WESTERN BUREAU: The two Guyanese women who were arrested on April 4 for attempting to smuggle 21 pounds of cocaine out of Jamaica pleaded guilty in the St James Parish Court on Friday and were sentenced to 10 months in prison. Cousins Oshaura Moses...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, the regional director for the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, says young people should closely evaluate how they use the digital landscape, because it has the potential to be used for both criminal...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of two Guyanese women allegedly held with cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on April 4 took responsibility for the contraband during a bail hearing on Thursday. Cousins Oshaura Moses, 21,...
WESTERN BUREAU: David Brown, councillor for the Montego Bay West Division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), is of the view that the western parish is underserved in terms of garbage trucks, and he wants to see the situation rectified...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kirk ‘Kirky’ Lawson, the St James man accused of shooting and injuring a policeman during a gun battle with the lawman in February, will know if his case will be transferred to the St James Circuit Court when he returns to the St...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ninety young people from across Jamaica, who benefited from the USAID-funded Local Partner Development (LPD) youth crime and violence prevention programme, were awarded on Monday, having completed their six-year mentorship project....
WESTERN BUREAU: Suzette Ramdanie-Linton, president of the St James chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica, has issued a stern warning to justices of the peace (JP), that if they seek to gain monetary rewards for their services or...
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Superintendent Eron Samuels says plans are in place for the long-awaited rebuilding of the Granville Police Station in St James, which was destroyed by a fire in May 2021. Residents of Granville are contending that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a clear pitch for the environment, Montego Bay’s mayor, Leeroy Williams, is proposing that garbage receptacles be placed in the vicinity of the city’s North Gully as a way of preventing the illicit dumping of garbage in that area...
WESTERN BUREAU: Michael Troupe, the councillor for the Granville division in the St James Municipal Corporation, on Thursday came out swinging at the municipality’s monthly meeting, lashing out about the constantly increasing costs for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The two Guyanese women who were arrested and charged after reportedly being held with 21 pounds of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, on April 4, had their bail application deferred to April 20, when they...
WESTERN BUREAU: A bench warrant was issued for the investigating officer in the case against three former Sangster International Airport employees facing drug-smuggling charges, after the cop failed to show up for the matter in the St James Parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Anniona Jones, the principal of Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann, is recommending that students pursue skills training as a valid employment and income-earning opportunity. Addressing the Muschett High School’s fifth...
WESTERN BUREAU: The court has ordered for checks to be made into the identification parade process in the case of an accused held in relation to a deadly shooting in Norwood, St James on November 16, 2022. Presiding parish judge Sasha-Marie Ashley...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grade-seven students of Muschett High School in Wakefield, Trelawny, were given a chance to experience fine dining against an elegant backdrop on Tuesday when they were hosted at a luncheon at the scenic Day O Plantation in Montego...
WESTERN BUREAU: Linvern Wright, the president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS), is urging the Government to quickly meet with the nation’s teachers with a view of arriving at an amicable resolution to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister West, wants Jamaica to take advantage of events such as the annual Courts Jamaica-sponsored MoBay City Run to effectively market the country as a health tourism...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sophia McIntosh, coordinator of the University of Technology’s (UTech) western Jamaica campus, wants more of the nation’s youth to seek higher education as at present, only 30 per cent of Jamaica’s population is enrolled at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the deadline for the completion of restoration work on the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) fast approaching, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says he is hoping to see patients back inside the 400-bed hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says that when the ongoing restoration work at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James is completed, the Type A health facility will...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Andrea Thomas on Tuesday denied bail for Rushawn Patterson, the man charged with the murder of Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, despite his attorney raising health and safety concerns as the prosecution painted him as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica-based family psychologist Dr Beverly Scott wants social workers who are trained in handling mentally ill patients to be assigned to community development committees (CDC), so that they can assist the relatives of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Students at the Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, now have an improved opportunity to develop their skills in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) following last Friday’s official...
WESTERN BUREAU: St James’ longstanding rat infestation problem has resurfaced, and according to Councillor Michael Troupe, the rodents have seemingly relocated from downtown Montego Bay to his Granville Division. Troupe made the statement while...
WESTERN BUREAU: While it remains unclear as to whether there will be fresh wage negotiations between the Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] and the Ministry of Finance, Education Minister Fayval Williams appears to be taking a ‘wait-and-see’...
