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JDF to recruit 150 men this month
Observer Reporter
Monday, January 07, 2002
THE Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will this month be recruiting 150 men, as government seeks to increase the membership of the security forces as part of its crime-fighting strategy.
The recruitment, which starts today and runs until January 18, will be done at eight recruitment centres across the island.
JDF recruiting officer, Captain Rohan Johnson, said persons wishing to join the army must be between 18 and 23 years of age, be of Jamaican nationality and has a minimum height of 170 centimetres or five feet seven inches. He must have attained a minimum educational standard of grade 9 and should be physically and mentally fit.
He said the army's recruitment was usually conducted twice per year and that another one would likely to be held in July this year. He pointed out that the present drive was for males only, adding that female recruitment was done separately from time to time. The training is for 21 weeks and is conducted at the army's training centre at Newcastle.
Persons seeking to be registered are advised to take two recent recommendations (not more than three months old), two recent passport-size photographs certified by a Justice of the Peace, a certified birth certificate, a school leaver's certificate or record, and if possible, an immunisation card.
Registration will begin at 7:30 am at the Denbigh 4-H Training Centre in May Pen on January 7 and 8; Foster Barracks in Mandeville on January 9; United Church Hall, Beckford Street, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on January 10; and at the Social Development Commission Office on Albion Street, Montego Bay on Friday, January 11.
The recruitment will continue on January 15 at the JDF Coast Guard base in Discovery Bay; on January 16 at Whitehorne Barracks in Port Maria; on January 17 at the Folly Adult Educational Centre in Port Antonio; and on January 18 at the Anglican Church Hall in Morant Bay, St Thomas.
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UPDATE: 48 illegal Honduran fisherman caught
BY ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer, virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 8:06 AM
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FORTY eight Honduran fishermen who were fishing illegally in Jamaica's coastal waters are now being processed by the local police in Port Royal after they were fished out of the sea by the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard between Sunday and yesterday morning.
A spokesman from the JDF said on the approach of the Coast Guard, the Honduran vessels sped off leaving the men.
They are to be transported to the Central Police Station in Kingston when processing is completed.
The name of the fishing boats could not be immediately ascertained.
In a news release this afternoon, the JDF said a Coast Guard vessel was conducting fisheries protection patrols on the Pedro Banks when it approached two suspicious vessels. On the approach of the Coast Guard, the vessels, identified as Honduran fishing vessels, fled, leaving their countrymen stranded in the water.
The Coast Guard then reverted to its main role of maritime safety and search and rescue, and pulled the abandoned fishermen to safety.
“Under normal circumstances, we would have given chase to the vessels,” said JDF Coast Guard Commanding Officer Commander Kenneth Douglas. “But to do so would endanger the lives of their countrymen as the weather was terrible and visibility was poor.”
Three minors, aged 14 to 15, as well as two brothers and a father and son, were among those rescued by the Coast Guard.
Increased vigilance by the Coast Guard and Marine Police has led to the interception of several boats fishing here illegally in recent times.
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High seas dispute - Foreign ministry asked to contact Honduran Gov’t
Ja rejects Honduran claim of excessive force in fishing drama
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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JAMAICA yesterday forcefully rejected a claim that its coast guard used excessive force in last Friday's encounter with a Honduran fishing vessel intercepted in Jamaican waters.
At the same time, National Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the local authorities were unable to confirm a claim by the Honduran navy that the captain of the fishing vessel was killed when the Jamaicans, fearing that their boat was about to be rammed, fired on the engine room of the vessel in an attempt to disable it.
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Two crew members on the Honduran vessel were shot and injured in the incident. They were taken by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard to the Black River Hospital where they were treated and later airlifted to another medical facility.
Their names were not released last night, but the Latin American Herald Tribune website reported Congressman Maylo Wood as saying that Harley Benles from Cauquira, a town in Gracias a Dios, was killed in the incident.
The security ministry had reported that the coast guard intercepted the Honduran fishing vessel after it was seen acting suspiciously in Jamaican waters just south west of the Pedro Cays.
