WESTERN BUREAU: Juliet* looks back ruefully on a time when her trust was betrayed by a supposed friend who absconded on bail after she stood as surety for the woman in a larceny case – something she is determined will never happen again. “Even...
WESTERN BUREAU: Questions abound in Kissy Manning’s mind regarding her brother Celas Clarke’s treatment while he was in custody at the Barnett Street Police Station in Montego Bay, St James, recently. In particular, the injuries she saw...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Hartley Perrin, the chairman of the Westmoreland-based Clifton Boys’ Home, has described as “troubling” the latest news surrounding the arrest of three of the facility’s former employees for allegedly physically abusing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grief. Anxiety. Stress. Depression. Loneliness. Fear. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused varying degrees of mental and emotional anguish over the past year with disruption to routines and losses – of income, jobs, loved ones –...
WESTERN BUREAU: Carlette DeLeon, managing director of public relations firm Breakthrough Communications, believes that outdoor social activities must reopen fully in order for Jamaica’s entertainment industry – which has taken a hit due to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: “He wasn’t getting good treatment up there at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) and he could have lived a little longer.” That’s how a distraught Sophia Holness summed up the situation after her spouse, 66-year-old Hopeton Martin,...
