Western Bureau: Despite the multibillion-dollar hit Jamaica took from Hurricane Beryl, which did serious damage to various key sectors to include agriculture and tourism, the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says that while there will be an uptick in headline...
WESTERN BUREAU: The police have flatly rejected a suggestion that the island’s crime figures are being under-reported. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) latest crime statistics, up to August 3, there were some 692 murders across...
Western Bureau: A food and beverage manager connected to a popular local hotel chain is now under police investigation in connection with Saturday’s shooing death of another man during a bird-shooting exercise in bushes in Barrett Hall in St James...
Western Bureau: Westmoreland lost one of its most revered sons yesterday when renowned funeral director, Dr Robert ‘Tony’ Doyley, of the Savanna-la-Mar-based Doyley Funeral Home, collapsed and died while playing the organ at the funeral of his...
Western Bureau: Yesterday, track and field coach Rodrick Myles, who is the current coach at William Knibb High School, the alma mater of sprint legend Usain Bolt, was on ‘cloud nine’ as he watched Rojé Stona break the Olympic discus record, and, in...
Western Bureau: Dr Derek Harvey, who recently retired after serving the local health sector for 39 years, which includes his 34-year engagement at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), was hailed for his unwavering dedication and commitment at a...
Western Bureau: Chief Richard Currie, the leader of the Accompong Maroons, is blaming the current tension in Quickstep, the Maroon community along the Trelawny-St Elizabeth border, on what he claimed was the Government’s bid to illicitly exploit...
Western Bureau: In the future, whenever boat captain Caval Smith, of Cave district, Westmoreland, hears Shaggy’s hit song, It Wasn’t Me, it should bring back bittersweet memories. Last Friday, Smiths driver’s licence was found in a parking lot in...
Western Bureau: Four men who reportedly engaged members of the security forces in a blazing gunfight in the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, early yesterday morning, were shot and killed and six firearms, including three rifles, seized. While...
WESTERN BUREAU: Shane Munroe, chief executive officer of MBJ Airports Limited, is now beaming with pride as the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, which falls under his management, has, for the 16th consecutive year, copped...
WESTERN BUREAU: Beginning on November 16, Avelo Airlines, as part of the largest expansion in the company’s history, will launch its first scheduled international route between Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Montego Bay; and Hartford’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THE promoters are yet to release their official assessment of the 2024 staging of Reggae Sumfest, which concluded early Sunday morning in Montego Bay, the city’s mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon, has dubbed the event a success...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dynamq, the loveable South Sudan native who has been using reggae music to bury his past, which saw him fleeing his war-torn homeland to face the harsh realities of life in a refugee camp in Kenya, turned up at Wednesday night’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dancehall artiste Laa Lee has big projects in the works. The sole major act at Reggae Sumfest’s Family FunDay, which took place at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay, on Sunday, the Floating deejay shared that...
WESTERN BUREAU: With no major crimes in Vineyard, St Elizabeth, in the three months since two curfews and other social intervention programmes were used to restore order, the police are now looking to replicate that success in other communities...
WESTERN BUREAU: Buoyed by the overwhelming support that has been pouring into St Elizabeth in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl, a grateful Black River Mayor Richard Solomon is hoping that more help will be forthcoming. “...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and state agencies at Thursday’s meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) painted a dismal picture of an estimated multibillion-dollar damage caused by Hurricane Beryl last week. Black River Mayor...
WESTERN BUREAU: While St James was not spared the wrath of Hurricane Beryl, and the municipal corporation is now busily tabulating the damage that was done, the city of Montego Bay remains in full preparation to host the 2024 edition of Reggae...
WESTERN BUREAU: After a month without any murders, violence returned to St James on Tuesday evening with a triple homicide at a hangout spot across the main road from the Canterbury community in Montego Bay. The deceased men, who are all from...
WESTERN BUREAU: The island’s agricultural sector took a significant hit with last week’s passage of Hurricane Beryl. The Ministry of Agriculture has reported significant damage to several facilities and agricultural projects across the island,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The police are searching for a gunman and his two accomplices who fled after being disarmed by residents during an altercation in Hanover on Saturday. According to reports, at about 10 a.m., a man, who was armed with a Glock 19...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon wants residents in his flood-prone Newmarket division in St Elizabeth to consider evacuating if Hurricane Beryl causes flooding in the low-lying community. The area has had a long history of...
Western Bureau: Despite positive developments such as an official state apology for the 1963 Coral Gardens incident, which saw Rastafarians being killed, brutalised and have their locks trimmed against their wishes, the efforts to normalise the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium, which offered so much promise when it was created as a legacy project for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, seems poised to finally realise its full potential. In her...
