The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected all corners of Jamaica but despite the challenges the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), has mitigated the effects admirably says the Sen. the Hon. Matthew Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security. He noted that the institutions relative success is partly due to foresight. “The sensitization to the potential threat began...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government takes the matter of violence seriously, is working to develop further strategies and put in place impactful policies to deal decisively with the scourge. “I want to reassure the nation that the outrage is there; the Parliament, myself as Prime Minister, our role is to respond to the outrage of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, visited the family of 20-year-old accounting clerk, Khanice Jackson, whose body was found at the Portmore Fishing Village, in St. Catherine, on Friday (March 26). Ms. Jackson, a resident of Independence City, in Portmore, had been missing since March 24, after leaving home for work. The Prime Minister visited the family before touring...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says that the Mount Salem Police Station in St. James is slated for completion within the next three weeks. “It is 80 per cent complete… we are on budget and, certainly, we are on time with the construction, so far. It has really gone quite smoothly and I think...

In 2020, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recorded a 53 per cent clear up rate for homicides, compared to 39 per cent in 2019. Making the disclosure in the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness said cyber forensics and DNA evidence played a critical role in the clear...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security (MNS), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, along with colleague Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change (MHURECC), Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., participated in tree planting exercises at two correctional facilities in St Catherine, in recognition of International Day of Forests, which is to be observed on Sunday, March 21....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the use of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) has worked to reduce murders and shootings wherever they have been deployed. “I remain proud of the fact that this Administration was able to deploy and implement a framework to enable our security forces to use extraordinary powers and enhanced measures without doing violence...