Western Bureau: The opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) long-running internal strife churned out more turmoil yesterday with the resignations, with immediate effect, of vice presidents Damion Crawford, Dr Wykeham McNeill, Mikael Phillips and...
WESTERN BUREAU: IT WAS one of those serene Montego Bay nights. A rookie Gleaner reporter was walking through Sam Sharpe Square when she saw men, believed to be members of the St James Parish Council work crew, and police officers rounding up street...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Zachariah Nepaul, arguably one of Savanna-la-Mar’s most revered sons, has died, leaving his personal family, his church family, and the wider Westmoreland community to reflect on a life of exemplary service, marked by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nine persons were taken into custody by the Hanover police after Sunday’s seizure of two firearms and a quantity of local and foreign currency, among other items, in an anti-crime crackdown in the Smithfield section of Cascade in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two men believed to be significant players in lottery scamming in western Jamaica were arrested and charged for breaches of the Law Reform Fraudulent Transaction Act in Industry Cove, Hanover, on Tuesday during an operation carried...
WESTERN BUREAU: David Earle, a five-decade stalwart of the 79-year-old Montego Bay Boys and Girls’ Club, is battling ill health, and a major drive has been launched to assist him. Atlanta-based businessman and former St James Football Association...
WESTERN BUREAU: The media fraternity in western Jamaica is in mourning after Monday’s death of veteran Television Jamaica (TVJ) cameraman Allan Vanriel. The 53-year-old, who had been battling chronic diabetes and kidney disease, passed away...
WESTERN BUREAU: Householders in the Dam Road section of John’s Hall, St James, believe that heavily armed gangsters fleeing the recently declared zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Norwood are finding haven in their community and unleashing...
WESTERN BUREAU: The late Dr Carol Grant-Fallah, who had the enviable distinction of being the only female dentist from Jamaica to be awarded a Fellowship of the International Congress of Implantologists, has been immortalised by the Montego Bay-...
WESTERN BUREAU: While the social-intervention component of the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Norwood, St James, is likely to bring the most long-lasting benefits, crime-weary residents jut want to seen an end to the bloodletting. “I just...
WESTERN BUREAU: A man the police have labelled as a top-tier enforcer in the criminal underworld in Glendevon, St James, was arrested and charged on Thursday for the murder of popular wrecker driver, Vernon ‘Punch’ Boswell, who was chased and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bryan ‘Not Nice’ Jackson of Green Island, Hanover, was on Tuesday charged for a triple murder, among other offences, in relation to the killing of three men in the parish, whose skeletal remains were retrieved from a 40-foot-deep...
WESTERN BUREAU: After a lull in violence in recent times, guns barked in Logwood, Hanover, yesterday, leaving two men dead and two others injured in a brazen mid-morning attack. According to police reports, about 11:00 a.m., heavy gunfire was heard...
WESTERN BUREAU: Yesterday’s first court appearance by a Hanover man who allegedly sexually molested his 15-year-old grandniece was a non-starter as the matter was postponed until Friday to facilitate an ongoing case in the Lucea-based Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU: While preaching is often described as a higher calling and not a profession, there are calls for pastors to be trained, certified and background checks carried out where necessary to guard against the damage which moral failings...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite arresting many top-flight violence producers and seizing numerous illegal firearms, with 140 murders between January 1 and June 1, western Jamaica, which had 112 murders over the comparative period last year, remains a much-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Phillip Scott, who was arrested in late 2019 for allegedly sexually molesting at least seven underage girls across several communities in Hanover, has pleaded guilty and is to be sentenced on July 8 in the Hanover Circuit...
WESTERN BUREAU: The granduncle of the 15-year-old girl at the centre of two sexual assault cases was charged by the police on Tuesday and is slated to appear in court today. The accused man, who was taken into custody last week, has been charged...
With the resort town of Negril courting much controversy as a result of recent Disaster Risk Management Act (DSMA) breaches involving an ill-fated party boat that sank and an unsanctioned party at Rick’s Café, president of the Negril Entertainment...
WESTERN BUREAU: Fears that Ayele Russell, who fled the island after allegedly murdering his girlfriend in Negril in 2017, is poised to be released from prison in the United States (US) and could make his way back to the resort town are unfounded,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Fresh off the opening of its agro-processing laboratory, the Knockalva Polytechnic College (KPC) in Hanover is now ready to take on the local consumer market, if not the international market, with a range of products. Last Friday,...
WESTERN BUREAU: After what was pitched as pivotal proceedings against the King Valley Gang foundered last year because of insufficient evidence, the police believe they now have an airtight case against the Westmoreland-based network. Deputy...
A University of the West Indies-led research unit are claiming to have found a breakthrough in the treatment of COVID-19, using Menthol Crystal. The treatment, while not a replacement for the need to vaccinate the country, could dramatically reduce...
WESTERN BUREAU: As concerns continue to mount in St James about the many incidents of persons being killed in family feuds, well-known western Jamaica-based family therapist, Dr Beverley Scott, is urging families who are involved in conflicts to...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the 2021 murder count in St James outpacing last year’s figure by almost 50 per cent for the corresponding period, former top-flight crime-fighter Clive ‘Karate Georgie’ Lawrence said the police are caught between a rock and a...
