Get on the ENDS
As we stay in place and observe the No Movement days to lessen the Covid risks, I’m reminding all of Jamaica to support the businesses listed on the #ENDS platform. Enjoy your deliveries at home. Stay safe, stay healthy!
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Vaccination Blitz at Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility
The Department of Correctional services continued its vaccination push yesterday, at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, officers and inmates both showed up to to get vaccinated. We continue to push to overcome hesitancy. We continue to schedule such vaccination exercises in
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G2K (KSA) Chapter – Rehabilitation Amongst Youth
Join me at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, September 30, 2021 on the G2K KSA Chapter meeting where I will be discussing rehabilitation amongst youth. I have portfolio responsibility for the Department of Correctional Services, and currently 172 wards are currently under our care. Rehabilitat
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2,300 cell phones were seized in correctional centres over the last year.
Some 2,300 cellular phones destined for criminals serving time behind bars were seized by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) over the past 12 months. This was revealed by the Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda, during his
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Offender Management Policy and amended Corrections Act herald new beginning for DCS
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda says the new Offender Management Policy and amendments to the Corrections Act will herald a new beginning for corrections in Jamaica. The Offender Management Policy, which is being spearheaded by t
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State of the Nation 2021 – Full Presentation
See the full presentation on the State of the Nation by Senator the Honourable Matthew Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security to the Senate on Friday, September 24, 2021.
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State of the Nation Presentation – Securing Our Future
Join me live on PBC Jamaica tomorrow, September 24 at 10am as I give my State of the Nation Presentation under the theme “Securing our Future”. I will be discussing my portfolio responsibilities – DCS, PSRA, JCCF – and specific duties that I was appointed to ov
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Congratulations to Commodore Antonette Wemyss Gorman – Newly Appointed Chief of Defence
Congratulations to Commodore Antonette Wemyss Gormon, who is a diligent and dedicated security professional. She will be appointed in January 2022 as the first female Chief of Defence for the Jamaica Defence Force. Commodore Gorman will be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral when her
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The Private Security to Contribute to Downward Trend in Crime
In the last three years, the Private Security Industry (PSI) contributed to a notable decrease in serious and violent crimes, robberies and break-ins This downward trend is partly a result of the significant expansion of PSI, with an average annual growth of six per cent in the number
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World Alzheimer’s Day
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that affects memory, behaviour and your thought process. it is caused by the abnormal build- up of proteins in and around the brain cells and symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks and lifestyle. My family and I hav
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