Christopher Thomas

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Published:Saturday | May 31, 2025 | 12:09 AM WESTERN BUREAU:The three former employees of the Clifton Boys’ Home in Darliston, Westmoreland, who were arrested and charged in 2021 for allegedly abusing eight wards at the facility, have been acquitted of the charges following their latest appearance in the Westmoreland Parish Court.

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU:Following in the wake of reports earlier this week that a British national had to leave Jamaica to seek medical treatment overseas, after being bitten by a shark in St James, Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority, has sought to assure the public that local health facilities are properly equipped to address medical emergencies.

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Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2025 | 12:06 AM Previous Pause Next WESTERN BUREAU:Clinical psychologist Dr Georgia Rose believes that discussions on interpersonal violence and abuse must seek to erase long-held, gender-based stereotypes on the subject, such as male abuse victims being weak, or women being only victims but not aggressors.

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU: It took more than ten years, three police officers, and a change of parish before Mercia Fraser could finally say the words she had waited so long to utter: “Now we can go and deal with our closure and say that it is done.” Fraser, mother of the late Mario Deane, is relieved that justice was finally served after a jury in Westmoreland found Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant guilty in connection with her son’s 2014 death – but she cannot...

1 week ago | jamaica-gleaner.com | Christopher Thomas

WESTERN BUREAU:More than a decade after her son, Mario Deane, was brutally beaten in a jail cell over a ganja spliff, Mercia Fraser is still haunted by the loss – but now, she is finding purpose in her pain. Just days after a Westmoreland jury convicted three police officers for their roles in Mario’s death, Fraser shared that she plans to launch a foundation in her son’s name – a lasting legacy for a life cut short.