WESTERN BUREAU: Following the recent outbreak in lawlessness, which includes five murders in three separate incidents within a 24-hour span, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched a 48-hour curfew in some sections of Hanover as part of...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to look overseas to fill some of the staffing positions that will become available when the new Western Children and Adolescents Hospital (WCAH) open its door within the next 12 months, has caused one local...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of the two men killed in a near-one-hour gun battle with the security forces in Rose Heights, St James, last Friday night is alleged to have been a high-value target with ties to gangsters in the United States of America. While...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Jerk and Food Festival, which has emerged over the past 15 years as one of Jamaica’s premier food and musical festivals, will be staged on August 1 at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, with organisers...
WESTERN BUREAU: With 12 men listed on the St James police’s most wanted list ignoring an appeal to report to the police, Superintendent Eron Samuels, the parish’s commander, has launched an initiative to apprehend them. On the first day of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Another cruel chapter was written in the ongoing lawlessness plaguing western Jamaica yesterday morning when a man and his wife were shot dead in Jamba Hill in Whithorn, Westmoreland, and their house set ablaze with their bodies...
WESTERN BUREAU: The apparent suicide of a British national in a bathroom at the Negril Police Station in Westmoreland early Tuesday morning has raised questions about whether there was a serious breach of protocol. Attempts to obtain details on the...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Kimone Thomas awakened from her dream minutes before 6 p.m. on Sunday, she immediately knew something was wrong. Moments later came the devastating news that her twin brother, Kymani ‘Fatta’ Thomas, lost his life in a...
Western Bureau: As the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) continues to seek out a venue to host hassle-free, round-the-clock entertainment, which will not be impacted by the Noise Abatement Act, one councillor is calling for the embracing...
WESTERN BUREAU: The ambitious $40-billion Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme, which Prime Minister Andrew Holness says is to address and improve the islands road network, is being viewed through...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tears flowed freely in several Hanover communities yesterday as family and friends mourned the killing of five men. The men were killed in three separate shooting incidents across the parish between midday on Thursday and early...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a spirit of compassion as Father’s Day approaches, some children in St Elizabeth who have never met their incarcerated dads will be given the opportunity to do so this morning. The initiative is being spearheaded by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Eron Samuels, the police commander for St James, is keen to celebrate the two high-powered rifles that were removed from the streets last week but not the demise of the two alleged high-profile gangsters who were...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the St James police continue their relentless bid to blunt the lawlessness that has resulted in 58 murders between January 1 and May 26 – making it the bloodiest parish so far this year – the division has listed 12 wanted men,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The community of Bath, near Strathbogie, in Westmoreland, was thrown into mourning yesterday morning when residents woke up to the sad news that two brothers were shot and killed. A third brother was shot and injured by gunmen, who...
WESTERN BUREAU: A teenager from West End Road in Negril, Westmoreland, and a lifeguard from Little London, also in Westmoreland, are now in police custody in St Elizabeth facing robbery and gun-related charges. The charges stem from an incident in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Overseas reggae fans, who will be jetting into Montego Bay for the 2024 edition of Reggae Sumfest, which will be staged between July 14-20, can expect a warm embrace. The city’s mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon, says that a red-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two of St James’ most-feared gangsters were killed within 24 hours, in separate incidents this week. They have been identified as Collin ‘On Cock’ Walters, an enforcer from the notorious 13 Street Gang, which is based in Tucker,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Glenford Miller, who recently took command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Area One, and his security team survived an attack by gunmen in Montego Bay, St James, late Wednesday night....
WESTERN BUREAU: The criminality plaguing the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, continued late Monday night when armed thugs shot and injured a man and his wife in their bedroom. The couple are now nursing gunshots wounds at a medical facility....
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James police division, which continues to be the epicentre of the nation’s bloodletting based on the latest police data, is to see a major shake-up in senior personnel, effective June 12. The parish, which has recorded more...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite a slight reduction in the year-on-year decline in the number of murders committed in the county of Cornwall since 2024, the western region remains bloody with more than 150 killings so far this year, the latest police...
WESTERN BUREAU: While patrons are now gearing up for the customary revelling when Reggae Sumfest 2024 unfolds in Montego Bay, St James, between July 14 and 20, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has his eyes firmly set on the bigger prize, the...
Western Bureau: The official countdown to Reggae Sumfest 2024, Jamaica’s premier music festival, started on Thursday night at the Iberostar Resort, in Montego Bay, with a colourful launch, which was staged against a backdrop of pulsating music and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sporadic shootings in the resort town of Negril, including Tuesday night’s shooting along the popular Norman Manley Boulevard, and the constant blood-letting in nearby St James is creating jitters among tourism stakeholders in...
