Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
When Marva Matthews joined the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) just over 23 years ago, the Montego Bay native saw it as an opportunity to serve her country in the restoration of law and order, which was under threat with 'street values' steadily...
Published:Saturday | November 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Business mogul Gordon 'Butch' Stewart created history last night when he became the first recipient of the prestigious Pioneer Award at the RJRGLEANER Communications Group Hospitality Jamaica Awards, which took place at the Montego...
Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau:Residents in the volatile Salt Spring community in St James are now seething as they are hotly disputing the police's version of an incident in which three men were killed in an alleged confrontation with the lawmen early yesterday...
Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Clearly pleased with the stability that the zone of special operations (ZOSO) has brought to their community, some residents of Mt Salem in Montego Bay, St James, are quite pleased with the decision to extend the initiative by another...
Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Classes are slated to resume on Campus One at Anchovy High School in St James today, following yesterday's suspension in the wake of an incident in which the dean of discipline was attacked by a group of girls. He suffered a serious...
Published:Friday | October 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau:The Ramble Health Centre in Ramble, Hanover, is now being upgraded at a cost of J$3 million. This is designed to improve the quality of service to the 6,000 outpatients who look to the clinic for primary health care.The upgrade, which...
Published:Friday | September 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau:The clinical trial by the Montego Bay-based International Postgraduate Medical College (IPMC) to find a cure for a troublesome gum disease, which is being linked to cunnilingus (oral sex), is to be done in Bangante in the Republic of...
Published:Monday | September 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Four M16 assault rifles, a Glock 40 pistol and a quantity of assorted ammunition were seized in Flanker, St James, yesterday, during a nine-hour police-military operation that targeted the much-feared 'Red Dirt' section of the...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:People's National Party (PNP) supporters in Mt Salem, St James, added a political spin on the zones of special operation (ZOSOs), telling Peter Bunting, the opposition spokesman on national security, that they believe politics was at...
Published:Monday | September 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau - Gunmen are reportedly fleeing from St James in droves as indications are that they are fearful that the zone of special operations, which is now concentrated in Mt Salem, might soon be expanded into the other...
Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau:An AK-47 rifle with one magazine and five live rounds, a 9mm pistol and two home-made guns were found; two men believed involved in serious crimes held; lead sheets used in the lottery scam seized, and scores of residents turned out...
Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:With just hours to go before the five-day grace period for illegal weapons found on premises in Mount Salem, St James, ended yesterday, it would appear that the offer, which was made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, fell flat as the...
Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of the Mount Salem community in Montego Bay, St James, who had mistakenly thought that the zone of special operations (ZOSO) initiative had been lifted on Monday night, after some of the barriers that were erected on Friday...
Published:Monday | September 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Despite being subjected to searches at the various police-military checkpoints, it was an uneventful first day of the 2017 school year for the students from Mount Salem in St James, which was declared the nation's first zone of...
Published:Monday | September 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Some communities surrounding Mount Salem in Montego Bay, St James, that many believe should have been included in the zone of special operations, could come up for consideration once the security forces have completed the ongoing...
Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced a massive national firearm recovery reward programme as well as a five-day grace period for illegal weapons found on premises in the Mount Salem community, which was last Friday...
Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Administrators at several schools in Montego Bay, St James, are entering the new academic year with cautious optimism in a parish which has seen almost 200 murders since the start of this year.Mount Salem in the parish was last Friday declared the...
Published:Saturday | September 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
Western Bureau:While praising the professionalism of the military and police personnel who have been on the ground in their community since early Friday morning, some residents of Mount Salem are adamant that Prime Minister Andrew Holness acted on...
Published:Saturday | September 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
While, for the most part, the interaction between members of the security forces and residents of Mount Salem, St James, has been good in the first two days since the area was declared Jamaica's first zone of special operations (ZOSO), there are...
Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica got its first taste of the zones of special operation (ZOSO) initiative yesterday when a large contingent of military and police personnel blanketed the volatile Mount Salem community in St James, which is one of the hotbeds...
Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
At least 20 people have been detained as the security forces take control of Mount Salem in St James, which was today declared the first zone of special operations. The special zone was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning...
Published:Thursday | August 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Traffic along the busy Queen's Drive in Montego Bay, St James, was brought to an unexpected halt yesterday morning as a gunman exited a vehicle and murdered an elderly motorist in full view of score of onlookers.The deceased,...
Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Without waiting on the input of external agencies, the leadership of the Hanover Police Division has launched an ambitious social intervention agenda, which is designed to promote integration, curb lawlessness, and restore peace to...
Published:Monday | August 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Notorious gangster Delroy 'Eye' Roach, who sat atop the Hanover police's most wanted list, was reportedly shot and killed when he traded bullets with lawmen after he was cornered in the Hopewell community on Sunday, shortly after 6 p....
Published:Thursday | August 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:The St James Municipal Corporation has made provisions for the councillors aligned to the corporation to expend approximately $6.8 million to assist constituents with back-to-school purchases.According to Montego Bay's mayor,...
