WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in and around the resort town of Negril in Westmoreland will have a respite from water supply woes after last Thursday’s commissioning of a $475-million water supply system, which was unveiled by Senator Mathew Samuda....
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government and Rural Development Minister Desmond McKenzie, who last year chided the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) for its tardiness in commencing construction on the new Negril food and vegetable market, was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two men who were held in a foiled contract murder at Hew’s Enterprise Supermarket in Hopewell, Hanover, last Monday have been charged with double murder and illegal possession of two illegal firearms arising from an incident on...
THE HANOVER police have confirmed that at least two more men have been taken into custody, following the arrest of two alleged hitmen at the Hew’s Enterprise Supermarket in Hopewell, Hanover, on Monday night. The Gleaner has learnt that a joint...
Two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officers are among three persons who were seriously injured in a three-vehicle accident in Montego Bay, St James, on Friday. Reports by the Freeport police are that about noon, the soldiers were travelling in a...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was on Friday shaken when news emerged that former Inspector Ralph Medley was found dead at his Montego Hills home in St James, in a suspected case of suicide. The 62-year-old, who retired from the JCF in August...
WESTERN BUREAU: CUSTOS OF Westmoreland Rev Hartley Perrin believes that the zone of special operations (ZOSO), which was implemented in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, since January this year to stem the spike in murders, is now “losing its flavour...
Three men, two of whom were alleged to be motorcycle thieves, were mobbed, chopped and shot to death by angry residents in Negril, Westmoreland, on Thursday night. The victims have been identified as 43-year-old Devon Hendricks and 42-year-old...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has disclosed that the ministry will soon be launching several Grow Smart plans to ensure greater diversification of value-added products. “We are going to be growing smart by...
A mother of five and her common-law husband were among three persons shot dead by gunmen in Hanover on Emancipation Day. The victims have been identified as 35-year-old shopkeeper Venesha ‘Lisa’ Oreggio and her partner, Miguel ‘Elder’ Wilmot, a 30-...
WESTERN BUREAU: A SAINT he ain’t. That’s the police’s view on Tommy Thompson, a prime suspect in the murder of two Chinese business operators last December who was fatally shot in an alleged confrontation with cops at his home in Newmarket, St...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND police and residents were left searching for answers after the deaths of two women and injury of more than 20 others when a public passenger vehicle in which they were travelling plunged down a hillside along the...
Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Area One, Clifford Chambers, said that the Area One region is now seeing a significant reduction in all major crimes. Chambers, who was speaking at the 25th annual general meeting and installation of...
The Westmoreland police are to review strategies used within the boundaries of the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in sections of parish capital Savanna-la-Mar following the murder of a 17-year-old boy in the area on Thursday. The deceased has...
Noting that unlike in other sections of the island, interpersonal conflicts as opposed to gang violence was driving up crime figures in St Elizabeth, Police Commissioner Antony Anderson yesterday urged residents to make use of a domestic violence...
Superintendent Carlos Russell, the acting St James commander, is planning to ramp up the crime fight with a renewed push to flush out gangsters and lottery scammers and recover illegal guns in the island’s bloodiest police division. The parish,...
A man who the police labelled a violence producer was shot and killed, allegedly by his own brother, minutes after he pulled an illegal firearm on his mother and other family members at their home in Mocho district in Garlands, St James, on Sunday...
A St James woman who was taken into custody on Tuesday morning in connection with the death of her seven-year-old son has been charged with child neglect and was remanded until July 6. The accused woman, 29-year-old Queen-Ann Spence, of Johnson...
Angry protesters yesterday staged a demonstration at the entrance to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, registering their opposition to an attempt by the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to close a popular food outlet at...
Two persons were gunned down in St James on Thursday as bullets continue to rain in the northwestern parish. The latest incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m., inside People’s Arcade, located in downtown Montego Bay. The Barnett Street police...
Under-fire lawmakers Daniel Lawrence and George Wright have appealed for patience from enraged constituents who mounted barricades that left commuters stranded in Westmoreland Central and Eastern. Scores of angry residents blocked at least 10 miles...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) on Thursday officially opened a $4-million park and green space in the crime-stricken community of Salt Spring in St James. The project, which was financed by the European Union, is expected...
The Hanover police are probing whether gang activities have taken root at the Hopewell High School after a bloody bust-up involving students, which resulted in the premature suspension of classes yesterday as safety concerns heightened. Three...
Residents of Hilloughby district in Cascade, Hanover, have expressed concern over their safety, following the murder of two persons, including a three-year-old boy, and the shooting and injuring of another male on Wednesday night. The slain child...
The younger sister of the man accused of sexually abusing their five-year-old sister and her two-year-old baby girl has expressed hope that her brother will spend a long time in prison after he was taken into police custody. The 29-year-old man,...
