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...
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...