"The Honduran vessel was discovered at approximately 6:53 pm while the JDF Coast Guard was conducting patrols based on information that illegal fishing was taking place on the banks near the Pedro Cays," the ministry said in a news release over the weekend.
Last night, Nelson said the coast guard hailed the Honduran vessel by radio and requested that it stop, but the request was ignored. The coast guard repeated the request, this time using a megaphone, but the vessel kept sailing away.
He said that at that point the coast guard fired a warning shot across the bow of the vessel, a universally accepted action used by authorities to force vessels to stop for a search.
"The Honduran vessel then turned toward the coast guard boat as if to ram into it, causing the coast guard to fire into the engine room of the Honduran vessel to disable it," the minister said.
Nelson said that the coast guard boat then received a call from the Honduran vessel that members of the crew had been shot. However, when the Jamaican boarding team -- which numbered no more than five — boarded the Honduran craft they were surrounded by the crew members who, Nelson said, "were behaving in a hostile manner".
He said that there were about 100 men on the Honduran vessel and they refused to let the coast guard see the man they said was shot dead.
The Observer was told that the JDF Coast Guard took the decision to transport the injured men to hospital after they received medical advice that they needed urgent medical attention, or they would die within five hours.
The Herald Tribune story said that Honduran officials gave conflicting figures about the number of people wounded in the incident.
The newspaper website reported Congressman Wood as telling Radio America that five crewmen were wounded, while Honduran navy chief Rear Admiral Juan Pablo Rodriguez said that the number was at least two.
Last night, Nelson confirmed that one of the two wounded crewmen was hit in his stomach, while the other was shot in his foot.
The Herald Tribune also reported Rear Admiral Rodriguez as insisting to HRN radio station in Tegucigalpa that "excessive force" was used against the fishermen. He urged the Honduran foreign ministry to file "the highest level protest" with the Jamaican Government.
Congressman Wood was also reported as saying that the incident occurred in "Honduran waters" north of the 15th parallel.
But last night, Nelson countered, "We reject that they were in Honduran waters. We're rejecting the statements of the Honduran authorities." He also said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been mandated to "make contact with the Honduran Government for dialogue".
Since the start of the year, two Honduran vessels have already been seized by the JDF Coast Guard.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/high-...#ixzz2BP3GFpVK
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JDF resolute - Military weathering the challenges
BY COREY ROBINSON Sunday Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 04, 2012
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FROM perilous encounters while securing Jamaica’s most dangerous criminals at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre, to chasing poachers in the island’s territorial waters, members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) were kept busy executing their duties last year.
In fact, recent stomachchurning encounters with faeces-wielding inmates, and high-speed pursuits of pirates on the Caribbean Sea, were probably the least dangerous of the 45,000,000 man-hours served by the military last year.
[Hide Description] A Canadian CH-146 rolls from the cargo bay of an Antonov transport plane at the Norman Manley International Airport last year as part of Operation Jaguar. Under Op Jaguar, the Canadian Forces deployed three CH-146 Griffon helicopters and 65 air crew and support personnel, to assist the Jamaica Defence Force's search and rescue capabilities during the 2011 hurricane season.
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More hazardous duties included partnering with the police to tackle the island’s more than 200 gangs, detecting and destroying drugs and other contraband, as well as casualty evacuation operations. More than 180 lives were also saved in the execution of deadly search and rescue missions. The JDF’s operations resulted in the removal of 38 weapons, 1166 rounds of ammunition, and 36 magazines from the nation’s streets; the destruction of more than J$429-billion worth of marijuana, as well as the seizure of 230 pounds of cocaine. The statistics were shared with the Sunday Observer last week by Captain Basil Jarrett, JDF civil/military cooperation and media affairs officer.
“2011 was a challenging year for the JDF but despite the challenges we were still able to achieve a significant amount of success in the tasks that we were assigned. This is a part of our legacy and reputation to always achieve despite the challenges,” said Jarrett, noting that the JDF is not expecting any ease in their tasks this year, and is nonetheless prepared for the duties at hand.
