Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government has set up a Business Advisory Group with responsibility for inter-ministerial coordination and collaboration around social investment for community transformation. Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 25, Dr. Chang said establishment of the group forms part of the Government’s strategic,...

The E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) Pilot Programme will this weekend be given its sternest test as operations are heightened in all fourteen (14) Parishes. This is in keeping with the island-wide rollout announced in the House of Representatives by the Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Kingston and St. Andrew lead the way with close to sixty (60) registered and...

Thirty at-risk young persons from several communities in the Corporate Area will benefit from training opportunities provided under the Kingston leg of the Truck Driver Simulator Training Programme. The cohort consists of three females and 27 males, and the programme is being undertaken at a cost of approximately $25.3 million through a partnership involving the Ministry of National Security, Caribbean...

The Organization of American States (OAS) has partnered with the Government to implement an early warning system that will assist in safeguarding Jamaica’s cyber infrastructure, through the use of security information and event management to ensure timely intrusion detection. The initiative was facilitated through the OAS Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, working in tandem with the Jamaica Cyber-Incident Response Team (JaCIRT)....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Matthew Samuda, says legislation that governs contraband within the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), is to be amended. Speaking with journalists during a recent tour of the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, Mr. Samuda argued that the current legislative framework of the DCS is “antiquated and...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang says the newly constructed Olympic Gardens Police Station in St. Andrew, which is expected to be opened by the end of June, will significantly improve policing activities in the area. “It will provide good quality facilities for the police officers and is more user friendly. It is a big thing for...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is seeking to engage a senior psychiatrist to ensure that inmates with mental illness receive proper care. Minister Samuda was speaking in the Senate on Friday (May 14), where he provided an update on measures being put in...