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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, speaking at the special Joint Sitting of Parliament, today (September 30), at Gordon House, on the occasion of the visit to Jamaica by the Prime Minster of the United Kingdom, the Rt. Hon. David Cameron, M.P.

PM Says Jamaica/UK Partnership Vital to Economic Programme

By: Latonya Linton, September 30, 2015

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon Portia Simpson Miller, says the Jamaica/United Kingdom (UK) partnership, has been vital to the country’s economic programme. “The UK Government’s provision of substantial bilateral debt...

Commanding Officer of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay, Captain Paul Minter, conducts an interview with JIS News in the bridge of the British naval vessel, docked at the Kingston Wharves.

Lyme Bay Crew Rehabilitate Halfway House in Clarendon

By: Denise Dennis, September 29, 2015

Children playing table tennis at the Canaan Heights Community Centre in Clarendon.

Canaan Heights Poised To Become A Model Community

By: Shelly-Ann Irving, September 28, 2015

National Security 10 years ago JCA to Expand Use of ASYCUDA October 1
By: Latonya Linton , September 25, 2015
National Security 10 years ago CSJP Constructs Modern Multi-Purpose Centre In Waterhouse
By: Shelly-Ann Irving, September 25, 2015
National Security 10 years ago Get The Guns Campaign Reaping Results
By: Latonya Linton, September 25, 2015

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10 years ago National Security

Corporate Jamaica Urged to Come On Board with CSJP

Corporate Jamaica is being urged to partner with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) to create employment and learning opportunities for at-risk youth. The social intervention programme has joined...

By: Shelly-Ann Irving, September 23, 2015

Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Terence Williams (left), listens to a point being made by Legal and Regulatory Director at Digicel, Gail Moss-Solomon. Occasion was a forum hosted by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), on Tuesday (Sept. 22), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

10 years ago National Security

Police Fatal Shootings Continue to Decline – INDECOM

Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Terrence Williams, is reporting that fatal police shootings in Jamaica continue to fall. He said there has been improvement in the cooperation...

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 23, 2015

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.

10 years ago National Security

Unite For Change Boosts Effort to Fight Crime

Minister of National Security, Hon Peter Bunting, has been revving up the Unite for Change campaign, particularly in the rural parishes, in which he has been calling for a more...

By: Garwin Davis , September 21, 2015

Chevening Scholar, Jerome Cowans (centre), is flanked by his parents at the Chevening Tea Party, held recently.

10 years ago National Security

Resident of Parade Gardens Awarded Chevening Scholarship

A 25 year-old beneficiary of a social intervention programme, aimed at reducing serious crimes and violence, has been awarded a Chevening scholarship. A resident of Parade Gardens, Jerome Cowans, is...

By: Shelly-Ann Irving , September 21, 2015

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), and President, Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Kim Clarke (centre), sign a memorandum of understanding to provide training in stevedoring for 30 young men from Corporate Area communities benefitting from the Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). The signing ceremony was held on September 17, at the SAJ’s headquarters in Kingston. Looking on is Labour, Planning and Development Manager, SAJ, Terrence Brooks.

10 years ago National Security

30 Corporate Area Youth To Be Trained As Stevedores

The Ministry of National Security has partnered with the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) to create training opportunities in stevedoring for 30 at-risk youth in the Corporate Area. The initiative...

By: Chris Patterson, September 18, 2015

10 years ago National Security

Crime Under Control in West Kingston

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, is assuring residents of West Kingston that crime in under control in their communities. The Commissioner informed that heavy police deployment has had a calming...

By: Chad Bryan, September 18, 2015

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams (3rd left), officially launches the ‘Get the Guns’ campaign today (Sept. 17), at his Old Hope office in St. Andrew. Others showing their support (from left) are: Assistant Commissioner of Police, Assan Thompson; businessman Ferris Ziadie; Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Administration, Novelette Grant; Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Chung; and Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, Glenmore Hinds.

10 years ago National Security

Police to Strengthen Partnership with Haiti under ‘Get the Guns’ Campaign

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be strengthening collaboration with the police in Haiti in order to disrupt and shrink the illicit drugs for guns trade between the two countries....

By: Chad Bryan, September 18, 2015

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, addresses the Western Jamaica Seventh Day Adventist Leadership Conference in Mount Salem, Montego Bay on Sunday, September 13.

10 years ago National Security

Church Urged To Stand Up Against Lottery Scamming

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, has called on churches in western Jamaica to take a stand against lottery scamming. “In western Jamaica we have one of the most corrosive...

By: Garwin Davis, September 15, 2015