The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is intensifying its recruitment exercise this year as the organisation looks to increase the complement of law enforcement personnel serving islandwide.
Read more: JCF to recruit approximately 1,200 new cops this year
The Andrew Holness-led Government has indicated that it is going full speed ahead to transition Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy to a republic despite suggested encumbrance from the Mark Golding-led Opposition.
Thirty-five-year-old Khadene Thomas, a wealth advisor from a bank branch in St Ann, was slapped with several charges on Friday, January 15 on allegations that she fraudulently withdrew funds from a client of the bank between 2020 and 2022.
Read more: Female NCB employee slapped with multiple fraud charges
The Jamaican Government is moving to change the penalty for murder.
Read more: 45 years to life: Gov't proposes harsher penalties for murder
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the new Firearms Act is already affecting the psyche of offenders and has resulted in the arrest and charge of more than 80 people for various firearm offences since the law came into effect in November last year.
Read more: More than 80 arrested, charged under new Firearms Act so far, says PM