“This year we celebrate 50 years of existence and I think the theme that we have chosen, ‘Always steadfast’, is quite appropriate looking back at last year and the year before,” he continued.
The resolve of which Jarrett spoke was reflected in a 15-minute video captured by closed-circuit cameras inside the high-security section of the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston. The footage showed JDF soldiers exercising great restraint while being fought, cursed and doused with faeces and urine by eight of the island’s most notorious gangsters.
The video was shown as part of the JDF’s defence after the inmates complained via letter to the Supreme Court about routine abuse. The challenges were no easier at sea, Jarrett outlined. There, members of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard (JDFCG) have been relentlessly battling the elements to prevent poachers — primarily those from Honduras — from stealing Jamaica’s marine resources.
“The JDF Coast Guard... carried out a number of maritime law-enforcement operations aimed at protecting Jamaican fisheries and wildlife, and guarding against human trafficking violations. The unit closed out 2011 with 1221 maritime law-enforcement operations and boarded 274 vessels that were suspected of being involved in fisheries violations, said Jarrett.
Jarrett revealed that last year the JDFCG seized four illegal fishing vessels and four go-fast boats.
Commander David Chin-Fong, acting commanding officer of the JDFCG, explained that “the issue of illegal fishing continues to be a growing problem in Jamaican waters as foreign fishermen who have depleted their fishing resources in their home country are now turning to Jamaica as the next viable option”. He promised renewed vigilance toward curtailing the practice in 2012.
The coast guard identified the Pedro Bank, about 80 miles south of Jamaica, as the area most frequented by the illegal fishers. Conch and lobster are the crooks’ main targets, Chin-Fong revealed.
In 2011, the JDF recovered approximately 2700 pounds of illegally fished lobster and over 200 pounds of conch. They did this despite difficulties detecting the perpetrators, and an inability to conduct frequent long-range maritime patrols because of a lack of resources and a helicopter fleet that is not suited to that type of work.
Though the JDFCG could not immediately say how many persons were nabbed while stealing fish from Jamaican waters, they explained that once arrested fish thieves were charged with violating the Fisheries Act, and if found guilty, asked by the court to pay the necessary fines. In some cases, vessels and equipment have been forfeited, the coast guard chief explained.
Illegal fishing has in the past strained relationships between Jamaica and Honduras, following numerous arrests of Honduran violators.
Among the more controversial were the arrest and detention of 28 Hondurans in January last year. Then, the JDFCG was accused of firing indiscriminately to stop a boatload of Honduran fishermen who were trespassing in Jamaican waters. No one was injured, however. The year before, the coast guard arrested 48 Hondurans, including two minors who were caught fishing in Jamaican waters. On both occasions the offenders pleaded guilty when they appeared in local courts.
In the meantime, the JDF Air Wing last year conducted more than 90 hours of flying in support of government agencies and organisations, while the JDF’s Engineer Regiment loaned their support toward a number of government infrastructure projects — among them the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Ammunition Bunker on Elletson Road in Kingston; the Simon Bolivar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston; and the Falmouth Police Station.
According to Lieutenant Colonel David Cummings, commanding officer 1 Engineer Regiment, the Falmouth project “is a major national undertaking for the JDF, given the important developments taking place in the town of Falmouth, and will go a long way in helping the JCF to establish a strong policing presence in the town.”
In addition, the Jamaica Military Band and the Jamaica Regiment Band collectively served more than 26,664 manhours conducting ceremonial duties, including the opening of Parliament.
This year the JDF’s ceremonial roles will be far more prominent, said Jarrett, citing tomorrow’s visit by His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, a number of celebrations to commemorate Jamaica’s 50th anniversary, and the Jamaica Military Tattoo 2012 — to be held in June — among the list of activities.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2BP5CEOCX
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Observer Reporter
Monday, January 07, 2002
THE Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will this month be recruiting 150 men, as government seeks to increase the membership of the security forces as part of its crime-fighting strategy.
