The decade 2010 to 2019 recorded the first ever decrease in total major crimes by decade.
Read more: Lowest crime stats for decades but figures still troubling for PM
Jamaica is to receive a major boost to maritime security operation.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is assuring the nation that the Government remains resolute in dealing with the crime problem including murders.
Read more: Government Resolute in Dealing with Crime Problem – PM Holness
The four men convicted in the 2011 shooting and beheading of a woman and her daughter in Lauriston, St. Catherine, were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday afternoon.
Read more: Klansman murderers who beheaded mother and daughter all get life sentences
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says it is important for Governments to partner with the private sector to alleviate poverty in their countries.
Read more: PM Holness completes working visit to Kenya, now heading to Japan