WESTERN BUREAU: THE CORNWALL Bar Association (CBA) is throwing its support behind statements recently issued by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes questioning the increasing use of the term ‘violence producers’ in reference to persons who are accused by the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says he would have no issue with taking into consideration a call from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn for 30 to 40 year’ imprisonment as the starting point for a life sentence...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has issued a fresh appeal for relatives of criminals to help rid the streets of illegal firearms as the island grapples with a high level of crime. Speaking at Thursday’s commissioning ceremony for 43...
WESTERN BUREAU: Culture Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange says she will be examining whether the beautification plans for the historic Devon House are in keeping with what was approved by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust [JNHT], following backlash...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is issuing a call for justices of the peace (JPs) to work more closely with their local police stations in an effort to curb crime and violence in the communities they serve and throughout the wider...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR PATRICK Prendergast, the campus director at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Western Jamaica Campus, is advocating for more seminars similar to the recently held Sam Sharpe Flames of Freedom Lecture, to emphasise to...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST James Parish Court has set February 1, 2023, as a committal hearing date for two men accused of the October 9 shooting death of 21-year-old Gareth Leslie, for a ruling to transfer their case to the St James Circuit Court for...
WESTERN BUREAU: On December 19, Cornwall College fifth-formers put their gentlemanly stature and social graces on show during the Montego Bay-based boys’ school’s fifth annual staging of its Royal Soirée at the Grand-a-View Restaurant in the Second...
WESTERN BUREAU: SUNSHINY SKIES on Wednesday, December 21, served as a metaphor of the joyful glow in the hearts of the young residents of the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Adelphi, St James, as the Janet Richards Foundation held its annual...
WESTERN BUREAU: HOMER DAVIS, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister – West, says consideration may be given to create a memorial to 200 slaves who were killed during the Lima massacre in Adelphi, St James, which occurred the Christmas...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for an American man who allegedly punched a nurse at the Cornwall Regional Hospital [CRH], ahead of his next court date on January 12, 2023. Presiding parish judge Sasha...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL EMPLOYEES of Leisure for Pleasure Holidays and Tours (LPH) basked in the honour of their company claiming the Top Producing Local Travel Agency Award for 2022 during Sunday’s Palladium Escape Weekend Travel Partners Event...
WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Gordon Brown walked out of the St James Parish Court a free man on Friday after being found not guilty of obstruction of justice after being accused of hindering the police’s efforts on January 13 to secure a firearm...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, the custos of St James, is issuing a fresh appeal for Jamaicans to stand up against the nation’s criminals and violence producers, following Wednesday’s latest incident in the parish where a mother was murdered...
WESTERN BUREAU: Several documents outstanding from the prosecution’s case file resulted in Thursday’s highly anticipated bail hearing for Rushawn Patterson, the man charged with the murder of 35-year-old social media influencer Aneika ‘Slickianna’...
WESTERN BUREAU: SOMERTON Primary and Infant School, based in Somerton, St James, held a grand appreciation dinner to say farewell and show appreciation to one of its former stalwart teachers, Phyllis Cooke-Sterling, who spent over 38 years of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alan Reid, the farmer who was reportedly held with US$420,000 (J$64.5 million) worth of drugs in his luggage while preparing to board a flight on October 1, is to return to court on January 30, 2023. The matter was further delayed...
WESTERN BUREAU: FOLLOWING REPORTS that a senior neurosurgeon has been charged for reportedly punching a colleague during an altercation over the weekend, noted medical expert Dr Christopher Ogunsalu is warning that the Western Regional Health...
WESTERN BUREAU: ORAL JOHNSON, the Westmoreland businessman who was arrested in April after reportedly being held with over 19 pounds of cocaine in Coral Gardens, St James, will have to wait until February 2, 2023, for his case to progress further...
WESTERN BUREAU: AHEAD OF the upcoming ‘Flames of Freedom’ celebration in honour of National Hero Samuel Sharpe, St James Southern’s Member of Parliament, Homer Davis, says there is a growing need for Jamaican young people to be educated about...
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has lamented the continued indiscipline of residents in St James to litter public spaces despite several appeals to dispose of garbage properly. Patrick Gilchrist, public...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Leeroy Williams intends to speak with Prime Minister Andrew Holness about the National Works Agency’s (NWA) failure to attend St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) meetings, following complaints raised by...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES-based Accredited Certification Expedited (ACE) Institute is seeking to bring greater awareness about management of mental health through the use of its ‘Paint for Mental Health’ creative team-building workshops in...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that 164 surgeries have so far been completed under the Code Care Project with projections for 250 procedures to be completed by year-end. Tufton was speaking on...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says there should be no concern about the importation of skilled labour for construction projects like the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) restoration or the building of the...