The recruitment, which starts today and runs until January 18, will be done at eight recruitment centres across the island.
JDF recruiting officer, Captain Rohan Johnson, said persons wishing to join the army must be between 18 and 23 years of age, be of Jamaican nationality and has a minimum height of 170 centimetres or five feet seven inches. He must have attained a minimum educational standard of grade 9 and should be physically and mentally fit.
He said the army's recruitment was usually conducted twice per year and that another one would likely to be held in July this year. He pointed out that the present drive was for males only, adding that female recruitment was done separately from time to time. The training is for 21 weeks and is conducted at the army's training centre at Newcastle.
Persons seeking to be registered are advised to take two recent recommendations (not more than three months old), two recent passport-size photographs certified by a Justice of the Peace, a certified birth certificate, a school leaver's certificate or record, and if possible, an immunisation card.
Registration will begin at 7:30 am at the Denbigh 4-H Training Centre in May Pen on January 7 and 8; Foster Barracks in Mandeville on January 9; United Church Hall, Beckford Street, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on January 10; and at the Social Development Commission Office on Albion Street, Montego Bay on Friday, January 11.
The recruitment will continue on January 15 at the JDF Coast Guard base in Discovery Bay; on January 16 at Whitehorne Barracks in Port Maria; on January 17 at the Folly Adult Educational Centre in Port Antonio; and on January 18 at the Anglican Church Hall in Morant Bay, St Thomas.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2BOxfbQLv
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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/coast...uran-fisherman
UPDATE: 48 illegal Honduran fisherman caught
BY ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer, virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 8:06 AM
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FORTY eight Honduran fishermen who were fishing illegally in Jamaica's coastal waters are now being processed by the local police in Port Royal after they were fished out of the sea by the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard between Sunday and yesterday morning.
A spokesman from the JDF said on the approach of the Coast Guard, the Honduran vessels sped off leaving the men.
They are to be transported to the Central Police Station in Kingston when processing is completed.
The name of the fishing boats could not be immediately ascertained.
In a news release this afternoon, the JDF said a Coast Guard vessel was conducting fisheries protection patrols on the Pedro Banks when it approached two suspicious vessels. On the approach of the Coast Guard, the vessels, identified as Honduran fishing vessels, fled, leaving their countrymen stranded in the water.
The Coast Guard then reverted to its main role of maritime safety and search and rescue, and pulled the abandoned fishermen to safety.
“Under normal circumstances, we would have given chase to the vessels,” said JDF Coast Guard Commanding Officer Commander Kenneth Douglas. “But to do so would endanger the lives of their countrymen as the weather was terrible and visibility was poor.”
Three minors, aged 14 to 15, as well as two brothers and a father and son, were among those rescued by the Coast Guard.
Increased vigilance by the Coast Guard and Marine Police has led to the interception of several boats fishing here illegally in recent times.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/coast...#ixzz2BP1oSJ5t
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High seas dispute - Foreign ministry asked to contact Honduran Gov’t
Ja rejects Honduran claim of excessive force in fishing drama
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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JAMAICA yesterday forcefully rejected a claim that its coast guard used excessive force in last Friday's encounter with a Honduran fishing vessel intercepted in Jamaican waters.
At the same time, National Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the local authorities were unable to confirm a claim by the Honduran navy that the captain of the fishing vessel was killed when the Jamaicans, fearing that their boat was about to be rammed, fired on the engine room of the vessel in an attempt to disable it.
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Two crew members on the Honduran vessel were shot and injured in the incident. They were taken by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard to the Black River Hospital where they were treated and later airlifted to another medical facility.
Their names were not released last night, but the Latin American Herald Tribune website reported Congressman Maylo Wood as saying that Harley Benles from Cauquira, a town in Gracias a Dios, was killed in the incident.
