It was a bloody weekend in Westmoreland with the killing of five people and the injury of at least one by gunmen who went on a rampage in the parish. Dead are 41-year-old entertainer Akime Bradbury otherwise called Paparazzi, of Dunbar River, 30-year-old Andreka...
Vice President of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, Osmond Jackson, said there are increased concerns on the crime situation in the parish. He noted that the Chamber is currently working on medium to long-term measures to curtail the high levels of crime. Osmond...
Opposition People's National Party leader, Mark Golding, is blaming the recent flooding that caused significant damage to sections of Montego Bay, St. James on a lack of adequate drainage. Following a 24-hour rainfall in Western Jamaica Sunday evening into Monday,...
The National Environmental and Planning Agency, NEPA, has reportedly served a Notice of Intent to carry out a detailed investigation into the leakage of diesel oil from the compound of the GV Service Station in Lucea, Hanover. This follows an inconclusive preliminary...
Clinical Coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority, WRHA, Dr. Delroy Fray, is warning the general public not to become complacent with the drastic reduction in active Covid-19 cases, as there's still an imminent projection for the country to experience a...
Officer in charge of Operations for the Westmoreland Police Division, DSP Adrian Hamilton, has disclosed that since the start of the year, over 100 children have reportedly been involved in criminal activities in the parish. DSP Hamilton says the inclusion of minors...
The Mario Deane trial in the St. James Circuit Court has been stalled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the third time that the case against three police personnel has failed to get off the ground due to the suspension of jury trials as a result of the pandemic....
The business community in at least two parishes in Western Jamaica have once again expressed concerns with the no-movement days claiming it's causing undue hardships on businesses and individuals alike. The Montego Bay and Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and...
Four days after losing Accident and Emergency Department Supervisor, Diagrea Davis Cunningham, to Covid-19, the staff at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital are mourning the death of another colleague to the virus. Thirty-four-year-old David Simpson, a plumber...
The nursing community at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland has been plunged into mourning following the death of a senior nurse from Covid-19. The supervisor, Deidre Cunningham, passed away at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James on...