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...

The Government is moving swiftly to provide secure accommodation for children being held in police lock-ups due to lack of space in existing juvenile remand centres. Following his announcement in...

The Municipal Police Corps of the Department of Local Government has been strengthened with the addition of 28 new officers to increase the establishment to 180 members. The new officers,...

National Security Minister, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that law enforcement must take a zero tolerance approach to every form of offence, if Jamaica is to be reclaimed from...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has described the findings contained in the recent International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) as an inaccurate depiction of Jamaica's efforts to combat...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has said that her Ministry is in the process of redrafting the six anti-crime bills mooted in 2008, so that they...