WESTERN BUREAU: Psychologist Dr Orlean Brown-Earle believes that more education is needed for parents of autistic children to accept their children’s developmental challenges and to move towards moulding them into independent adults. “Dealing with...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANTOINETTE HAUGHTON-CARDENAS, who at one time was the most popular talk show host in Jamaica and formerly hosted RJR’s Hotline call-in programme for 10 years, has died at the age of 68. According to reports, Haughton-Cardenas, who...
WESTERN BUREAU: ROHAN CUMMINGS, the western Jamaica businessman, who was reportedly held with US$850,000 (J$130,008,520) worth of cocaine inside a bus he was driving in March 2022, is expected to give testimony in his own defence when he returns to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Youth advocate Sujae Boswell, a member of the Constitutional Reform Committee, which is seeking to pave the way for Jamaica to become a republic, says that special emphasis must be placed on getting young people more involved in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: MINISTER OF Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte says that while the Government is examining the the possibility of making Jamaica a republic, care is being taken to avoid implementing sudden changes that will...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amoi Leon-Issa, the mother of nine-year-old Gabriel King, has lost her battle in the Supreme Court to quash an order from the St James Parish Court that she should grant sleuths probing her son’s January 13, 2022 murder access to...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBERS OF the Rastafari and Grassroots Ganja Association (RAGGA) are accusing the State of not respecting their sacramental rights to possess ganja, following the recent arrest and charge of a prominent member of the group for...
WESTERN BUREAU: ROHAN ROSE, the security guard who is charged with misprision of felony in the murder of social media personality Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, will know on May 5 when he will stand trial in the St James Circuit Court. Rose, 47, of a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Montego Bay Comprehensive Type V Health Centre, which was built in 1993, will soon receive significant upgrades to enhance its service capacity for the residents of St...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has stressed that the opposition party was forced to adjust its candidate-selection process for prospective parliamentarians to boost their chances of victory when the next polls...
WESTERN BUREAU: The two Guyanese women who were arrested on April 4 for attempting to smuggle 21 pounds of cocaine out of Jamaica pleaded guilty in the St James Parish Court on Friday and were sentenced to 10 months in prison. Cousins Oshaura Moses...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, the regional director for the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, says young people should closely evaluate how they use the digital landscape, because it has the potential to be used for both criminal...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of two Guyanese women allegedly held with cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on April 4 took responsibility for the contraband during a bail hearing on Thursday. Cousins Oshaura Moses, 21,...
WESTERN BUREAU: David Brown, councillor for the Montego Bay West Division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), is of the view that the western parish is underserved in terms of garbage trucks, and he wants to see the situation rectified...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kirk ‘Kirky’ Lawson, the St James man accused of shooting and injuring a policeman during a gun battle with the lawman in February, will know if his case will be transferred to the St James Circuit Court when he returns to the St...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ninety young people from across Jamaica, who benefited from the USAID-funded Local Partner Development (LPD) youth crime and violence prevention programme, were awarded on Monday, having completed their six-year mentorship project....
WESTERN BUREAU: Suzette Ramdanie-Linton, president of the St James chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica, has issued a stern warning to justices of the peace (JP), that if they seek to gain monetary rewards for their services or...
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Superintendent Eron Samuels says plans are in place for the long-awaited rebuilding of the Granville Police Station in St James, which was destroyed by a fire in May 2021. Residents of Granville are contending that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a clear pitch for the environment, Montego Bay’s mayor, Leeroy Williams, is proposing that garbage receptacles be placed in the vicinity of the city’s North Gully as a way of preventing the illicit dumping of garbage in that area...
WESTERN BUREAU: Michael Troupe, the councillor for the Granville division in the St James Municipal Corporation, on Thursday came out swinging at the municipality’s monthly meeting, lashing out about the constantly increasing costs for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The two Guyanese women who were arrested and charged after reportedly being held with 21 pounds of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, on April 4, had their bail application deferred to April 20, when they...
WESTERN BUREAU: A bench warrant was issued for the investigating officer in the case against three former Sangster International Airport employees facing drug-smuggling charges, after the cop failed to show up for the matter in the St James Parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Anniona Jones, the principal of Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann, is recommending that students pursue skills training as a valid employment and income-earning opportunity. Addressing the Muschett High School’s fifth...
WESTERN BUREAU: The court has ordered for checks to be made into the identification parade process in the case of an accused held in relation to a deadly shooting in Norwood, St James on November 16, 2022. Presiding parish judge Sasha-Marie Ashley...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grade-seven students of Muschett High School in Wakefield, Trelawny, were given a chance to experience fine dining against an elegant backdrop on Tuesday when they were hosted at a luncheon at the scenic Day O Plantation in Montego...
