Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Brigadier (Ret’d) Radgh Mason, commissioner of corrections, addresses the recent opening of the St James Probation Office on Gladstone ‘POP’ Lawrence Road in Montego Bay, St James.
March 18, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

New sex offender rehab programme to launch this year

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Brigadier Radgh Mason, the commissioner of corrections, says a new rehabilitation programme for sex offenders, aimed at giving those individuals a chance to change their…
Police Superintendent Coleridge Minto addressing the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation’s monthly general meeting on March 12.
March 17, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

St Bess cops concerned as more than 400 students still out of school after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school…
From left: N. Fairclough-Hylton, senior parish court judge for St James; Shauna Trowers, chief technical director at the Ministry of National Security and Peace; Yvette Bouncher-Gardner, principal probation aftercare officer for the St James Probation Offi
March 14, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

St James’ new probation office to strengthen rehabilitation push, says Cuthbert-Flynn

WESTERN BUREAU: A newly retrofitted probation office, which was officially commissioned into service in St James yesterday, forms a part of the Government’s continued push to strengthen rehabilitation…
Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River.
March 13, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

‘I am not satisfied’

WESTERN BUREAU: Kenneth Brown, superintendent of roads and works at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC), has voiced disappointment over the condition of Independence Park in Black River,…
Yangsen Li, vice-president of the Fujian Association of Jamaica, presents hurricane relief supplies on behalf of the Chinese business community in Guadeloupe to Richard Vernon Jr, mayor of Montego Bay.
March 13, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Guadeloupe Chinese group donates $12m in relief supplies to St James

WESTERN BUREAU The Chinese business community in Guadeloupe has donated hurricane-relief supplies valued at US$80,000 ($12.5 million) to the St James Municipal Corporation in a show of support for…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon (centre) looks on as Senator Charles Sinclair, councillor for the Montego Bay North West Division in the St James Municipal Corporation, presents the key to the renovated Flankers Postal Agency to Mytha Bahadur, regional
March 12, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Mayor: Post offices remain essential despite digital shift

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, says that despite the growing use of digital platforms as communication tools, post offices and postal agencies remain relevant – particularly for…
From left: Denise Witter; Charles Sinclair Jr, councillor for the Montego Bay North East Division in the St James Municipal Corporation; Richard Vernon Jr, mayor of Montego Bay; Mytha Bahadur, regional manager for Montego Bay at Jamaica Postal Service; Col
March 10, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Residents elated as Flanker Postal Agency reopens after $3.5m renovation

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Flanker, St James, were in a buoyant mood yesterday as they welcomed the reopening of their postal agency, which was out of service for a protracted period to undergo a…
Alexander De Croo (seated), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations under-secretary-general, interacts with Keisha Wint, a blind poultry farmer from South Manchester, as she displays her first aid kit presented t
March 7, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

UNDP helping western Jamaica’s fishing communities rebuild after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Alexander De Croo, a senior official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Under-Secretary-General, has indicated that international partnerships are…
Kevin Richards, chief commissioner of the Scout Association of Jamaica, is receiving his warrant from Sir Patrick Allen, governor-general and chief scout of Jamaica.
March 7, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

New Scout commissioner wants organisation to tackle challenges facing youths

WESTERN BUREAU: Kevin Richards, the newly installed chief commissioner of the Scout Association of Jamaica, says the movement must confront growing challenges impacting young people while building on…