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Sugar Company of Jamaica Holding Limited
SCJ Holdings Limited was formed December 12, 2001 and became the holding company for three companies namely, The Sugar Company of Jamaica Limited, St. Thomas Sugar Company Limited, and Trelawny Sugar Company Limited. In July 2009 the Divestment Team successfully divested the Long Pond, Hampden, and St. Thomas sugar estates. The Government thereafter took the decision to wind up The...
Sugar Industry Authority
The Sugar Industry Authority is a statutory body which was created in 1970 by way of an amendment to the Sugar Industry Control Act of 1937 (The Act) to succeed a weaker body, the Sugar Industry Control Board. The Authority was vested with wide powers to regulate and control the industry, including the functions of arbitration, monitoring,planning, research and development...
Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities
The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities is the Government Agency responsible for rehabilitations, vocational training and placement of persons with disabilities in Jamaica. Under the Ministry of Labour & Social Security, it has as its objective the Equality of Opportunities between the disabled and the able-bodied. It seeks through its services, to establish social and economic independence for Persons...
Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA)
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency was formed in August 2014 and brought together the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA TF). It is now an elite Agency focussing on tackling corruption in the public sector and bringing high-value criminal targets to justice. This will continue to develop over time and is...
Parole Board
What is Parole? Parole is the authority granted to an inmate to leave the prison in which he is serving a sentence and to spend the last portion of that sentence in the open Society. Parole is granted to enable inmates to be released into the open society for re-adjustment with the guidance of a Probation Officer.
Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP)
CSJP is a multi-faceted crime and violence prevention initiative of the Ministry of National Security which focuses on building community safety and security. The programme provides crime and violence prevention services to 50 vulnerable and volatile communities, spanning eight parishes, and conducts institutional strengthening of the Ministry of National Security.
Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine
The Ministry of National Security has forwarded a Cabinet Submission requesting that the Forensic Laboratory and the Legal Medical Unit be merged and renamed the Institute for Forensic Science and Medicine and that the merged entity undergo a full strategic/prior options review to determine the most suitable governance arrangement for the reorganized entity. The objective is to ensure that the...