Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Westmoreland Fire Brigade reports surge in emergency calls amid ambulance challenges
WESTERN BUREAU: While fire calls were down by 14 per cent nationally in 2023-2024, the situation was far different in Westmoreland, which registered a staggering 35 per cent increase that was further…
December 9, 2025
by Bryan Miller
Nish: Hanover looking at new strategies to sustain crime reduction
WESTERN NUREAU: Superintendent Andrew Nish, head of the Hanover Police Division, says he is encouraged by a significant decline in murders and shootings in the western parish. Despite this overall…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Nat’l Patient Care Assn celebrates 35th anniversary
WESTERN BUREAU: A sea of pink and white filled the Glendevon New Testament Church of God in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday as the National Patient Care Association (NPCA) celebrated its 35th…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
FATAL RED FLAG
In one of every five planned police operations in which a civilian is killed at home, a female occupant of the premises is either removed or barred from the ill-fated area moments before the cops…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Dawes demands probe into health ministry
Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes says operations at the Ministry of Health and Wellness must be investigated following the tabling of the Integrity Commission (IC) report on the…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
70-y-o dies in fire at apartment complex
An early morning fire at Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road in New Kingston on Thursday claimed the life of a 70-year-old resident, leaving the community shaken and mourning the loss. The charred…
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
Two dead in ops to collar mass shooting perps
Investigators have made significant progress in the probe into Sunday night’s deadly mass shooting in the Commodore district of St Catherine, which claimed five lives, including four-year-old Shannon…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Human blood found on drapes in Maitland’s apartment
A government forensic analyst on Thursday confirmed the presence of human blood on drapes recovered from the New Kingston apartment of police constable Noel Maitland. Testifying as the murder trial…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
MoBay mayor renews call for transportation centre to ease congestion
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Richard Vernon is renewing his call for the establishment of a modern transportation centre in the city, stressing that such a facility is urgently needed to…