Western Bureau: Having recently completed a four-month renovation exercise, which has given the 21-year-old Riu Negril Hotel in Hanover a brand-new look, the property, which is led by its general manager, Luis Suarez, is now ready to capitalise on...
Western Bureau: The Montego Bay-based International Postgraduate Medical College (IPMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) to have students from Africa complete their postgraduate...
Western Bureau: Renowned political figure Geneive ‘Ms Tibsy’ McIntosh was hailed for her strong advocacy for the residents of Flanker, her love of God, her commitment to her church, and her fierce loyalty to the People’s National Party (PNP) during...
WESTERN BUREAU: The saying, “self-help is the best help,” played out in Top Hill, St Elizabeth, on Saturday, when the Top Hill Cricket and Country Club (CCC) donated the full $600,000 raised from its annual fundraising dinner to two schools, which...
Western Bureau: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has flatly rejected an assertion by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis who, in a report tabled in Parliament this week, outlined concerns that the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) is...
Western Bureau: JAMAICA LOST arguably its most accomplished tennis player yesterday with the passing of Richard Russell, who died at his home in Montego Bay following a protracted period of illness. Russell, who was 79 years old and who had the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Glenford Miller, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) commander for Area One, is blaming the recent outbreak of violence in the Rose Heights community in St James on a ‘battle for donship’...
Western Bureau: The lock-up at the Barnett Street Police Station, in Montego Bay, St James, which has had a long history of unsavoury incidents, was again under the microscope on Saturday morning following the escape of five prisoners, including a...
WESTERN BUREAU: The guardians of the two eight-year-old boys who perished in a fire that destroyed their Westmoreland home early Thursday morning have been taken into custody. Early indications suggest that the boys, Jamar Reid and Romaine Powell,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Trelawny police are seeking to identify a headless corpse discovered on Monday in the Wire Fence district. The body was found wrapped in plastic bags and bed sheets. While the police were able to determine that the victim is a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two young men were killed and three others left nursing serious injuries after a motorcar in which they were travelling crashed into an ackee tree along the Three Miles River main road in Westmoreland early Monday morning. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: A 42-year-old man of a Florida address in the United States was arrested at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, last Friday after two dozen firearms, some dismantled, and 200 rounds of ammunition were...
Western Bureau: In keeping with the Ministry of Education’s strategic mandate of encouraging parental involvement in their children’s education, the Maud McLeod High School, in Westmoreland, staged ‘parents day’ on Thursday, and it was such an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Andre ‘Killy Killy’ DeSouza, a Jamaican man who was arrested on gun-related charges and an immigration violation in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), was sentenced to seven years in prison by TCI’s Supreme Court on Tuesday. The...
Western Bureau: Despite major investments aimed at boosting the region’s crime-fighting capabilities, western Jamaica, based on the latest Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) serious crimes report, is still struggling to cauterise the violence that...
Western Bureau: Renowned tourism sector personality John Byles, the chairman of the Montego Bay Chapter of the Destination Assurance Council, is calling for “total inclusivity” within the local tourism sector, saying it will create the scope for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Workers at Excellence Oyster Bay in Trelawny returned to work yesterday after the hotel’s management agree to more favourable working conditions and better remuneration. The staff walked off the job on Monday morning, demanding...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite pleas from the Jamaica Tourist Board and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association for more dialogue amid simmering tensions, the tourism sector was hit with another protest action on Monday, this time by staff at Excellence...
WESTERN BUREAU: For the second time this week, disgruntled hotel workers in Montego Bay, the nation’s tourism capital, have staged a protest to voice their frustration over low wages and other grievances. The action has sparked fresh concerns...
Western Bureau: The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting the full resumption of work at the Secrets and Breathless resorts in Montego Bay, St James, after the hotels faced turmoil Tuesday when staff staged a protest, demanding relief...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover was on edge on Monday morning as residents of Johnson Town staged a fiery protest along the heavily trafficked Montego Bay to Negril corridor, including at the Riley Bridge entrance to Lucea, in response to the police-...
WESTERN BUREAU: While the financial incentives are clear, the reality of life in a new country – and the hurdles involved in securing the appropriate qualifications and professional status – continues to make the transition for many Jamaican...
Western Bureau: The recently staged fourth annual MBJ Charity Run has proven to be a major success story for the organisers – the operators of the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay – as $22 million was raised from the event, which was...
Western Bureau: As it was in 2018, when they were trapped in their homes by floodwaters caused by torrential rains, the residents of McNeil Land, Westmoreland, found themselves stuck again yesterday in the aftermath of the passage of Tropical...
Western Bureau: A man who the St James police have labelled a high-value target and a much-feared gang leader in western Jamaica was one of three men killed in an alleged shoot-out with lawmen in Hanover late Wednesday afternoon. The renowned...
