BY BALFORD HENRY Senior staff reporter balfordh@jamaicaobserver.com Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the country is “on to a good thing” in fighting crime and violence, if the current posture against the criminals can be maintained.
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| St Catherine residents sing praises to God during a religious devotion yesterday across the street from the Spanish Town Bus Park, the scene of murder and gang violence. The devotion was organised by the police in an effort to counter an upsurge in crime in St Catherine. (Story on Page 3) (Photo: Michael Gordon) |
“Obviously people are seeing that the Government is serious, the Opposition is serious about crime, there is an evolving consensus that we must tackle this thing and that the police are acting in a way that is enuring and building the confidence,” Holness told Parliament, yesterday.
He pointed out that since the declaration of the state of public emergency in St James, 10 guns, including a Kalashnikov rifle and an M16 rifle, have been recovered, and 51 people arrested and charged with a range of offences, ranging from murder to unpaid traffic tickets.
The prime minister was speaking in the debate on a resolution extending the current state of public emergency in St James, under the Emergency Powers Act, for a further three months. The resolution was supported by both Government and Opposition members of the House of Representatives, giving it the required two-thirds majority necessary for the extension of the measure, which was instituted on January 18, based on a proclamation issued by the governor general, in response to rising crime in the parish. more
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