Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in charge of St. Elizabeth, Narda Simms, says there is an 85 per cent level of compliance from the general public with respect to the Disaster Risk Management Act. The Act is the Government’s primary legislative tool to manage and mitigate the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and has been in force since March...

Residents of Adelphi and its environs in St. James are welcoming the completion of improvement works on the police station in the area. Rehabilitation of the facility, which also serves Lima, Content, Paisley, Chatham, Goodwill, Dumfries, Somerton, Blyeston and Moore Park, was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $42.2 million. It includes construction of...

The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) (Amendment) Act, 2021, commonly called the anti-gang legislation, was tabled in the House of Representatives on April 28. Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the legislation will provide an additional game-changing tool to the security forces in combatting criminal gangs. “It builds an assault on criminal gangs and a reminder...

More businesses have been approved to operate under the E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) in an effort to diversify services offered during the coronavirus (COVID-19) curfew hours. The official ENDS website has also been upgraded to allow potential vendors in participating parishes to submit applications online. The public is being encouraged to visit www.ends.gov.jm to see the updated list of approved...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, is reporting a reduction in crime during the three weekend lockdowns that were implemented as part of measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He said that during the first weekend lockdown there was an increase in murders, but the rates steadily declined over the next two weekends. “For the...

Twenty-seven (27) Jamaicans who have been stranded in Britain will return home later today (April 21), as permission has been granted for them to land, despite the closure of our borders to incoming flights from the United Kingdom (UK). The incoming Boeing 777 aircraft will later on Thursday, (April 22) repatriate British nationals and residents to the UK. Due to...

The Trelawny police say they has been working with residents to target criminals seeking refuge in the parish. In an interview with JIS News, Head of the Trelawny Police, Superintendent Carlos Russell, said residents have been assisting the police with information on the location of criminals and are reporting strange people in their communities. “Trelawny has always been seen as...