WESTERN BUREAU: ON FRIDAY, Stacy-Ann Dunkley stared blankly as she spoke about her son Raniel Plummer’s request to be transferred from Irwin High School in St James. That request will never come to fruition as the 15-year-old boy was stabbed and...
WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Palace Aquarelle, located in Falmouth, is set to open its doors to guests on May 4 and with 753 rooms, and will become RIU Resorts’ largest five-star hotel in Jamaica. Speaking at a sneak preview event held on property for...
WESTERN BUREAU: A pall of grief hung over the south Trelawny community of Litchfield on Tuesday, as loved ones of slain Constable Ricardo Fairclough struggled to cope with his murder. Fairclough, who was assigned to the St Ann Divisional...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Trelawny Municipal Corporation is distancing itself from the circumstances leading to the tragic death of 72-year-old Coral Brissett, who was hospitalised for two weeks after falling into a ditch at his gate. Brissett, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FAMILY of 72-year-old Coral Brissett is seeking monetary assistance for his repatriation to the United Kingdom (UK) after a “life-changing accident” at the entrance of his Jackson Town, Trelawny, home. The elderly man’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST ANN Municipal Corporation is yet to conduct site visits after the full completion of the building phase at the luxury homes plagued by mould and structural issues at Pyramid Point in Ocho Rios. However, CEO Jennifer Brown-...
WESTERN BUREAU: RENEGOTIATING WITH the Jamaican Government for “liveable wages” on behalf of educators took precedence during the final day of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 60th anniversary Education Conference as six president-elect...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the global educational sector moves towards inclusive and innovative learning, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson is underscoring the importance of embracing the science, technology, engineering, arts...
WESTERN BUREAU: ST JAMES’ Herbert Morrison Technical High School is moving towards fully embracing STEAM education through their industrious engineering club, says mechanical technology teacher Kevin Coke. Coke, while speaking to The Gleaner at...
WESTERN BUREAU: DELROY PATTERSON’S parents walked so he could fly. And after five years of living his dream as a pilot in the United States of America, they stood proudly and watched as he landed at Sangster International Airport (SIA) in...
WITH THE February 26 local government elections slowly becoming a distant memory, the mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, is urging that his colleague councillors and caretakers remove election paraphernalia from the parish’s streets....
CELEBRATION CONTINUES into the 75th anniversary of women in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), as 30 trailblazing women across Area One were feted by charitable organisation Sarah’s Children and S Hotel. The women, whose ranks ranged from...
AMID THE growing frustration of census workers over remuneration, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has failed to outline a timeline for payments owed for the recently concluded 2022 population and housing census. The census commenced...
While recognising that their birth country is buckling at its knees, due to high levels of crime and violence, a handful of Haitians who now reside in Jamaica are throwing support behind the Government’s decision to deny entry to their fellow...
NEWLY INSTALLED Mayor of St Ann’s Bay, Michael Belnavis, is hoping to foster growth in St Ann by building fruitful partnerships with stakeholders in the parish. The mayor’s declaration came after People’s National Party (PNP) councillor for the...
HUMBLED THAT he is now the youngest mayor of Montego Bay at age 34, Richard Vernon is hoping that other youths are encouraged to serve their country politically. Vernon, who is councillor for the Montego Bay South division, was elected on Thursday...
ST JAMES’ SENIOR Superintendent of Police Vernon Ellis says significant strides have been made in the fight against information theft in Jamaica’s outsourcing sector. Ellis was speaking during a panel discussion at the Global Services Association...
MINISTER OF National Security Dr Horace Chang says investments being made to the country’s cybersecurity will ultimately attract more international businesses to local shores. Chang, who was delivering the keynote address during the Global...
KIMONA ROWE’S teary eyes told a story of great loss as she struggled to come to grips with the shooting death of her dad, Everol Rowe, in Frome, Westmoreland. The elder Rowe was one of three men fatally shot after armed men opened fire at patrons...
JUBILANT PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) supporters flooded the streets of Cambridge in the St James Southern constituency after an “almost clean sweep” in Monday’s local government elections. The Comrades walked away with three of the four...
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) reaffirmed its dominance in St James by retaining control of the municipal corporation, overcoming a sluggish start at polling stations on Monday. The Labourites walked away with 11 seats while the People’s National...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thursday’s fire at the Negril Great Morass has reignited major concerns surrounding climate change and its negative implications by stakeholders in the resort town. The fire has reportedly been on and off since last week; however,...
WESTERN BUREAU: SHARING THAT he took a leave of absence from his studies to focus on next week’s local government election, People’s National Party (PNP) councillor candidate Ronaldo Jackson is confident that he will be the change needed in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Samuel Copeland rushed his common-law wife, Felician Guthrie, to the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester last Saturday night, he did not imagine that he would soon watch her take her last breath. Guthrie’s death has marked the...
The People’s National Party candidate for the Rose Hall division in St James, Jason Cummings, is denying any involvement in the murder of a 44-year-old mentally ill man, who allegedly torched the politician’s car on Thursday night. In an interview...
