PORT MARIA, St Mary: Port Maria Mayor Fitzroy Wilson has declared that no effort will be spared in restoring law and order on the streets, which are currently being overrun by illegal vending in the parish capital of St Mary. Wilson’s comments come...
The convictions of two foreign nationals who travelled to Jamaica to collect thousands of dollars in United States (US) currency for a business transaction with a local company, in breach of Jamaican law, should serve as a warning to others, law-...
An integration of mathematics in other subject areas, as well as concerted efforts to address the school’s high rate of exam absenteeism, has proved very fruitful for Maud McLeod High School in Darliston, Westmoreland. The rural school has moved...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two psychiatrists have concluded that a St James woman accused of killing her infant daughter is unfit to stand trial. Shamoya Green is charged with the death of her five-month-old daughter, Destiny Brown, who she reportedly threw...
Petrojam has declined to publicly address allegations raised by laboratory technicians about deteriorating working conditions and management practices, stating only that discussions with staff over “any recent grievance” are ongoing. The state-...
A domestic helper unknowingly employed by the Ministry of Education is among the key allegations in the $25-million fraud case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz...
Rudy Campbell, from Castleton, St Mary, is living in a precarious condition. Just over a week ago, heavy rains and winds from a freak storm uprooted a guinep tree that landed on his four-bedroom board house, completely destroying two rooms, and...
Karl Samuda, who was the leader of government business when then PM Bruce Golding handed the chairmanship of parliamentary oversight committees to the Opposition, has suggested that the experiment did not sufficiently serve its purpose. His...
WESTERN NUREAU: Superintendent Andrew Nish, head of the Hanover Police Division, says he is encouraged by a significant decline in murders and shootings in the western parish. Despite this overall drop in major crimes, Nish expressed concern about...
WESTERN BUREAU: A sea of pink and white filled the Glendevon New Testament Church of God in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday as the National Patient Care Association (NPCA) celebrated its 35th anniversary with a vibrant service of thanksgiving....
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is raising concern about the alarming number of victims of motor vehicle accidents who were admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH)...
WESTERN BUREAU: While fire calls were down by 14 per cent nationally in 2023-2024, the situation was far different in Westmoreland, which registered a staggering 35 per cent increase that was further compounded by a whopping 62 per cent increase in...
Two powerful stakeholder bodies in the education sector have given full support to the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s anti-bullying campaign, stressing that any attempt to stem the dangerous physical and emotional tide...
Founder of the Misty Blue Cancer Care Foundation, Dorothy Satchwell, is urging Jamaicans, especially young people, to learn their family health history and to take early screening seriously, warning that ignorance and poverty continue to cost lives...
A 78-year-old man is among two people in police custody for illegal possession of ammunition and firearms, following seizures made during two separate police operations in St Thomas on the weekend. One multi-calibre AM-15 rifle was among the...
Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew Andrew Swaby is urging people with food, intended to be given to the homeless in the nation’s capital, to channel such donations through the Marie Atkins Night Shelter, citing reports of people donating meals unfit...
The erection of an asphalt plant along Dyke Road in Portmore, St Catherine has sparked outrage among councillors who say the facility is being built without the necessary approvals from the Portmore Municipal Corporation. At last Wednesday’s...
Western Bureau: With the parish seeing a high-level of non-compliance in property tax payment, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) will shortly be going on an enforcement drive to collect outstanding monies with a back-up plan to publish the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States clashed with Venezuela and its allies at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday, with the Trump administration vowing to use its “full might” to eradicate drug cartels and the Maduro...
Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has defended his decision to declare the chairmanship of the Police Officers’ Association (POA) vacant, citing serious financial irregularities and a failure to provide accountability within the organisation. In a...
Pulse Investments Limited, the publicly listed modelling and entertainment company, is facing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court over an alleged unpaid shareholder loan of US$80,000 (approximately J$12.4 million). The lawsuit was filed on August 25 by...
The Integrity Commission (IC), Jamaica’s leading anti-corruption agency, has been operating without three of its top leaders for weeks – a development that could significantly undermine its ability to prevent, detect, and prosecute corruption. As...
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Crime and violence have long plagued Jamaica, with the crisis continuing in 2025 – and with several notable incidents particularly over the past three months – leaving the nation’s youth devastated. The consequences have been...
In the quiet community of Moreland Hill in Westmoreland, residents were rocked by tragedy on Friday morning with the killing of 65-year-old security guard Wayne Robinson, who was chopped to death at his home along Old Road. Robinson, who was...
After more than three decades of waiting in vain, two landowners from St Ann have taken the Government to court, demanding US$4.4 million plus interest in compensation for a portion of land reportedly seized by the state to build the Ocho Rios...
