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Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2023 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is calling for citizens of St James and the wider Jamaica to work together in upholding and passing down Jamaica’s heritage of freedom for future generations, regardless of socioeconomic...

Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2023 | 9:13 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The Gleaner’s Western Bureau reporter Albert Ferguson has risen from difficult beginnings as a ward of the State to being publicly recognised on Monday for his 30 years in the field of journalism, bringing citizens’ stories to life...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay Community Home for Girls, more commonly known as the Melody House for Girls, has got a financial boost of US$12,500 (J$1.9 million) from the Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) charity to advance its construction plans...

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon has denied that an upcoming initiative to certify and more closely regulate food vendors in St James is a response to the Crab Circle controversy in Kingston. During a press conference...

Published:Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: IN THE aftermath of Monday night’s brutal gun slaying of four people in Duanvale, Trelawny, People’s National Party [PNP] caretaker for the Trelawny Northern constituency, Dennis Meadows, is appealing to the Government for definite...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: “Him nuh trouble nobody. Him nuh business what happen, him nuh trouble nobody.” That was Gloria Robinson’s repeated declaration on Tuesday as she spoke of her 51-year-old son, Cordel Graham, who was one of four persons shot dead in...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER THREE years of unsuccessful attempts to get him enrolled in a high school close enough to his home, more than anything else, 16-year-old Daniel Gibbon wants to attend classes more frequently than the two days weekly he can now...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:11 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Epidemiologist Dr Maung Aung has expressed concern about the apparent carefree or indifferent attitude citizens have been shown regarding dengue fever despite warnings that the island was experiencing an outbreak of the disease....

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER TWO years of being without a post office, residents of Wakefield, Trelawny, are ecstatic that an unused market building in their community will soon be retrofitted into a new post office. The announcement was made to the...

Published:Monday | October 9, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set December 21 as the next return date for Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Assistant Commissioner Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl who was volunteering at the Montego...

Published:Saturday | October 7, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Desmond McKenzie plans to meet with Crab Circle vendors next week to determine the next steps following Thursday’s shutdown of the food spot as a result of health and safety concerns. “Crab Circle is in my...

Published:Friday | October 6, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has set December 21 as the next return date for Jamaica Fire Brigade [JFB] Assistant Commissioner Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl who was a volunteer at the Montego Bay...

Published:Friday | October 6, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: A police witness has testified that Indra Waite, the sole remaining defendant now on trial for allegedly conspiring to smuggle over 11 kilogrammes of cocaine on to a flight bound for Canada in 2021, gave conflicting information when...

Published:Thursday | October 5, 2023 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: RUSHAWN PATTERSON, the chief suspect in the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneika ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, will have to wait until December 19 to get another chance to apply for bail, following his latest failed...

Published:Thursday | October 5, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court is expected to receive an update into ongoing mediation sessions with David Brown, the St James Municipal Corporation [StJMC] councillor charged with attacking his ex-girlfriend during a confrontation in...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: FAMILY MEMBERS of the grade 11 B.B. Coke High School student accused of beating a schoolmate into unconsciousness for stepping on his shoes last week Thursday have expressed their sympathies towards the complainant’s family. The...

Published:Sunday | October 1, 2023 | 11:04 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Rhianna Lewis, who holds big dreams of becoming a professional track and field athlete, was left speechless on Thursday when she found herself the recipient of the Jill Stewart Sports Scholarship, bringing her one...

Published:Friday | September 29, 2023 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Ronald Thwaites believes that while Jamaica’s education sector has come a far way since 1962, more effort must be made to ensure that the issues affecting the quality of education students receive are fully resolved. While...

Published:Friday | September 29, 2023 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: CHARMAINE DANIELS, the chief executive officer of the Digicel Jamaica Foundation, is urging residents to play their part in protecting telecommunications equipment from vandals and thieves, including those who steal fibre cables or...

Published:Tuesday | September 26, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dark skies and rain on Monday did not deter scores of supporters from lining the streets of Albert Town, Trelawny, calling for Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to withdraw her resignation as the Trelawny Southern member of parliament (MP...

Published:Tuesday | September 26, 2023 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: More than two years after a bridge along the main thoroughfare in their community collapsed, residents of Troy in Trelawny Southern do not believe the authorities are giving the issue the priority it needs to have the structure...

Published:Monday | September 25, 2023 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Following last Thursday’s resignation of former House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert in the wake of an Integrity Commission ruling that she should be charged for making a false statement on her statutory declarations, the...

Published:Monday | September 25, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has scheduled November 9 as the next court date for Ronaldo Ricketts, the St James man who has been charged with murder in relation to the killing of four homeless people across Montego Bay, following the...

Published:Monday | September 25, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dailando Bailey, the 24-year-old St James-based lifeguard who is charged with murder in relation to the strangling death of his brother Oshaine Bailey on September 12, was offered bail in the sum of $600,000 during his first...

Published:Monday | September 25, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The two men charged in the Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend murder case were last Thursday given new dates to appear in court. Rohan Rose, the security guard charged with misprision of a felony regarding the 2022 murder, will have to...

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