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The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has called out its reserves to support police and military operations during the upcoming general election.
In an advertisement in today's The Gleaner, the JDF said all members of the Jamaica National Reserve are being called out from February 13 to February 28.
The General Election will be held on February 25.
Election Day workers and members of the security forces will vote on February 22.
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been declared winner of the 2016 General Elections after unseating the People's National Party (PNP) at today's polls.
The Manchester police recorded its first incident today after a man clad in green stabbed another in the cheek, after a feud developed in Huntley in the constituency of North East Manchester.
An elderly voter narrowly escaped arrest after she was involved in an altercation with election day workers at a polling division in the St Andrew, south-eastern constituency.