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Director for Citizenship at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Carol Saunders Hammond (seated), discusses details of an application with Administrative Assistant, Sharon Samms.
Director for Citizenship at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Carol Saunders Hammond (seated), discusses details of an application with Administrative Assistant, Sharon Samms.
National Security

More Foreigners Seeking Jamaican Citizenship

By: Douglas Mcintosh, July 17, 2018
The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is reporting an increase in the number of foreigners acquiring Jamaican citizenship, which totalled more than 10,000 persons over the last 10 years. Director of Citizenship Services at PICA, Carol Saunders-Hammond, points to an increase in applications, particularly from persons in Cuba, North America and the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent,...
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (FILE)
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (FILE)

2018/19 Sectoral Presentation by the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang
By: Ministry of National Security, June 12, 2018
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague.

Minister of National Security Statement to Parliament January 23, 2018
By: Ministry of National Security, January 23, 2018

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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague
National Security

Statement by Hon Minister of National Security on killing of Constable Leighton Hanson

I join the rest of Jamaica to categorically condemn the killing of yet another law enforcement officer. The brutal killing of Constable Leighton Hanson, who was assigned to the St. Andrew North Division, brings to three the number of police personnel who have been killed since the start of the year. Three is just three too many and as Minister...
By: Minister of National Security
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague
National Security

Sectoral Debate Presentation by Hon. Robert Montague

Mr Speaker Thank you. First, I wish to give thanks to God for his grace and love. It is these that have kept me on this journey and will see me succeed. Sir, I also wish to thank you for your able guidance to this honourable House. I want to thank my Prime Minister Andrew Holness because it was he...
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, MP
National Security

Statement by the Min. of National Security on the Appointment of DCP Quallo as Comm. of Police

Mr. Speaker, Having been advised by the Police Service Commission of the selection of Mr. Fitzroy George Quallo as the 29th Commissioner of Police, I wish to express the Ministry’s full support with respect to his selection. I also wish to acknowledge the sterling contribution of Ms Novelette Grant who acted as Commissioner of Police following the resignation of Dr....
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague
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Statement by the Min. of National Security on the Recent Flare-Up of Violence in St. James

Statement to the Parliament by the Honourable Robert Montague, MP, Minister of National Security on the recent flare-up of violence in St. James   Preamble: Just before going into my statement, I would like to urge everyone to be calm. Panic and knee-jerk responses cannot and will not solve our problems, neither will panic confront crime. In my sectoral presentation...
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague
National SecuritySectoral Debate 2016/2017

Sectoral Presentation by Hon. Robert Montague

Pathway to a safer and prosperous Jamaica Sectoral Debate Presentation by  Minister of National Security, Robert Montague George William Gordon House July 6, 2016 Salutations First of all I wish to thank the Almighty for what he has done for me, by me and through me. I wish to thank my family for standing with me even in difficult times; for believing in...
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.
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Statement by Hon Peter Bunting MP, Minister of National Security

It is important to correct some inaccurate and misleading information that has been put into the public domain regarding national security and in particular, allegations of low morale in the Police Force as evidenced by the rate of attrition in 2015. The Ministry of National Security has consistently called for a national partnership in support of the Security Forces in...
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting in parliament. (FILE)
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Minister Bunting’s Statement to Parliament on Modernizing Jamaica’s Correctional Services

Modernizing Jamaica’s Correctional Services A Matter of Human Rights, International Reputation and National Security   Introduction The past week has been one of heated debate in the media, and social media, pertaining to the Non-Binding MOU between Jamaica and the United Kingdom for a critically needed, new Maximum Security Prison for the island, facilitated by a proposed Prisoner Transfer Agreement...
By: Ministry of National Security
Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.
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Statement to Parliament by the Honourable Peter Bunting, MP Minister of National Security

Introduction   Let me address two preliminary but important points before I get into the substance of my statement.   Firstly, I would like to use this opportunity to express my condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Constable Curtis Lewis who was attached to the Little London Police in Westmoreland. He died as result of injuries he sustained...
By: Ministry of National Security