The Poverty Reduction - Capacity Building and Training for Communities programme, which is being executed by the Ministry of National Security, will be spending $62.5 million on phase two works...

The Government's efforts to fight crime and create safer and more peaceful communities through the Jamaica Violence Prevention and Sustainable Development Programme, has been strengthened with a $124.4 million allocation...

The Government will be intensifying its efforts this year to fight crime and violence with the introduction of new pieces of legislation to strengthen initiatives and place pressure on criminal...

The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is continuing to empower youths from inner-city communities through the use of technology to help them improve their skills and interpersonal relationships. This time it...

As the Government moves to provide greater protection for the nation's children, a model is to be put in place to improve the way child sexual abuse cases are handled....

The Police have decided to deny permission for school marches, during the week of Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships (CHAMPS). In addition, the Police will not be granting permission for...

The Senate, on Friday (March 12), approved amendments to the Terrorism Prevention Act, paving the way for the passage of regulations and to impose heavier penalties for breaches. "Minister of...

Superintendent Anthony James Forbes, of the Community Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has been named as the Force's Diaspora Liaison Officer. Jamaica's Acting Commissioner of...

Jamaica's Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, has pledged to continue the challenging task of providing a safe environment for Jamaicans. Speaking to nearly 200 Jamaican nationals and friends of...

The enforcement of municipal laws and efforts towards greater traffic management in the town of Savanna-la-Mar have been boosted, with six more municipal police officers trained and deployed to the...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has expressed dissatisfaction with the physical layout of the St. Andrew Juvenile Remand Facility, Stony Hill, St. Andrew and has ordered modifications. Minister...