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...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) says that calls for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to become Jamaica’s final court of appeal should be reconsidered, due to concerns over that court’s potential to...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Bogue Heights in St James are voicing disgruntlement at the issue of garbage and bulky waste material being dumped along the roadway near their community, which they say they have sought to get addressed without success...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has discontinued the case against former St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) Councillor David Brown, who was accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend during a confrontation in May 2023, following a no-...
WESTERN BUREAU: ON THE heels of two St James councillors being unable to take their appointed seats for affirming instead of swearing their oaths, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, the president of the National Religious Liberty Association, has warned against...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Municipal Corporation [StJMC] has given an assurance that two Jamaica Labour Party [JLP] councillors who were unable to take their seats in the corporation’s monthly meeting yesterday, because of affirming rather than...
WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging Jamaicans to see the pursuit of education as a social responsibility while touting tertiary education as the means by which the nation’s level of productivity and growth will...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY'S annual MoBay City Run has been officially renamed the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, in honour of the late wife of Sandals Resorts International’s executive chairman, Adam Stewart, who was a major contributor to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) is voicing concern that there is no clarity about the Government confirming the definition of terms within the European Union/Africa Caribbean Pacific (EU/ACP) Partnership Agreement...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HIGHLY anticipated trial of 17 members of the controversial Qahal Yahweh religious group, who are charged with several counts of breaches of the Child Care and Protection Act, has been put off until April 8, when they are...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE against former St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) councillor David Brown, who is accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend during a confrontation in May 2023, has been pushed back for hearing on March 14, following his...
WESTERN BUREAU: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Desmond McKenzie has vowed that an educational campaign will be launched in the next two weeks to help educate Jamaicans on the roles and functions of municipal councillors, as well as to educate...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court is to be advised by today whether the ex-girlfriend of former St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) councillor David Brown, who allegedly attacked her during a confrontation in May 2023, is interested in...
WESTERN BUREAU: IN THE wake of the recent loss of a student via suicide, the St James-based Montego Bay High School for Girls is bolstering its mental wellness and social development efforts for its students and teachers, including plans to receive...