The security ministry had reported that the coast guard intercepted the Honduran fishing vessel after it was seen acting suspiciously in Jamaican waters just south west of the Pedro Cays.
"The Honduran vessel was discovered at approximately 6:53 pm while the JDF Coast Guard was conducting patrols based on information that illegal fishing was taking place on the banks near the Pedro Cays," the ministry said in a news release over the weekend.
Last night, Nelson said the coast guard hailed the Honduran vessel by radio and requested that it stop, but the request was ignored. The coast guard repeated the request, this time using a megaphone, but the vessel kept sailing away.
He said that at that point the coast guard fired a warning shot across the bow of the vessel, a universally accepted action used by authorities to force vessels to stop for a search.
"The Honduran vessel then turned toward the coast guard boat as if to ram into it, causing the coast guard to fire into the engine room of the Honduran vessel to disable it," the minister said.
Nelson said that the coast guard boat then received a call from the Honduran vessel that members of the crew had been shot. However, when the Jamaican boarding team -- which numbered no more than five — boarded the Honduran craft they were surrounded by the crew members who, Nelson said, "were behaving in a hostile manner".
He said that there were about 100 men on the Honduran vessel and they refused to let the coast guard see the man they said was shot dead.
The Observer was told that the JDF Coast Guard took the decision to transport the injured men to hospital after they received medical advice that they needed urgent medical attention, or they would die within five hours.
The Herald Tribune story said that Honduran officials gave conflicting figures about the number of people wounded in the incident.
The newspaper website reported Congressman Wood as telling Radio America that five crewmen were wounded, while Honduran navy chief Rear Admiral Juan Pablo Rodriguez said that the number was at least two.
Last night, Nelson confirmed that one of the two wounded crewmen was hit in his stomach, while the other was shot in his foot.
The Herald Tribune also reported Rear Admiral Rodriguez as insisting to HRN radio station in Tegucigalpa that "excessive force" was used against the fishermen. He urged the Honduran foreign ministry to file "the highest level protest" with the Jamaican Government.
Congressman Wood was also reported as saying that the incident occurred in "Honduran waters" north of the 15th parallel.
But last night, Nelson countered, "We reject that they were in Honduran waters. We're rejecting the statements of the Honduran authorities." He also said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been mandated to "make contact with the Honduran Government for dialogue".
Since the start of the year, two Honduran vessels have already been seized by the JDF Coast Guard.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/high-...#ixzz2BP3GFpVK
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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...the-challenges
JDF resolute - Military weathering the challenges
BY COREY ROBINSON Sunday Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 04, 2012
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FROM perilous encounters while securing Jamaica’s most dangerous criminals at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre, to chasing poachers in the island’s territorial waters, members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) were kept busy executing their duties last year.
In fact, recent stomachchurning encounters with faeces-wielding inmates, and high-speed pursuits of pirates on the Caribbean Sea, were probably the least dangerous of the 45,000,000 man-hours served by the military last year.
[Hide Description] A Canadian CH-146 rolls from the cargo bay of an Antonov transport plane at the Norman Manley International Airport last year as part of Operation Jaguar. Under Op Jaguar, the Canadian Forces deployed three CH-146 Griffon helicopters and 65 air crew and support personnel, to assist the Jamaica Defence Force's search and rescue capabilities during the 2011 hurricane season.
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More hazardous duties included partnering with the police to tackle the island’s more than 200 gangs, detecting and destroying drugs and other contraband, as well as casualty evacuation operations. More than 180 lives were also saved in the execution of deadly search and rescue missions. The JDF’s operations resulted in the removal of 38 weapons, 1166 rounds of ammunition, and 36 magazines from the nation’s streets; the destruction of more than J$429-billion worth of marijuana, as well as the seizure of 230 pounds of cocaine. The statistics were shared with the Sunday Observer last week by Captain Basil Jarrett, JDF civil/military cooperation and media affairs officer.
