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Ferguson appointed regent of regional body

Published:Friday | May 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Former health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has been installed as the new regent for the Caribbean by the International College of Dentists (ICD), which is the world's oldest and largest honour society for dentists.Ferguson, who is a vice-president of...

District constable murdered in St Bess - Residents worried about itinerant criminals

Published:Monday | May 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:The St Elizabeth Police Division was in mourning yesterday morning when lawmen responding to reports of gunshots being fired in Cuffies Pen, off the Lacovia main road, found that the victim was their 56-year-old colleague, District...

MoBay’s football, a platform for peace

Published:Wednesday | May 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

In his first interview after Montego Bay United (MBU) FC snatched victory in the 2015-16 Red Stripe NPL finals, the team's coach, former national striker Paul 'Tegat' Davis, made an urgent plea to the youngsters of St James, which if heeded, could...

Mobay's killer dad found

Published:Friday | April 29, 2016 | 4:45 PMAdrian Frater

Rousevelt 'Timmy' Thomas, who allegedly confessed to killing his three-year-old daughter prior to making a daring escape from the Barnett Street Police Station in Montego Bay shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, is dead."At about 10:15 this morning (...

MoBay's wanted dad surrenders then escapes - Fled while being questioned about his daughter's death

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Fourteen hours after he surrendered to the police, Rousevelt 'Timmy' Thomas, the St James man who is the main suspect in the death of his three-year-old daughter, Lashaunie Thomas, is back on the run after allegedly escaping from the...

Child killed in MoBay, dad on the run

Published:Tuesday | April 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:The body of a three-year-old girl was found at the popular Dump Up Beach in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday, and based on preliminary investigations by the police, the child's father is believed to be the killer.Dead is Lashaunie...

More bloodletting in MoBay - Three killed in Charles Gordon Market

Published:Saturday | April 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Montego Bay's unenviable reputation as a bloody city continued to grow last Friday night when three men were shot dead and another shot and seriously injured when a group of gunmen ambushed them in a shop at the Charles Gordon Market....

Gunman killed in blazing Montego Bay shoot-out - Two guns recovered, another gunman hospitalised

Published:Friday | April 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:One man was shot and killed and two illegal firearms seized in Montego Bay, St James, early yesterday following a high-speed chase and a shoot-out between four gunmen travelling in a blue Toyota motor car and a police patrol, which...

Police puzzled by the reasons people kill

Published:Monday | April 18, 2016 | 10:21 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:While other crimes are trending down in St James, murders continue to be the proverbial thorn in the side of Senior Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor, the parish's commanding officer, who is often left puzzled by some of the...

Eyesore of the Week

Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 4:42 PMAdrian Frater

'Make primary health care a priority'

Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Some stakeholders are contending that if respectability is to return to the health sector, primary health care must get priority attention from the government in its 2016 Budget allocations."Primary health care must be treated as a...

St James bleeds as gunmen wreak havoc - Eight killings in a week, inclusive of double murders

Published:Tuesday | March 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:With the guns again barking with impunity and the spate of murders reaching frightening levels, fear is once again gripping many St James communities."This is too much to bear ... nine murders in seven days," said an elderly woman as...

Negril's troubling breakwater saga

Published:Thursday | March 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

With environmental experts aligned to the United Nations saying that Negril's breakwater could lose its scenic seven miles of white sand beaches to erosion within a decade, preserving and protecting the beaches has become a priority issue for...

Fix Negril but keep its charm - lobbyists

Published:Monday | March 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:While accepting that there is a need for infrastructural improvements, stakeholders in Negril want to retain the resort town's trademark charm, which they say has been one of the primary features that have been attracting visitors,...

Standalone photo for page C7

Published:Friday | March 18, 2016 | 2:13 PMAdrian Frater

Three persons to get new kidneys this weekend

Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:As the local health authorities continue to seek out creative ways to bring help to persons battling chronic kidney disease, three persons are poised to get new kidneys this weekend via transplants at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (...

Chinese workers cheaper than Jamaicans – contractor

Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 3:17 PMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:In reacting to claims that Chinese workers, who were brought into the island, were doing simple tasks on a multimillion-dollar hotel project in Negril, which Jamaican workers could easily handle, a Montego Bay-based contractor says...

High expectations loom in MoBay

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

With three of its members of parliament (MP) in the newly formed Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration, critical stakeholders in Montego Bay are envisaging an immediate halt to the city's flagging sphere of influence as a premier...

More concerns at Negril hotel project

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 4:30 PMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:It would appear that the questionable sand mining, which has outraged the Negril Chamber of Commerce and has seemingly left the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) with much to explain, is not the only major issue at the...

Eyesore of the week

Published:Saturday | March 12, 2016 | 5:07 PMAdrian Frater

Lawyer files for injunction to stop magisterial recount

Published:Friday | March 11, 2016 | 6:18 PMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Hugh Wildman, the attorney representing the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Homer Davis in the magisterial recount of ballots cast in Southern St James in the recent general election, has filed for an injunction in the Supreme Court,...

Cops still probing Sam Sharpe Square shooting - We have identified one of the killers, says McGregor

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:While a month has elapsed since armed thugs traded gunfire at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, the police's probe into the incident is still incomplete, though significant progress has been...

Triple murder rocks Norwood - Dispute over wet telephone the cause

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Three men were murdered gangland-style in the Shanty Town section of Norwood in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday in what Senior Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor has described as yet another example of the senseless killings...

Three killed in St James drive-by shooting

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

A large contingent of police personnel is now in the shanty town section of Norwood, St James following a triple murder around 1 o' clock today. The details of the shooting are not immediately clear, but it is understood that the victims were...

Eyesore of the week

Published:Friday | March 4, 2016 | 3:50 PMAdrian Frater

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