exercise
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), makes a point during discussion with Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right) and Consultant, Jennifer Jones, following a ceremony outlining the findings of a ‘Needs Assessment for Case Management and Psychosocial Services’ under the Citizen Security Plan (CSP), held on Wednesday (June 29) at the Office of the Commissioner of Police, St. Andrew.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), makes a point during discussion with Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right) and Consultant, Jennifer Jones, following a ceremony outlining the findings of a ‘Needs Assessment for Case Management and Psychosocial Services’ under the Citizen Security Plan (CSP), held on Wednesday (June 29) at the Office of the Commissioner of Police, St. Andrew.

Needs Assessment To Ensure Targeted Support To ZOSO Areas
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Daojiang Chen, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Daojiang Chen, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.

PHOTOS: Dr. Chang Receives Courtesy Call from Chinese Ambassador
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of Israel to Jamaica, His Excellency Daniel Biran Bayor, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), greets Ambassador of Israel to Jamaica, His Excellency Daniel Biran Bayor, during the diplomat’s visit to the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in New Kingston on June 29.

PHOTOS: Dr. Chang Receives Courtesy Call from Ambassador of Israel

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang addressing the House of Representatives on June 28
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Gov’t Will Not Seek Extension Of St. Catherine SOE

The Government will not seek an extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in St. Catherine, which comes to an end on Friday (July 1). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, made the announcement in the House of Representatives on June 28. The enhanced security measure was announced by Prime Minister, the Most...
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Police Impose Nightly Curfews In Sections Of St. Catherine

Nightly curfews have been imposed in several sections of St. Catherine by the police. This is in addition to a State of Public Emergency which was declared for the entire parish, for 14 days, on June 17 by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. A Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Curfew Order indicates that the operations, which commenced on Friday,...
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Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre Hosts First Summer Showcase Expo

The Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre (TFACC) made history yesterday with the first staging of its Summer Showcase Exposition on the grounds of the institution in St. Catherine. The items that were on display included agricultural products, home décor, knitted bags, paper bags, clothing, hand-crafted beaded jewellery and metal and wooden furniture which were created by Correctional Officers and inmates...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams (left), accepts a diamond award from Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, for the Ministry’s outstanding contribution in helping the agency to achieve 15 years of excellence, during the PICA stakeholders’ banquet at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston, on June 23.
National Security

Local And Foreign Partners Lauded For Assisting PICA

Local, regional and international partners that have been assisting the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) in its ongoing pursuit to fulfil its mandate of securing Jamaica’s borders, has been lauded by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams. “As the agency celebrates its 15th anniversary and shortly, thereafter, Jamaica 60, my hope is that we can...
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JIS0978: Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fourth left) breaks ground for construction of the new Lacovia Police Station in St. Elizabeth on Thursday (June 23). He is joined by (from left) Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North East, Delroy Slowley; Assistant General Manager, Special Projects, Research and Development at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Brian Saunders; Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North West, J.C. Hutchinson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams.
National Security

Ground Broken For State-Of-The-Art Police Station In Lacovia

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, broke ground for the construction of a new state-of-the-art police station in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, on Thursday (June 23) The 5,223-square-foot facility will be built at a cost of $175 million under the Ministry’s ‘Project Rebuild, Overhaul, and Construct’ (ROC), designed to reconstruct, renovate, and retrofit police stations islandwide. The scope of...
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Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, tables amended Regulations relating to the State of Public Emergency, which was declared in the parish of St. Catherine on Friday (June 17), during a brief sitting of the House of Representatives on Thursday (June 23).
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Amended SOE Regulations For St. Catherine Tabled

Amended Regulations for the State of Public Emergency (SOE), which was declared in the parish of St. Catherine on Friday (June 17), was tabled during a brief sitting of the House of Representatives today (June 23). Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, who tabled the Emergency Powers (Parish of St. Catherine) (No. 3) Regulations,...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addressing the launch of the ‘Reduced Small Arms and Light Weapons in Jamaica’ Project at the Jamaica Evangelistic Centre in Norwood Heights, St. James, on Friday (June 17).
National Security

‘SALIENT Jamaica’ To Tackle Small Arms Trafficking

The Norwood area in St. James and Denham Town in Kingston stand to benefit from Jamaica’s first community violence audit to support the prevention and reduction of gun violence under a United Nations Jamaica joint programme. The more than $70-million national initiative ‘Reducing Small Arms and Light Weapons Joint Programme, also known as SALIENT Jamaica, aims to dismantle the factors...
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