WHILE 14-year-old burn patient Ackalia Dunkley is undergoing treatment and therapy at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia,, she is in high spirits and wants her well-wishers not to worry about her too much....
Her offering quality education for children at what was then Whitter’s Learning Centre, provided a spark that drew huge interest among a number of parents. With growing demand for education of a higher level and with students doing so well, the...
HE STOOD in the principal’s office and begged for just one more chance to prove that he could change from being a troublemaker and do right by them and himself. Not squandering the opportunity and subsequently overcoming the many hurdles in his way...
THREE MONTHS after being first for a fire safety poster competition at her school, which ultimately placed her second in the parish, 14-year-old Ackalia Dunkley is now battling for life after being injured in a fire at her home. Dunkley, who is...
RUPHEMA DUNKLEY, a doting father from Burnt Savannah, St Elizabeth, is frustrated and desperately seeking financial assistance to get medical treatment overseas for his daughter, 14-year-old Ackalia Dunkley, who was severely burnt last Friday in a...
Western Bureau: Infected with the HIV virus, which has caused damage to his eyes and has affected his heart and kidneys, 56-year-old Montego Bay, St James resident Orville ‘Blacka’ Cameron is facing an uncertain future and...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY’S Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is urging the students at his alma mater, Corinaldi Avenue Primary School in the western city, to reject the ‘fully dunce’ lyrics being spouted by some dancehall artistes and instead strive...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA’S QUEST for a state-of-the-art burn unit could become a reality within the next two years, as a group of 30 United States-based doctors, who got their training at The University of the West Indies, are now fine-tuning...
Western Bureau: Herbert Morrison Technical High School did a demolition job on defending champions Mount Alvernia High yesterday at the Cornwall College courts, in Montego Bay, thrashing them 50-11 to crown themselves the 2023 ISSA/Western...
Thirteen-year-old Adrianna Laing, who was hospitalised for six months in the United States and underwent 26 surgeries after surviving severe burns from a house fire, was the life of a special dinner held for her at the Island Space Caribbean Museum...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADRIANNA LAING, the sole survivor of the devastating fire that took the lives of her three brothers, is set to return to Jamaica today, six months after heading to the United States for emergency medical care, and she has big plans...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: SIX MONTHS after she was airlifted to the United States for specialised medical care, 13-year-old Adrianna Laing, who suffered life-threatening injuries in fire that killed her three siblings, was discharged from hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL CAREER Week ended on a high for students of John Rollins Success Primary School in St James, with the level of engagement during the face-to-face staging of Career Day held on Friday, February 10, praised as the school’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ANNUAL MILO Western Relays, considered by residents of western Jamaica as a family affair, are lamenting that the yearly sporting event is yet to return to the west, since it has been held at GC Foster College of Physical...
As the famous song goes, 'Reunited and it feels so good.' MILO is back onboard as title sponsors of the Western Relays, with the competition hosting its 44th staging set for Saturday, February 11 at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite howls of protest about the government’s refusal to extend the current traffic ticket amnesty deadline for motorists to pay long-outstanding fines, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is insisting that the January 31...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I am still so shocked. I was expecting a healthy child, and it is so devastating. I can’t even go to the supermarket without him being attended to.” That is the emotional distress expressed by 24-year-old Desrine Malcolm, who is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three men were held and two others are being sought after more than $2 million worth of gadgets stolen from partygoers in Negril on the weekend were recovered when a smartphone tracking feature led police to the gang of suspected...
WESTERN BUREAU: Single dad Dennis Williams is overjoyed and grateful for the outpouring of support he has received for his nine-year-old son, Devonte Williams, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth. In a Gleaner article published on March...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE REJUVENATED Big Heart Ministry came alive at the Family Church on the Rock in Montego Bay recently as care packages were distributed to 100 community members, as part of the ministry’s initiative that has been taking place for...
WESTERN BUREAU: The feeling of being stuck on an island surrounded by a treacherous river, 22-year-old Bertram Talbert said as threatening as the waters were to lives, he felt he had to be strong for his friends. Talbert was one of seven students...
WESTERN BUREAU: “MJ dead! MJ dead lef mi gone!” Those were the gut-wrenching words tearfully expressed by Sandra McIntosh-Bryan, after her 11-year-old son, Jason Bryan Jr, succumbed to injuries in hospital on Monday. Jason was hit by a car on...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I AM just sorry I was not there when the house went up in flames.” That was the painful, heart-wrenching regret Joseph Innerarity expressed after hearing news of the passing of his father, 85-year-old Fredrick Innerarity, in the...
AIMING TO cauterise lawlessness in the city of Montego Bay, the police and municipal authorities launched several major operations in St James on Wednesday. From as early as 6 a.m., the team, which involved the Island Traffic Authority (ITA),...