“2011 was a challenging year for the JDF but despite the challenges we were still able to achieve a significant amount of success in the tasks that we were assigned. This is a part of our legacy and reputation to always achieve despite the challenges,” said Jarrett, noting that the JDF is not expecting any ease in their tasks this year, and is nonetheless prepared for the duties at hand.
“This year we celebrate 50 years of existence and I think the theme that we have chosen, ‘Always steadfast’, is quite appropriate looking back at last year and the year before,” he continued.
The resolve of which Jarrett spoke was reflected in a 15-minute video captured by closed-circuit cameras inside the high-security section of the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston. The footage showed JDF soldiers exercising great restraint while being fought, cursed and doused with faeces and urine by eight of the island’s most notorious gangsters.
The video was shown as part of the JDF’s defence after the inmates complained via letter to the Supreme Court about routine abuse. The challenges were no easier at sea, Jarrett outlined. There, members of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard (JDFCG) have been relentlessly battling the elements to prevent poachers — primarily those from Honduras — from stealing Jamaica’s marine resources.
“The JDF Coast Guard... carried out a number of maritime law-enforcement operations aimed at protecting Jamaican fisheries and wildlife, and guarding against human trafficking violations. The unit closed out 2011 with 1221 maritime law-enforcement operations and boarded 274 vessels that were suspected of being involved in fisheries violations, said Jarrett.
Jarrett revealed that last year the JDFCG seized four illegal fishing vessels and four go-fast boats.
Commander David Chin-Fong, acting commanding officer of the JDFCG, explained that “the issue of illegal fishing continues to be a growing problem in Jamaican waters as foreign fishermen who have depleted their fishing resources in their home country are now turning to Jamaica as the next viable option”. He promised renewed vigilance toward curtailing the practice in 2012.
The coast guard identified the Pedro Bank, about 80 miles south of Jamaica, as the area most frequented by the illegal fishers. Conch and lobster are the crooks’ main targets, Chin-Fong revealed.
In 2011, the JDF recovered approximately 2700 pounds of illegally fished lobster and over 200 pounds of conch. They did this despite difficulties detecting the perpetrators, and an inability to conduct frequent long-range maritime patrols because of a lack of resources and a helicopter fleet that is not suited to that type of work.
Though the JDFCG could not immediately say how many persons were nabbed while stealing fish from Jamaican waters, they explained that once arrested fish thieves were charged with violating the Fisheries Act, and if found guilty, asked by the court to pay the necessary fines. In some cases, vessels and equipment have been forfeited, the coast guard chief explained.
Illegal fishing has in the past strained relationships between Jamaica and Honduras, following numerous arrests of Honduran violators.
Among the more controversial were the arrest and detention of 28 Hondurans in January last year. Then, the JDFCG was accused of firing indiscriminately to stop a boatload of Honduran fishermen who were trespassing in Jamaican waters. No one was injured, however. The year before, the coast guard arrested 48 Hondurans, including two minors who were caught fishing in Jamaican waters. On both occasions the offenders pleaded guilty when they appeared in local courts.
In the meantime, the JDF Air Wing last year conducted more than 90 hours of flying in support of government agencies and organisations, while the JDF’s Engineer Regiment loaned their support toward a number of government infrastructure projects — among them the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Ammunition Bunker on Elletson Road in Kingston; the Simon Bolivar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston; and the Falmouth Police Station.
According to Lieutenant Colonel David Cummings, commanding officer 1 Engineer Regiment, the Falmouth project “is a major national undertaking for the JDF, given the important developments taking place in the town of Falmouth, and will go a long way in helping the JCF to establish a strong policing presence in the town.”
In addition, the Jamaica Military Band and the Jamaica Regiment Band collectively served more than 26,664 manhours conducting ceremonial duties, including the opening of Parliament.
This year the JDF’s ceremonial roles will be far more prominent, said Jarrett, citing tomorrow’s visit by His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, a number of celebrations to commemorate Jamaica’s 50th anniversary, and the Jamaica Military Tattoo 2012 — to be held in June — among the list of activities.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2BP5CEOCX
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