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Former cop heads to FIU to pursue law - Marva Matthews making MoBay proud

Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

When Marva Matthews joined the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) just over 23 years ago, the Montego Bay native saw it as an opportunity to serve her country in the restoration of law and order, which was under threat with 'street values' steadily...

'Butch' Stewart cops Pioneer Award - Tourism legend strikes gold at Hospitality Awards

Published:Saturday | November 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Business mogul Gordon 'Butch' Stewart created history last night when he became the first recipient of the prestigious Pioneer Award at the RJRGLEANER Communications Group Hospitality Jamaica Awards, which took place at the Montego...

Cops kill three in Salt Spring, resident angry

Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Residents in the volatile Salt Spring community in St James are now seething as they are hotly disputing the police's version of an incident in which three men were killed in an alleged confrontation with the lawmen early yesterday...

Mt Salem residents want to milk ZOSO fully

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Clearly pleased with the stability that the zone of special operations (ZOSO) has brought to their community, some residents of Mt Salem in Montego Bay, St James, are quite pleased with the decision to extend the initiative by another...

Classes to resume at Anchovy High following attack on teacher by female students

Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Classes are slated to resume on Campus One at Anchovy High School in St James today, following yesterday's suspension in the wake of an incident in which the dean of discipline was attacked by a group of girls. He suffered a serious...

Ramble Clinic getting J$3million upgrade

Published:Friday | October 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:The Ramble Health Centre in Ramble, Hanover, is now being upgraded at a cost of J$3 million. This is designed to improve the quality of service to the 6,000 outpatients who look to the clinic for primary health care.The upgrade, which...

Montego Bay's research moving to Africa - Oral sex gum disease clinical trial for the Cameroon

Published:Friday | September 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:The clinical trial by the Montego Bay-based International Postgraduate Medical College (IPMC) to find a cure for a troublesome gum disease, which is being linked to cunnilingus (oral sex), is to be done in Bangante in the Republic of...

Big gun bust - Four M16s among major find in Flanker raid

Published:Monday | September 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Four M16 assault rifles, a Glock 40 pistol and a quantity of assorted ammunition were seized in Flanker, St James, yesterday, during a nine-hour police-military operation that targeted the much-feared 'Red Dirt' section of the...

ZOSO meets politics on Bunting’s tour

Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:People's National Party (PNP) supporters in Mt Salem, St James, added a political spin on the zones of special operation (ZOSOs), telling Peter Bunting, the opposition spokesman on national security, that they believe politics was at...

St James gangsters fleeing ZOSO in droves

Published:Monday | September 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

 Western Bureau - Gunmen are reportedly fleeing from St James in droves as indications are that they are fearful that the zone of special operations, which is now concentrated in Mt Salem, might soon be expanded into the other...

Saturday success in ZOSO - Wanted man held, four illegal guns and ammunition seized and social intervention begins in Mount Salem

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:An AK-47 rifle with one magazine and five live rounds, a 9mm pistol and two home-made guns were found; two men believed involved in serious crimes held; lead sheets used in the lottery scam seized, and scores of residents turned out...

Mt Salem grace period ends with just one gun

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:With just hours to go before the five-day grace period for illegal weapons found on premises in Mount Salem, St James, ended yesterday, it would appear that the offer, which was made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, fell flat as the...

ZOSO lull in Mount Salem - Residents await social intervention benefits

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of the Mount Salem community in Montego Bay, St James, who had mistakenly thought that the zone of special operations (ZOSO) initiative had been lifted on Monday night, after some of the barriers that were erected on Friday...

Smooth start to school in Mount Salem - Principal supports ZOSO initiative

Published:Monday | September 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Despite being subjected to searches at the various police-military checkpoints, it was an uneventful first day of the 2017 school year for the students from Mount Salem in St James, which was declared the nation's first zone of...

Controversial murder figures cause tension in Mount Salem

Published:Monday | September 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Some communities surrounding Mount Salem in Montego Bay, St James, that many believe should have been included in the zone of special operations, could come up for consideration once the security forces have completed the ongoing...

Cash for guns - Holness announces reward programme, moratorium on weapons finds in Mount Salem ZOSO

Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced a massive national firearm recovery reward programme as well as a five-day grace period for illegal weapons found on premises in the Mount Salem community, which was last Friday...

Learning on a Battlefield | Students' safety concerns in MoBay

Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Administrators at several schools in Montego Bay, St James, are entering the new academic year with cautious optimism in a parish which has seen almost 200 murders since the start of this year.Mount Salem in the parish was last Friday declared the...

Faulty data! - Residents challenge crime figures used to declare Mount Salem zone of special operations

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:While praising the professionalism of the military and police personnel who have been on the ground in their community since early Friday morning, some residents of Mount Salem are adamant that Prime Minister Andrew Holness acted on...

Concerns over demand for IDs from persons wanting to enter or leave ZOSO

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

While, for the most part, the interaction between members of the security forces and residents of Mount Salem, St James, has been good in the first two days since the area was declared Jamaica's first zone of special operations (ZOSO), there are...

Special treatment - Military, police take charge of volatile Mt Salem

Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica got its first taste of the zones of special operation (ZOSO) initiative yesterday when a large contingent of military and police personnel blanketed the volatile Mount Salem community in St James, which is one of the hotbeds...

UPDATE: At least 20 detained in Mt Salem Zone of Special Operations

Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

At least 20 people have been detained as the security forces take control of Mount Salem in St James, which was today declared the first zone of special operations. The special zone was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning...

Gruesome execution in Montego Bay

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Traffic along the busy Queen's Drive in Montego Bay, St James, was brought to an unexpected halt yesterday morning as a gunman exited a vehicle and murdered an elderly motorist in full view of score of onlookers.The deceased,...

Hanover cops turn to social intervention to fight crime

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Without waiting on the input of external agencies, the leadership of the Hanover Police Division has launched an ambitious social intervention agenda, which is designed to promote integration, curb lawlessness, and restore peace to...

Hanover's most wanted killed in battle with cops

Published:Monday | August 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:Notorious gangster Delroy 'Eye' Roach, who sat atop the Hanover police's most wanted list, was reportedly shot and killed when he traded bullets with lawmen after he was cornered in the Hopewell community on Sunday, shortly after 6 p....

St James corporation to hand out $6.8m in back-to-school help

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:The St James Municipal Corporation has made provisions for the councillors aligned to the corporation to expend approximately $6.8 million to assist constituents with back-to-school purchases.According to Montego Bay's mayor,...

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