News
September 2025
by Adrian Frater
Crime down to a trickle
Western Bureau: With 55 fewer murders than the corresponding period last year, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, the police commander for St James, drew appreciative laughter at Thursday’s monthly…
September 2025
by Janet Silvera
Negril at a crossroads
WESTERN BUREAU: Forty years ago, Steven Weinstein first stumbled onto the sands of Negril and found a paradise that would change his life. Captivated by its seven miles of white sand, rustic charm,…
September 2025
by Christopher Thomas
Permits required to rear animals within MoBay’s city limits, says mayor
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has indicated that residents may rear animals within the city’s limits but they must do so in a way that does not disrupt their communities and only…
September 2025
Study identifies US$1.3b in potential savings through CARICOM import diversification amid US tariffs
The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) has estimated that CARICOM member states could achieve annual savings of US$1.3 billion by diversifying their import sources away from the United States,…
September 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Westmoreland taking aim at prostate cancer and breaking cultural barriers
Western Bureau: The fight against prostate cancer takes centre stage this month in Westmoreland as the parish gears up for a major health fair aimed at mobilising men to take their health seriously.…
September 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Lilliput mourns 13-y-o student found dead at home
WESTERN BUREAU: The quiet district of Bugs Bunny in Lilliput, St James, was plunged into mourning following Thursday’s tragic death of 13-year-old Twaine Jaheem Skyers, a second-form student at…
September 2025
Wilson sues former friend Frith for $800m in defamation clash
Businessman Tyrone Wilson has filed an $800 million defamation lawsuit in the Supreme Court against fellow entrepreneur and former friend Kevin Frith, who has dismissed the claim as baseless and…
September 2025
by Paul H. Williams
African to Jamaican: Music and Creolized Black Culture exhibition officially opened
SINCE FEBRUARY, the Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) has been giving access to the public to its exhibition, ‘African to Jamaican: Music and Creolized Black Culture’, in its main gallery situated inside…
September 2025
by Bryan Miller
Sister city partnership forged between Negril and Zanzibar City in Tanzania
Western Bureau: Everything is now in place for the formalisation of the twinning of the resort town of Negril, in western Jamaica, and Zanzibar City, in the United Republic of Tanzania through a…