Critical pieces of crime-fighting legislation will be advanced to support the work of the security forces, improve public order and safety, and reduce crime and violence. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, provided an update on the legislative framework while making his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...

The St. Elizabeth office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be handing over 25 birth certificates to persons 75 years and older. Parish Manager, Michelle Senior, who made the disclosure, noted that this move aligns with the Government’s bid for the country’s senior citizens to sign up for benefits and support under the Social Pension Programme. She...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting 332 arrests and major seizures of illegal guns and drugs during the first quarter of the year. Addressing a recent virtual press conference, Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, informed that for the period January to March, there were two major gun seizures at the ports. These, he said, included a shipment...

Students from the Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens High schools in Kingston are engaged in weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as part of a pilot programme by the Ministry of Education and Youth to reduce violence in schools. The two schools are the first of nine that are targeted islandwide for the intervention, which is aimed at testing the use...

The capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to fight cybercrime has been bolstered through the provision of technology equipment valued at $30 million to the Communication, Forensics and Cybercrime Division (CFCD). The items, which include desktop computers, laptops, monitors, smart television, hard drives, printers, scanners among other necessities, were provided under the PRO-CYBER project, which involves collaboration between the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), emphasises a point during conversation with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Jan Hendrik van Thiel, during a courtesy call held at the Ministry’s North Street offices on March 29.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is assuring that bullet-proof vests acquired for members of the security force are of the best quality. He gave the assurance on Wednesday (March 1), while addressing members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House, which is currently reviewing the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure. A bullet-proof vest,...