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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WESTERN BUREAU: EDWARD MUIR, the newly appointed regional operations manager for the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s [NSWMA] Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited, is lamenting the lack of care for proper waste management...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LONG-RUNNING trial of four businessmen who were arrested in 2013 for allegedly being involved in a drug-smuggling and money-laundering scheme between Jamaica and the United States will continue on September 29. This follows...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of 14 people before the St James Parish Court following the June 30 police raid at the Qahal Yahweh religious compound in Montego Bay, St James, is booked to be sentenced on September 25. Neil Spence, who has pleaded guilty to...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA TEACHERS’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson is urging teachers and school administrators to pay close attention to their physical health and not to take any underlying medical conditions for granted. This follows...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon says that discussions are ongoing at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to develop strategies for reducing the parish’s homeless population. The projections include creating a...
WESTERN BUREAU: AT A time when communities across Jamaica are grappling with water shortages and having consistent water supply during drought conditions, 10-year-old Hanover resident Chevelle Quarrie has demonstrated much-needed insight into the...
WESTERN BUREAU: MICHELLE VIRGO, the flight attendant who was charged after cocaine was reportedly found in her luggage at the Sangster International Airport on June 6, had her bail conditions modified on Monday. Virgo, a 44-year-old dual citizen of...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA TEACHERS’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson is warning that if the current issue of teacher migration for overseas employment is not dealt with immediately, the problem will escalate with more teachers leaving...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH JAMAICA experiencing teacher migration as more educators seek jobs overseas, Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] President Leighton Johnson is suggesting that an arrangement should be made where teacher-training programmes are...
WESTERN BUREAU: BRELANIE REID, one of two airport employees who have been on trial for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 11 kilogrammes of cocaine on to a flight destined for Canada in 2021, walked free from the St James Parish Court yesterday...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE against David Brown, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) councillor who reportedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend during a confrontation in May this year, has been put off until October 3. This was done to allow him...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA TEACHERS’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson is certain that more educators will submit their resignations during the present school term, which began on Monday. His prediction follows the Ministry of Education’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Teachers’ Association [JTA] is reporting that it has received no negative feedback from schools to date on the issue of students’ dress and grooming, including the perennial matter of restricted hairstyles, since the...
WESTERN BUREAU: AMID PLANS by the Ministry of Education to install air-conditioning units [ACs] in 30 schools to combat rising temperatures and reducing heat stress among students, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] is calling for a review of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson is calling for the Ministry of Education and Youth to take steps toward placing school resource officers in every academic institution, in order to help enforce...
