Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang has indicated his support to enhance security in and around three of the major towns in St Catherine in response to concerns raised by business leaders.

He noted that bolstering security in town centres is vital for the retention of business as well as its growth prospects.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government is continuing its implementation of crime prevention and community safety measures to spur further improvement within the Zones of Special Operations.

He made the remarks in Parliament on Tuesday (June 20, 2023), while seeking a further sixty (60) days extension for the seven areas that are currently declared Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO).

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the police will not rest until the perpetrators of the vicious murder of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe are made to answer for their crime.

The Security Minister who visited the family on Sunday said no resource will be withheld in the search for those responsible.

The Ministry of National Security is confirming that there has been a cyber-incident, which has preliminarily affected access to the JamaicaEye website. Importantly, this website is NOT connected, in any way, to the central infrastructure of the surveillance system. This means that there has been NO compromise to any video footage or evidence recorded by the JamaicaEye cameras.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang is declaring the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) an “employer of choice” for Jamaicans, attracting some of the best and brightest available talents.

He made the declaration during his keynote address at the Passing Out Parade and Awards Ceremony for 276 freshly minted Constables at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park on Friday (June 9, 2023).

“We are attracting the best young talents to serve the people of Jamaica and to be a force for good,” Minister Chang stated.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang is reiterating the government’s policy commitment to building one of the most effective, efficient, and professional police forces in the region through the necessary investments.

th He told delegates at the Jamaica Police Federation’s 80 Annual Joint Central Conferences on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, that he remains “fully committed” to serving the men and women of the Force, “advocating” for them in the “best interests of the Force and the Nation”.

Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is apologizing to the University of Technology for the misrepresentation of a statement made in the media last Friday.

On Friday, May 26, a media house reported that Minister Chang had said that the University of Technology (UTech) is a source of the so-called ‘university scammers’.

Social investment for meaningful community transformation is for the first time, being treated as an all-of-government issue, through the strict monitoring, and evaluation component to social investment, states Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang.