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Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court has ordered that Keron Watson, the man who allegedly used social media to lure an 18-year-old girl into committing sexual acts for money in 2017, is to be kept in custody until September 17, when his case...

Published:Saturday | January 20, 2024 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: “One hundred not out!” That was the triumphant exclamation of centenarian Ivan Edward Sterling, who celebrated his 100-year milestone with relatives and well-wishers at a special dinner in Montego Bay, St James, on January 14, two...

Published:Thursday | January 18, 2024 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: “The Crown is confident Shineka Gray was a human sacrifice.” That was the unsettling declaration made in the St James Circuit Court yesterday by lead prosecutor Andrea Martin-Swaby while delivering the prosecution’s closing...

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Gregory Roberts, the man on trial for the 2017 murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, blinked multiple times in the prisoner’s dock yesterday as he watched his mother recounting for the St James Circuit Court how he was arrested before...

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Six months after the Integrity Commission announced that six parliamentarians are under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment, Opposition Leader Mark Golding is freshly taking the Government to task for not identifying those...

Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2024 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: A forensic science officer called by the defence team for Gregory Roberts, the man being tried for the 2017 murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, told the St James Circuit Court on Monday that DNA found on several items submitted for...

Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2024 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of this year’s anticipated local government elections, the People’s National Party’s [PNP] leadership is urging supporters not to be overtaken by internal grievances or differences of opinion, but to be unified and steadfast...

Published:Monday | January 15, 2024 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Although St James’ Aedes index for measuring the parish’s spread of dengue fever has lessened significantly, the parish’s health department is reminding the public that the disease is still a major health risk for which precautions...

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Emron Pilliner, the man who set his girlfriend and a business establishment on fire in 2021 following a confrontation, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment following his sentencing hearing in the St James Circuit Court on...

Published:Thursday | January 11, 2024 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court yesterday issued a warrant for a witness to be brought to court by this morning to be directly questioned by the presiding judge in the ongoing trial of Gregory Roberts, the man accused of the 2017 murder...

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2024 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Attempts to recall a police witness in the ongoing Shineka Gray murder trial by way of the Zoom online platform failed to materialise in the St James Circuit Court on Tuesday, resulting in a premature end to the day’s proceedings...

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2024 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior high court justice is urging prosecutors and defence attorneys alike to stop contributing to the longstanding issue of cases languishing in the court system for years without speedy resolution. Justice Bertram Morrison,...

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The communication forensic expert in the Shineka Gray murder trial made it clear on Monday that his analysis of the call-data information he was given in the case showed no messaging connection between Gray’s number and other...

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Mobile-service customers in western Jamaica were frustrated and inconvenienced up to late Thursday evening after finding themselves unable to make or receive calls on their devices, an issue which at least one service provider said...

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2024 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Sudbury Primary and Infant School in Orange, St James has been publicly recognised for its efforts to ensure its students’ nutritional needs are adequately met, with representatives from Yummy Bakery awarding the school’s...

Published:Friday | January 5, 2024 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: “You still nuh see what just happen, hmm? Just know one down and one of yours a go down as soon as mi lay hands on her.” That message, sent on January 29, 2017, at 11:22 p.m., was one of several spine-chilling text messages...

Published:Thursday | January 4, 2024 | 12:11 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court saw and listened to text messages on Wednesday that suggested that Gregory Roberts, the man currently on trial for the 2017 murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Shineka Gray, was disturbingly obsessed with...

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2023 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: With 2024 two days away, residents from across western Jamaica are voicing very low and lukewarm expectations of the new year in terms of various social issues being addressed, to include crime management, education, and leadership...

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2023 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Gregory Roberts, the man currently on trial for the 2017 murder of St James schoolgirl Shineka Gray, will spend the first week of 2024 listening to evidence from a police forensic specialist when his trial resumes in the St James...

Published:Monday | December 4, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Mark Moyou, senior data scientist at American software company NVIDIA Corporation, is recommending to Caribbean nationals that they should carve out their place in the technology sector on the global level, thereby acting as...

Published:Monday | December 4, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Daniela Carvajalino, co-founder of the Colombia-based Biz Nation education company, is warning that the education sector must be willing to change how it prepares children for future employment, particularly at a time when...

Published:Friday | December 1, 2023 | 12:13 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: “Lord, this is what You’re going to do to Your daughter?” Those were the horrified last words of 15-year-old Green Pond High School student Shineka Gray on the night of January 29, 2017, as recounted by murder convict Mario Morrison...

Published:Friday | December 1, 2023 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is suggesting that a private wing should be created at Cornwall Regional Hospital [CRH], similar to The University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) Tony Thwaites Wing, to help...

Published:Thursday | November 30, 2023 | 12:11 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: GREGORY ROBERTS, the man currently on trial for the 2017 murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, reportedly wanted a video to be delivered to his ex-girlfriend shortly after he sent her a text message containing the foreboding word ‘...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2023 | 12:11 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: There were testy exchanges between the defence attorney for Gregory Roberts, the man on trial for the 2017 murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, and the prosecution’s fourth witness on Tuesday. The witness was undergoing cross-...

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