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Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, delivering remarks during the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation’s recent monthly meeting in Savanna‑la‑Mar.
February 24, 2026

Over 1,200 bait stations deployed in Westmoreland to strengthen rodent control

More than 1,200 bait stations have been deployed across Westmoreland under the expanded rodent-control programme. This initiative aims to improve environmental sanitation and safeguard public health.…
His court date is being finalised.
February 24, 2026

Update | Taxi operator charged for fatally stabbing fellow cabbie in Portmore denied bail

Bail was today denied for St Catherine taxi operator Lloyd Armstrong, who is charged for fatally stabbing another cabbie during an altercation near the Portmore Mall in the municipality. The court…
February 24, 2026

Ex-policeman in Bahamas gets 30 years in prison for deadly love triangle

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A former police officer in the Royal Bahamas Police Force has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of plotting the murder of a man who was also seeing a…
The men remain in custody.
February 24, 2026

Update | Westmoreland pump attendant charged after woman set on fire during dispute

The police in Westmoreland have charged 30-year-old pump attendant Collate Swaby in connection with the incident in which a woman was set on fire during an altercation at a gas station. Swaby, who is…
From left: Germaine Spencer, President of Montego Bay United, Yoni Epstein, head of Montego Multi-Sports Development Ltd, Richard Vernon, Chairman of St James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, and corporation CEO Naudia Croskill at a ceremony
February 24, 2026

Deal inked for transformation of Montego Bay Sports Complex

The long-anticipated transformation of the Montego Bay Sports Complex is now moving ahead, as the St James Municipal Corporation and Montego Multi-Sports Development Ltd today signed a 25-year lease…
February 24, 2026

UK moves from physical to eVisas, dual citizens must enter on British passport

Jamaicans and other travellers seeking to visit the United Kingdom will now be issued digital electronic visas (eVisas) instead of physical visas, as the British Government moves toward a more modern,…
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February 24, 2026

Partially decomposed body of man found in canal in St Catherine

The police in St Catherine are probing the death of a man whose partially decomposed body was found in a canal near the community of Hartlands, which is located off Old Harbour Road. The police…
 Cadet Major Se’rena Sutherland.
February 24, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

From Hanover to US military: Sutherland siblings united in service

WESTERN BUREAU: From the tranquil coastal town of Lucea, Hanover, to the exacting corridors of American military academies, siblings Se’rena and David Sutherland are emerging as proud standard-bearers…
Sylvia Ferguson (centre) of Darliston, Westmoreland, beams as she receives a symbolic cheque valued at $200,000 under the Government’s Restoration of Owners or Occupants of Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme, administered through the Ministry of Labour and
February 24, 2026

Campbell hails ROOFS grants, urges stronger housing in Westmoreland Eastern

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owners or Occupants of Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme represents the…