The American Government has increased its funding of programmes designed to help Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean tackle a number of problems linked to crime and violence, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti Barbara Feinstein told journalists on Tuesday.
Read more: Jamaica getting more US help to tackle crime and violence
A British woman was brought to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday in connection with cocaine allegedly being found in her luggage as she was checking in to board a flight to London from the Norman Manley International Airport.
Read more: British woman charged after cocaine found her suitcase
A US fugitive said to be on the run for 10 years was held in a multi-agency operation in St James on Tuesday.
Read more: US fugitive held in Jamaica after 10 years on the run
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parishes of Clarendon, St Catherine and sections of Kingston and St Andrew.
Read more: PM declares States of Emergency in several parishes
Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has urged persons to take advantage of the pending gun amnesty before warning that "at the end of the amnesty there is no excuse" for individuals who are caught with an illegal gun.