WESTERN BUREAU: The students of Dumfries Primary School in Dumfries, St James, will have expanded classroom spaces when school resumes in September, with the construction of a new school building by the Canadian outreach group, Helping Hands...
WESTERN BUREAU: Patrick Crawford, the Dutch national who was arrested on May 9 for attempting to smuggle $28.3 million worth of cocaine out of Jamaica, pleaded guilty to the charges against him, and is to be sentenced on September 11. Crawford,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Patrick Crawford, the Dutch national who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle cocaine valued at J$28.3 million out of the island, via the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, St James, on May 9, was remanded in custody...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three weeks after the bridge leading into their community was partially destroyed by fire, causing a part of the structure to collapse, residents of Cornwall Court in Montego Bay, St James, are calling on the authorities to ensure...
WESTERN BUREAU: Rayon Grey, the president of the Cornwall Court Citizens’ Association (CCCA) in Montego Bay, St James, wants community groups across St James and the wider Jamaica to put their support behind the security forces in their fight...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Catadupa community in St James, which has suffered years-long economic decline despite being the home of National Hero Samuel Sharpe, is set to experience a resurrection in the coming days, following Wednesday’s official launch...
WESTERN BUREAU: A St James woman who was on trial for cruelty to a child, after her 13-year-old daughter stayed overnight at a man’s home outside the parish and then had sex with another man in 2023, was freed on Thursday after the presiding judge...
WESTERN BUREAU: The court is allowing more time for completion of the post-mortem report in the case of Shamoya Green, who is accused of throwing her five-month-old daughter off a three-storey roof to her death in December 2023. Green, who is...
WESTERN BUREAU: As restoration works continue in St Elizabeth following the devastation by Hurricane Beryl on July 3, Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says that efforts are under way for water supply to be restored to sections of the parish by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Patrick Crawford, the Dutch national who allegedly tried to smuggle $28.3 million worth of cocaine through Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport on May 9, will have to wait until July 24 to know the status of his case’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents from several communities in St Elizabeth were treated to hot meals and relief supplies at the Black River High School as the RJRGLEANER Communications Group assisted persons heavily affected by Hurricane Beryl. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite concerns from the St James Health Department about food safety after Hurricane Beryl’s devastation, several food vendors and shop owners in the parish have said that they have implemented measures to ensure that their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels believes that last Tuesday’s triple murder in Montego Bay, St James, could have been prevented if residents had been more willing to provide information to the police prior to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than two years after the brutal January 13, 2022 murder of nine-year-old Gabriel King rocked St James and the wider Jamaica, the parish’s commanding officer of police Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels has promised to seek an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] President Leighton Johnson is urging the Ministry of Education [MOE] to set up an emergency fund for repairing damage to schools caused by natural disasters, and to speedily complete assessments...
WESTERN BUREAU: Seventy-nine-year-old Amy Campbell has been in deep mourning after her older sister Icilda James was found dead in a pond in Dumfries, St James, following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. “Oh my God, I tell you something, I can’t...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Adelphi, St James, are lamenting infrastructure damage, power outages, spoiled food, and other ongoing challenges they face in the aftermath of the powerful Category 4 Hurricane Beryl. Across the northwestern parish,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the loss of electricity and mobile-service connectivity in sections of St James following Hurricane Beryl as well as some roads being impassable due to downed trees, Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, is voicing gratitude...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some of Trelawny’s rural communities have taken a battering from the heavy winds and rain associated with Hurricane Beryl. Residents of Troy lamented the loss of several banana trees and other crops. “There is heavy rain and a lot...
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaicans brace for Hurricane Beryl, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging citizens to take the necessary measures to protect themselves if they must relocate from their homes. Vernon made the appeal while speaking to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of Hurricane Beryl’s expected landfall in Jamaica today, the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it has moved to send home patients who do not need in-hospital care, as part of efforts to outfit its hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: Schools within the Ministry of Education’s [MOE] Region 4 zone in western Jamaica are among Jamaica’s various educational institutions which will have their planned examination and graduation schedules moved up in light of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Monday ramped up its preparations for a looming Hurricane Beryl, outfitting emergency shelters and cleaning gullies and drains. Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon, who chairs the StJMC,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says that while strides have been made in improving the various benefits offered to both active and retired police personnel, support must still be provided to ensure that they receive...
WESTERN BUREAU: Six first-year students of the Mt Alvernia High School in Montego Bay, St James have received much-needed financial assistance from members of the school’s graduating class of 1989, with each student receiving $75,000 in aid to...
