Stories by Adrian Frater

Western Bureau:The St James Police Division was significantly affected by yesterday's protest action by lawmen of the Jamaica Police Federation, which is currently locked in a pay dispute with the Government."We are badly affected by the situation...

With ganja steadily settling into the new decriminalised era with the smoking of the weed no longer an arrestable offence, ganja interest in western Jamaica will become a flourishing business and a source of legitimate financial empowerment.In fact...

Western Bureau:While Falmouth is no longer the major economic centre it was back when sugar was king, many believe that with its rich history and grand Georgian architecture, the town has vast untapped potential for tourism.Over the years, it was...

Western Bureau:Donavan Reynolds, the newly installed Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Western Westmoreland, has joined the growing list of stakeholders calling for specialised attention to be given to the resort town of Negril, which is...

WESTERN BUREAU: "You cannot be a police and a thief at the same time, that can't work," were the words of a young man who was part of the crowd trying to sneak a peek at the body of Kemar Beckford, a policeman who was stationed in Bethel Town,...

WESTERN BUREAU:With the crime situation in St James again getting worrisome, especially in light of recent incidents such as the quadruple murder in Cambridge, in which an eight-year-old child was among those killed, some stakeholders in the parish...

Western Bureau:Montego Bay Mayor Glendon Harris wants the police to thoroughly investigate the cause of the latest fire at the Retirement dump in St James, which left sections of the western city under a heavy cloud of smoke yesterday morning....