WESTERN BUREAU: Seven high schools in St James are slated to benefit from a training programme which will see their students learning how to pilot drones with tutelage from the security forces.The initiative, courtesy of the Cornwall College Old...
WESTERN BUREAU: STUDENTS AT St James-based Maldon High School now have an opportunity to practise fish-farming along with other agricultural lessons following Tuesday’s commissioning of a concrete fish tank for that purpose. The project was aided...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, the medical officer of health for St James, is advising that the monitoring of mosquito-breeding sites remains the personal responsibility of homeowners. Phillips-Kelly gave the reminder while addressing...
WESTERN BUREAU: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Desmond McKenzie has issued a call to the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to educate residents, including those who work as vendors, on the importance of upholding law and order by refusing to buy or...
WESTERN BUREAU: “WE CAN sleep now, somewhat, as we just have to see how we are going to move forward with the memories of Shineka and everything, but we are glad that they gave him what he deserved.” That was the response of Nickeda Gray, the aunt...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Bertram Morrison did not mince words on Friday as he ordered Gregory Roberts, the man convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, to serve a minimum of 50 years for the crime. In handing down the life...
WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang says that St James’ long-awaited Granville Police Station, the original building which was destroyed by fire in May 2021, should see construction begin before the end of the current...
WESTERN BUREAU: AT 10 years old, Amari McGibbon of Duncans, Trelawny, has a future in bee farming through his family’s honey production company Amari’s Honey. Since early childhood, Amari has been participating in the business his father named...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PREMISES of the controversial Qahal Yahweh religious group, whose members are charged with several counts of breaching the Child Care and Protection Act and the Education Act, had a smell of rotting food, dirty clothes in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Vera Baker may not yet have attained centenarian status in the rural community of Jointwood, St Elizabeth, but at 95 years old and despite having poor eyesight, she is determined to live her life to the fullest as a farmer and a God...
WESTERN BUREAU: Franklin Witter, state minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, has indicated that Jamaica managed to achieve its second-highest recorded domestic crop production level last year, with 779,254 tonnes of local...
WESTERN BUREAU: “WE ARE asking for life; non-eligibility before 50 years.” That was the plainly stated sentence proposed in the St James Circuit Court on Friday by prosecutor Andrea Martin-Swaby for Gregory Roberts, the man convicted of the 2017...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PRESIDING judge in the case of Shamoya Green voiced clear exasperation on Friday that the defendant has not been given any mental-health treatment since her arrest. Green is accused of throwing her five-month-old daughter off...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JOINTWOOD community in St Elizabeth may be a mostly quiet farming district, but the testimony of residents suggests that it is a far cry from its former glory days as an agricultural hub in the traditional ‘bread-basket’ parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I’VE NEVER wished death on anyone until I met Gregory. You honestly make me feel sick to my stomach. You have shown no remorse for slaughtering my niece like an animal.” That was the grim admission made by Nickeda Gray in her...
WESTERN BUREAU: A ST JAMES Parish Court judge has voiced concern about whether Shamoya Green’s case could be committed for trial in the Circuit Court given the defendant’s mental- health status. Green is accused of fatally throwing her five-month-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following Tuesday’s closing arguments in the trial of Jermaine Scott, the airport ramp worker who reportedly had 2.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in his work raincoat, the St James Parish Court has set April 12 as the date when he...
WESTERN BUREAU: FAMILY MEMBERS of the late Samuel ‘Pops’ Oldfield received a touching tribute to their departed relative, who had been instrumental to the annual operations of the Montpelier Agricultural Show, during that function’s 2024 staging in...
WESTERN BUREAU: AGRICULTURE MINISTER Floyd Green has announced that his ministry will be partnering with the Hanover-based Knockalva Polytechnic College as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen Jamaica’s dairy industry. Addressing yesterday’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: JERMAINE SCOTT, who was arrested and charged after 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine was reportedly found in a raincoat at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in January 2023, will have to wait until April 2 to know the outcome of his...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set the case of Mickey Miller, who is currently before the court on cocaine charges, for mention on April 8 in order to clear up confusion over whether the matter had proceeded to trial prior to being...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CANADA-based Children of Light Outreach Foundation has stepped up on its 13-year-old mandate to support education for youth in St Elizabeth, as evidenced by its awarding of 170 students for academic excellence across various...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE against Sheena Headley, the St James woman who was arrested in June 2022 after $85-million worth of cocaine was reportedly seized at her home, has been pushed back to April 12 due to her lawyer’s absence from the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: TYRESE HUNTER, the St James man who reportedly confessed to the 2023 shooting death of 34-year-old vendor Akeem Robinson, which was caught on CCTV footage, will have to wait until March 27 to hear whether his case-file in the St...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has upheld a no-case submission concerning the case of Indra Waite, who was accused of conspiring to smuggle over 11 kilograms of cocaine on to a Canada-bound flight in 2021, thereby freeing her of the...
