The immune system functions as the defence of the body (like an army) and has multiple aspects. It is quite complex and not yet fully understood. The immune system is vital, but sometimes it can harm the body while in the process of defending it.The...
Western Bureau:While the ugly 'black eye', which resulted from city officials being implicated in the infamous, July 15, 1999, Street People Scandal, in which 39 persons, mostly mentally ill, were kidnapped from the streets of Montego Bay in St...
WESTERN BUREAU:With the dark days of the disgraceful Street People Scandal of July 1999 now a fading memory, as was the case last year, the new generation of homeless persons occupying the streets of Montego Bay recently got a taste of true humanity...
WESTERN BUREAU:A St James woman who pleaded guilty to hitting her brother-in-law in the head with a stone has been remanded in custody until May 28, when she will be brought back to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for sentencing.Karen...
WESTERN BUREAU:A St James woman, who was recently arrested after she was reportedly found with several hundred pounds of meat, which she could not satisfactorily account for, had her bail extended when...
Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2015 | 8:22 PMPaul Clarke
WESTERN BUREAU:While the Government of Jamaica is seemingly either unwilling or unable to create a viable industry out of sports, Everton Tomlinson, the ambitious president of the Westmoreland Football Association (WFA), is hell-bent on making...
Do you think enough is being done to generatemaximum value from Jamaica's sporting capacity?Kevin Richards, PastorI do not believe that enough is being done by either the Government or the private sector to position Jamaica at the forefront of the...
WESTERN BUREAU:The 2015 cohort of students at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the Western Jamaica Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) started what they hope will become a tradition at the institution...
WESTERN BUREAU:The Right Reverend Dr Howard Gregory, Anglican Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, says Jamaica has descended into a place that is reeling from moral decline, moral depravity, sexual immorality, callousness and corruption....
Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2015 | 7:35 PMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:Grief was etched on many faces at The Gleaner's Western Bureau office on Wednesday morning as members of staff joined the bureau's long-serving security guard Joslyn Satchwell in mourning the death of his son who was shot dead by...
WESTERN BUREAU:The plan to transform the Llandilo property in Savanna-la-Mar into a top-class sporting complex has nothing to do with trying to reinvent the wheel. It is simply a bold bid by the Westmoreland Football Association (WFA) to replicate a...
Montego Bay Convention connectionsMontego Bay Convention Centre is the Caribbean's newest and finest offering to the convention industry. The Centre is conveniently located along the Elegant Corridor of Rose Hall, Montego Bay.Calendar of Eventsn...
We have a saying that 'too much of one thing is good for nothing'. As a matter of fact, oftentimes, too much of a good thing may actually turn out to be harmful, and there are many examples of this phenomenon. Is this also true for exercise?Most of...
WESTERN BUREAU:A French woman who was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle half a pound of cocaine out of the island in bottles of cosmetics had her case deferred to May 15 when she appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on...
WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who is alleged to have conned another man out of more than J$90, 000 was remanded when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.Winston Housen is charged with larceny by trick, committed...
WESTERN BUREAU:The Manchester woman who was arrested after she was seen cutting open unfit ackee pods while plying her wares at the Charles Gordon Market, St James, was slapped with a J$20,000 fine after she pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU:A St James taxi operator, who reportedly hit a policeman with his vehicle while trying to escape the lawman's attempts to give him a traffic ticket, was remanded when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on...
Published:Thursday | April 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMKarrie Williams
WESTERN BUREAU:The Grange Hill High School, in Westmoreland, is reporting a significant reduction in absenteeism due largely to the success of the institution's lunch programme, which provides complimentary hot meals to the most marginalised of its...
WESTERN BUREAU:The Maryland All-Age School in Hanover staged its inaugural Honour Roll Awards ceremony, last week, in celebration of its top academic achievers for the September to December 2014 term.A total of 28 students from grades one to six,...
WESTERN BUREAU:The decision by the Ministry of Agriculture to implement agro-parks in an effort to improve local food production, has resulted in a significant decline in Jamaica's food-import bill, as, since October 2014, approximately 1.7 million...
WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of Green Island, in Hanover, say they are still grappling with the loss of three key basic social amenities - their library, their market and their post office, which has not only made their lives more difficult, but is also...
WESTERN BUREAU:Historical records show that in the heydays of sugar, Green Island, in Hanover, was a bustling seaport town, supported by sugar estates such as Harding Hall, Prospect, Saxham, Winchester, Rhodes Hall, Haughton and Glasgow.Sugar and...
Marcel Bogle: If the post office was open, we would not have to travel to Lucea so often. Everything you have to go to Lucea. If you want to pay your light bill you have to go to Lucea... spending extra money for taxi fare. Sometimes the older people can hardly make it, but they have to push their way through to collect their little pension. This has made the town more backward than it was before."
WESTERN BUREAU:The Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court has ordered two women, one of whom is accused of biting the other some 20 times during a scuffle, to attend mediation sessions in preparation for the case's next mention on May 14.Decalia...
