Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), listens as Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson (second right), outlines a point in discussion with delegates of the Rastafari Coalition of Jamaica, during a meeting at the Ministry in Kingston on Thursday (December 9).

Fifteen bedridden and infirmed inmates are now receiving specialised care at the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) recently opened Medical Centre and Infirmary, located at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Catherine. The inmates were transferred from the St. Catherine and Tower Street Adult Correctional Centres to the 25-bed facility, the first of its kind, which caters to...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says adequate security personnel will be deployed to ensure the safety and security of citizens during the busy Christmas period. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Friday (December 10), Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, said members of the JCF will be out...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says ongoing training and sensitisation for frontline workers is critical in helping them to readily identify cases of human trafficking. Addressing the launch of the Trafficking in Persons’ Handbook at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (December 8), Dr. Chang said the handbook forms part of the...

The House of Representatives has approved the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (Investigation and Prosecution Procedures) Regulations, 2021. At the sitting of the House on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) was established by virtue of the MOCA Act, 2018, to carry...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 7) began debate on the Corrections (Amendment) Act, which will facilitate tighter control of prohibited articles being transported in and out of correctional facilities, among other things. In his address, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the Corrections Act, 1985, and the Correctional Institution (Adult Correctional...

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon, says governance has been established as a cross-cutting component of the institution’s business strategy. Noting that promoting good governance has always been at the core of the CDB’s mandate, Dr. Leon said the Bank has a “fiduciary duty” to “ensure that every dollar of development funding reaches its intended beneficiary”. He...