WESTERN BUREAU: Mercia Frasier, the mother of Mario Deane, is now nursing bittersweet emotions after a judge ruled yesterday that the two men who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in relation to her son’s 2014 death should be released. “Honestly, I...
WESTERN BUREAU: With increasing calls for the construction of the long-awaited western justice court complex in Montego Bay to get under way, three years after its initial announcement in 2017, the Cornwall Bar Association (CBA) has said additional...
WESTERN BUREAU: The much-anticipated plea and case management hearing for Rahjief Morgan, the man accused of last January’s stabbing death of University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) student Demar Stennett, has been rescheduled to October 8,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kaylia Pinnock, the 15-year-old Anchovy High School student who is battling a stage-two brain tumour, got some much-needed financial assistance yesterday when she was presented with a cheque for J$1.4 million by the school’s past...
WESTERN BUREAU: Several students from the Sudbury All-Age and Infant School in Orange, St James, were ecstatic yesterday after they were presented with roughly 230 bags and school supplies by Caribbean Footsteps, a newly registered charity. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Farmers, small business operators, and shoppers in St James are commending the Social Development Commission (SDC) for staging the Rose Hall Community Market and Business Fair on Thursday, which provided them with a marketing...
Western Bureau: The case against Marvin Orr and Adrian Morgan, the inmates charged with murder in relation to the 2014 death of Mario Deane, has been delayed until July 29 to allow enough time for the men’s attorneys to receive an outstanding...
Western Bureau: Kenute Hare, director of the Ministry of Transport and Mining’s Road Safety Unit (RSU), is warning motorists that speed limit signs have nothing to do with road safety, noting that it depends on a driver’s ability to react to a...
WESTERN BUREAU: High-school students in western Jamaica, who sat for yesterday’s first set of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) papers, were in full compliance with the Ministry...
WESTERN BUREAU: After almost two weeks of surveillance following an explosion of COVID-19 cases in their community, residents of Norwood in St James have expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the health authorities to stem further spread of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Government Senator Charles Sinclair has taken issue with a recent statement by the Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips who accused the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) of trying to weaken the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Motorists traversing along Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay, St James, will no longer have to worry about a gaping hole which had been in the structure for at least three years. Three weeks ago, road users complained to The...
Western Bureau: For the seventh consecutive time, the absence of a long-awaited medical psychiatric report has led to a delay in the case against Marvin Orr and Adrian Morgan, the two inmates charged with murder arising from the 2014 death of Mario...
Western Bureau: As Jamaica’s economy continues its steady reopening amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, attorney-at-law Khadrea Folkes, former senior legal officer to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is warning employers to minimise all...
Western Bureau: While applauding the Government’s handling of this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, with 80 per cent of students getting into their schools of choice, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Owen Speid says that...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Physiotherapy Department at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay got a much-needed gift on Tuesday when the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) presented the institution with 2,000 face masks and 50 face...
Western Bureau: Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is accusing the Government of failing to capitalise on a clear chance to introduce a national school bus system when schools were reopened on June 8 for students...
Western Bureau: Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants schools to use modern technology, including interactive gaming software, to access learning material and promote online networking among students. Addressing teachers in...
WESTERN BUREAU: ONE HUNDRED and twenty families in Granville, St James, received a special treat yesterday when they were given care packages with food and snacks by the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), as part of the group’s ongoing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants more emphasis to be placed on improving the quality of education in the early-childhood sector instead of seeking to play catch-up in later years. “Roughly three to four...
WESTERN BUREAU: While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA),...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the concerns about their immediate future as a result of the economic difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, some private schools have nonetheless rejected an offer of J$80,000 for each student per year which was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Trevor Reid, who leads the Orange circuit of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (SDA) in St James, has always made sure to set aside time for his three children even though he has served as a minister of religion across two...
WESTERN BUREAU: The timeline for completion of the long-awaited Western Children and Adolescents Hospital in St James may be significantly pushed back from its projected May 2021 deadline, as work has stalled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is demanding an apology from Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips for accusing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) of corruption and abuse of authority in the recent...
