WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says that by the end of this year, his ministry will be bringing forward legislation to clamp down on public smoking as reports have surfaced that approximately 15 per cent of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is expressing gratitude to the Church and some members of the public for their support as he prepares for his legal face-off against gay-rights group Montego Bay Pride, which is set to begin in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Parish Manager of the St James Health Department Lennox Wallace says workers at the agency have been carrying out their duties effectively. He was responding to concerns raised by Dr Morais Guy, the shadow minister for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Gregory Roberts and Mario Morrison, the two men charged with the 2017 murder of 15-year-old Green Pond High School student Shineka Gray, will have to wait until 2020 for their trial to start in the St James Circuit Court. The men...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court yesterday set November 25 as the next mention date for the case against Marvin Orr and Adrian Morgan, the inmates charged in relation to the 2014 death of Mario Deane. It was done to facilitate the full...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michael Taylor, lecturer in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at The University of the West Indies, Mona, says that the Caribbean must develop solutions for the increasingly unpredictable weather conditions so that...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry-Ann Cunningham, the St James teacher charged for causing the death of Anchovy Primary School student Easton Stapleton, who was killed in a vehicular accident on the school’s compound last June, was given a new court date when...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness believes that Jamaica can potentially host more renewable-energy sources to add up to 50 per cent of electricity to the national grid by 2030, which would also give the country more options for cleaner...
WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Green, minister of state in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has said farmers and agriculturists must be re-educated on the dangers of climate change, as Jamaica has suffered approximately J$30 billion in crop losses...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court yesterday activated a warrant for the arrest of Melissa Harriot, the woman accused of stealing a baby at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay earlier this year, after she failed to attend court for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Rahjif Morgan, the man charged with the January 5 murder of University of Technology (UTech) student Demar Stennett, was given a new mention date of October 23 when he made his first appearance in the St James Circuit Court...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has acknowledged that numerous social intervention projects implemented in Montego Bay over the past two decades have failed to stem the violence plaguing St James. He warned that nothing...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Melissa Harriot, the St James woman who allegedly stole a baby at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in January. The warrant was issued after she failed to show up in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Deputy Commis-sioner of Police Fitz Bailey is suggesting that more resources and attention be given to diverting children from getting involved in the illicit lottery scam. He expressed scepticism that social-intervention...
WESTERN BUREAU: The trial of Dana Minto, the nurse charged with causing death by dangerous driving, was hit with its first delay last week when a ruling was made for the matter to undergo a plea and case management hearing in the St James Circuit...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tempers flared in the St James Parish Court yesterday as the prosecution and the attorneys representing the four Montego Bay men on trial in a major drug-smuggling and money-laundering case clashed over claims that full disclosure...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry-Ann Cunningham, the teacher who is charged in connection with the death of a student at Anchovy Primary School in St James, is slated to appear in the St James Circuit Court on October 3 to answer a charge of common-law...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite an order from the Supreme Court to halt the trial of four men who are charged with drug smuggling and money laundering, an overseas witness was allowed to give evidence against the defendants by video link in the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the Government continues to search for solutions to the problems plaguing local landfills, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says relocation and divestment are two of the options being explored. “There is no quick fix to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stephen Price, country manager of telecommunications company FLOW, is urging business operators to shun questionable contractors selling equipment even as they try to secure deals to improve their energy efficiency. “A lot of you...
WESTERN BUREAU: As St James continues to grapple with an increasing number of suspected cases of dengue fever, the health department in the parish is reporting that some 889 suspected dengue cases have been recorded since January. Medical Officer...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Ministers’ Fraternal has come out in support of the decision by Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis’ decision to deny permission for the gay-rights group Montego Bay Pride to host a series of events at the Montego Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court judge, Justice Glen Brown, yesterday bemoaned the perpetual problem of the low turnout of potential jurors to try cases in St James, when it was brought to his attention that only 13 persons obeyed the 31 summonses that...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis says the gay-rights group Montego Bay Pride will not be granted permission to use the Montego Bay Cultural Centre for a series of events it is planning to stage in the western city. Davis, who chairs...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay-based Trumpet Call Ministries International recently gave a back-to-school boost to more than 500 children in the western city with its annual medical fair and treat. Working in partnership with volunteers from the...
