The Williamsfield Health Centre in Williamsfield, Westmoreland, is one of several major landmarks in the rural farming community, which is nestled in the Central Westmoreland constituency. Visitors to the district can easily spot the clinic’s main...
Western Bureau: Scores of residents from western Jamaica, alongside members of the local political directorate and other prominent stakeholders, turned out at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St James yesterday to pay their respects to former...
WESTERN BUREAU: Even with yesterday’s groundbreaking for a new multimillion-dollar facility on Barnett Street, the western city of Montego Bay needs a second fire station, says Stewart Beckford, commissioner of Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB). Speaking...
WESTERN BUREAU: The much-anticipated bail hearing for the alleged quack doctor who reportedly fleeced western Jamaicans out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been delayed until June 24 in a bid to give her lawyer time to receive outstanding...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kenute Hare, director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, is urging motorists to research the safety standards and quality of motor vehicles before buying to avoid acquiring a defective vehicle, which...
WESTERN BUREAU: The man accused of the January 5 stabbing death of University of Technology (UTech) student Demar Stennett was ordered to stand trial in the St James Circuit Court on September 30 following his committal hearing in the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dana Minto, the St James nurse charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a vehicular accident which resulted in the deaths of two persons in 2017, has been committed to stand trial in the St James Circuit Court on...
WESTERN BUREAU: A British woman and her Jamaican boyfriend who are charged with trying to smuggle five pounds of cocaine disguised in packs of seasoning out of the island were remanded when they appeared in the St James Parish Court on Tuesday....
WESTERN BUREAU: With a number of cases of mentally ill persons attacking, maiming and killing other persons in recent years, the medical officer for Trelawny is hoping for a propping up of resources to adequately treat and care for patients across...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of St James are being urged to be more proactive in protecting children from predators, especially in light of a number of recent highly publicised cases of child abuse and murder across the country. Montego Bay Mayor...
WESTERN BUREAU: The much-anticipated committal hearing for Dana Minto, the St James nurse charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a collision that claimed two lives in 2017, hit another snag yesterday when it was postponed for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The case against Marvin Orr and Adrian Morgan, the inmates charged with 2014 murder of Mario Deane, hit yet another snag in the St James Circuit Court on Monday. Dr Myo Kyaw Oo, who was expected to be in attendance to answer...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Peter Burnett, chairman of the St James Ministers’ Fraternal, is urging Christians not to turn a blind eye to crime, but to instead be brave and tell the security forces what they know about criminal activities in their...
WESTERN BUREAU: The detention and treatment of Jamaicans under the state of emergency (SOE) activated across three western parishes have got the thumbs up from the Cornwall Bar Association (CBA). A two-week crackdown was ordered in St James,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alleged quack doctor Alicia England was denied bail yesterday when she made her second appearance in the St James Parish Court to answer to fraud charges as her true identity has not yet been verified despite a previous court order...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alando Terrelonge, state minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, says the recent murders of teachers Clevon Campbell and Samuel Martin have robbed the educational system of two educators at a time when there is...
WESTERN BUREAU: With ongoing dry conditions and water shortages plaguing some parts of the island, Pearnel Charles Jr, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, has said that the Government is doing all it can...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of St James are being urged by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to take advantage of its mortgage discounts so that it can hand over to landowners the approximately 8,000 property titles it has in its possession. In...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has strongly condemned the vicious murders of students Shantae Skyers and Tricia Morris and lecturer Samuel Martin, which took place within a three-week period, and is calling on Jamaicans to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) has come out swinging against criticism levelled against the corporation by Lennox Wallace, the chief public health inspector for St James, who is unhappy about health issues at the People’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The long-awaited committal hearing for Montego Bay-based nurse Dana Minto, who is charged with causing death by dangerous driving following an accident in 2017, which claimed two lives, was put off yet again on Wednesday. Minto was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry-Ann Cunningham, the St James teacher who is charged in connection with the death of Anchovy Primary School student Easton Stapleton, who was killed in a vehicular accident at the school last June, will stand trial for common-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaican goat farmers are bleating for greater protection from farm thieves who have pillaged their herds and robbed them of revenue, a senior Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) branch president has said. Speaking at the 2019...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alando Terrelonge, state minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is urging teachers to pay keen attention to how they treat boys in the classroom and to create an environment where they will not shy away from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, the custos rotulorum for St James, is calling for immediate action to be taken to stop the growing murder tally in the parish, which he says is renewing fear among residents. Pitkin was speaking at the 38th...
