Trauma overload WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is raising concern about the alarming number of victims of motor vehicle accidents who were admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH)...
Fake jobs, bogus invoices A domestic helper unknowingly employed by the Ministry of Education is among the key allegations in the $25-million fraud case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz...
No meeting of minds on committees stalemate A retired senior parliamentarian, who was the leader of government business when then Prime Minister Bruce Golding handed the chairmanship of parliamentary oversight committees to the Opposition, has suggested that the experiment did not...
Elderly farmer pleads for help to rebuild home destroyed by heavy rains Rudy Campbell, from Castleton, St Mary, is living in a precarious condition. Just over a week ago, heavy rains and winds from a freak storm uprooted a guinep tree that landed on his four-bedroom board house, completely destroying two rooms, and...
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 compounded by a whopping 62 per cent increase in...
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 drop in major crimes, Nish expressed concern about...
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 anniversary with a vibrant service of thanksgiving....
Bully buster Two powerful stakeholder bodies in the education sector have given full support to the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s anti-bullying campaign, stressing that any attempt to stem the dangerous physical and emotional tide...
Stale food warning Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew Andrew Swaby is urging people with food, intended to be given to the homeless in the nation’s capital, to channel such donations through the Marie Atkins Night Shelter, citing reports of people donating meals unfit...
Gun haul in St Thomas A 78-year-old man is among two people in police custody for illegal possession of ammunition and firearms, following seizures made during two separate police operations in St Thomas on the weekend. One multi-calibre AM-15 rifle was among the...