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CPFSA’s Website Restored – Investigations Underway to Determine Security Risk

By: Child Protection and Family Services Agency, February 23, 2021

In response to a recently published Gleaner article, regarding the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s website being compromised; we are confirming that website flaws were detected. The Agency’s Information...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (File Photo)

Gov’t Establishes Citizen Security Secretariat

By: Ministry of National Security, February 18, 2021

JAMCOVID Security Protocols Strengthened

By: Ministry of National Security, February 17, 2021

Budget 2021/2022 5 years ago $4.2 Billion Allocated To Bolster JDF’S Operational Capabilities
By: Chris Patterson, February 23, 2021
Budget 2021/2022 5 years ago $1 Billion Allocated To Cybersecurity Project
By: Chris Patterson, February 23, 2021
Budget 2021/2022 5 years ago Police Divisional Headquarters To Be Constructed In Westmoreland
By: Chris Patterson, February 22, 2021

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5 years ago Budget 2021/2022National Security and Peace

$309 Million Allocated To Construct Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite

The Government has budgeted $309 million for the construction of the Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of National Security, aims to increase...

By: Chris Patterson, February 22, 2021

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Gov’t to Make Improvements to the Infrastructure of Institutions Within the DCs

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda says the Government will be making structured and systematic improvements to the infrastructure of institutions within...

By: ALECIA SMITH, February 14, 2021

5 years ago National Security and Peace

$6 Million Dollars Worth Of Compressed Marijuana Seized On The Port

On Thursday, February 11, 2021, Officers from the Jamaica Customs Agency’s Contraband Enforcement Team along with Officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Narcotics Division and Port Security personnel seized a...

By: Jamaica Customs Agency, February 12, 2021

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 9)

5 years ago National Security and Peace

House Extends Zones Of Special Operations For An Additional 60 Days

The Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) in Denham Town, West Kingston; Mount Salem, St. James; and Greenwich Town and August Town in St Andrew have been extended by a further...

By: Latonya Linton, February 12, 2021

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. (JIS FIle Photo)

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Amendments To Key Laws To Fight Crime Set For Completion By March 31

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says amendments to key pieces of legislation, which form part of measures to modernise Jamaica’s laws and strengthen crime-fighting strategies, are being programmed...

National Security Minikster, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), looks at one of several text books to be distributed to students enrolled in primary and secondary schools in St. James and Westmoreland with (from left) Youth Programme Coordinator at Flanker Resource Centre, Joan Munroe-Green, and Administrator at Flanker Resource Centre, Sandra Clarke, following a handover ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St James on February 5.

5 years ago National Security and Peace

Investments In Education And Youth Can Potentially Curtail Crime And Violence – Dr. Chang

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says targeted investments in education and the nation’s youth can potentially curtail crime and violence in Jamaica over the long-term. Against this background,...

By: Nickieta Sterling, February 8, 2021

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and participants in the truck driver simulator training programme at the JDF’s Caribbean Military Academy, during a visit to the institution in Flanker, St. James, on Friday (February 5).

5 years ago National Security and PeaceYouth

Thirty At-risk Youth in St. James Enroll in CMA Truck Driver Simulator Training Programme

Thirty young men drawn from vulnerable communities across St. James have enrolled in the inaugural truck driver simulator training programme being offered at the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA), the tertiary...

By: Nickieta Sterling, February 6, 2021

Inspector of Police, Rochelle McGibbon Scott.

5 years ago JusticeNational Security and Peace

Restorative Justice Helping to Minimise Reprisals

Inspector of Police, Rochelle McGibbon Scott, is hailing restorative justice as a useful tool in helping to minimise reprisals when a crime is committed. An alternative dispute resolution method, restorative...

By: Twila Wheelan, February 6, 2021