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EU to pump $9.5 billion into local crime fighting efforts
Balford Henry
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips (left) greets head of the European Commission delagation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzsocchi-Alemanni, at yesterday's ceremony to mark the handing over of $15 million worth of office equipment to the Ministries of National Security and Justice. In background is the attorney-general and justice minister, A J Nicholson.
THE European Union (EU) plans to spend approximately J$9.5 billion supporting local efforts to control crime later this year, the community's ambassador to Jamaica, Marco Mazzsocchi-Alemanni, said yesterday.
Ambassador Mazzocchi-Alemanni said that the new two-year programme, worth approximately 100 million euros, will focus on governance, justice and national security.
He said that the programme will encompass areas such as the dismantling of criminal networks, the strengthening of the criminal justice system as well as the integrity of the institutions of democratic government.
The ambassador was speaking at a ceremony to mark the handing over of $15 million worth of office equipment to the Ministries of National Security and Justice, at their Oxford Road office in Kingston.
He said that the European people empathised with the Jamaican people in terms of the crime situation.
"I think the people of this country are overwhelmingly peaceful and law abiding, and this is why they resent this plague of crime which is so foreign to Jamaican society," the ambassador said. "And we are willing to stand by you in this noble fight, because it touches so many people and, in particular, the poor."
Minister of National Security, Dr Peter Phillips, and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, AJ Nicholson both thanked the ambassador and the European Community for their support.
The funds were used to purchase items such as filing cabinets, workstations, desks, chairs, printers and fax machines for the ministries.
Minister of State in the National Security ministry, Dr Donald Rhodd, chaired the function. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer gave the closing remarks.
Balford Henry
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips (left) greets head of the European Commission delagation to Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzsocchi-Alemanni, at yesterday's ceremony to mark the handing over of $15 million worth of office equipment to the Ministries of National Security and Justice. In background is the attorney-general and justice minister, A J Nicholson.THE European Union (EU) plans to spend approximately J$9.5 billion supporting local efforts to control crime later this year, the community's ambassador to Jamaica, Marco Mazzsocchi-Alemanni, said yesterday.
Ambassador Mazzocchi-Alemanni said that the new two-year programme, worth approximately 100 million euros, will focus on governance, justice and national security.
He said that the programme will encompass areas such as the dismantling of criminal networks, the strengthening of the criminal justice system as well as the integrity of the institutions of democratic government.
The ambassador was speaking at a ceremony to mark the handing over of $15 million worth of office equipment to the Ministries of National Security and Justice, at their Oxford Road office in Kingston.
He said that the European people empathised with the Jamaican people in terms of the crime situation.
"I think the people of this country are overwhelmingly peaceful and law abiding, and this is why they resent this plague of crime which is so foreign to Jamaican society," the ambassador said. "And we are willing to stand by you in this noble fight, because it touches so many people and, in particular, the poor."
Minister of National Security, Dr Peter Phillips, and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, AJ Nicholson both thanked the ambassador and the European Community for their support.
The funds were used to purchase items such as filing cabinets, workstations, desks, chairs, printers and fax machines for the ministries.
Minister of State in the National Security ministry, Dr Donald Rhodd, chaired the function. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer gave the closing remarks.
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