Western Bureau: Acting Superintendent of Police Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, has joined the growing list of persons calling for the authorities to repair the roadway in Lucea, which is riddled with potholes and leaking water mains...
Western Bureau: A senior Hanover justice of the peace (JP), who allegedly fled the scene of an accident on Independence Day, after he reportedly crashed into the vehicle of Hanover Custos Dr David Stair, is to be arrested and charged by the Hanover...
Western Bureau: With the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) August 12 deadline to fully restore electricity across the island now past, sections of Hanover are still seeking to address issues in some communities still without light. Hanover was...
Western Bureau: With the 2024-2025 school year on the horizon, 330 high-school and tertiary students from Hanover should now be feeling a fair amount of comfort, having been the recipients of more than US$350,000 in scholarship support from the...
WESTERN BUREAU: With a major uptick in the parish’s mosquito population since the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl, the Hanover Health Department (HHD) has embarked on a multifaceted drive to address the problem which has been bringing misery to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hopewell Church of God of Prophecy has expanded its soup kitchen operations from once a week to three or four days a week, now serving over 200 meals daily to the elderly and needy across several districts in Eastern Hanover....
WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-one students from 16 schools in Hanover Western who aced the Primary Exit Profile examinations have been awarded for their excellent performances. The students, their parents or guardians and teachers were all feted at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Health Department (HHD) was able to maintain its services across that parish throughout the passing of Hurricane Beryl, with full health services available in the remote areas within a day of the passing of the Category...
WESTERN BUREAU: The safety of residents in the Woodsville community in eastern Hanover hangs in the balance as they continue to use the Woodsville bridge that links their community to the rest of parish and sections of Westmoreland. Reconstructed...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC’s) office complex, located in Sir Alexander Bustamante Square, Lucea, has suffered an estimated millions of dollars in damage by the Category 4 hurricane Beryl. In an interview with The...
A late start to the consultation held in Eastern Hanover recently did not help to ease residents’ concerns about the workings of the $40 billion Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Development to our Road Network (SPARK) programme. This, as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association (JHTA) president Wayne Cummings believes that with the large number of tourism projects being proposed for the near future, there may well be a need for imported workers for the industry...
WESTERN BUREAU: In Hanover, the majority of the funds allocated by the Government for hurricane relief will go towards food and building material. Those are the items the parish’s political representatives say are in greatest demand. “I have been...
WESTERN BUREAU: Since Hurricane Beryl swept by last week, it has been common to witness people throughout Hanover parish coming together in large numbers, armed with tools, to clear roads and lend a helping hand wherever needed. With at least one...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover’s leading philanthropic body, Hanover Charities, has donated grants and scholarships to support the education and programmes of over 300 individuals and 30 organisations. The handover of the sums of money was done at Round...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of western Hanover have contributed nearly $5 million towards Kendal Primary School’s rehabilitation as an investment in the educational development of its youth. This follows the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF)...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the Hopewell Transport Centre in Hanover not being utilised for its original purpose, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is planning to use the space for public parking. “In a recent committee meeting, the transport centre...
WESTERN BUREAU: Four one-week summer camps will be staged by the Lennox Lewis League of Champions Foundation at Hopewell Sports and Community Centre in Hanover. Lewis, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, will host the camps in July. They...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Mayor of Lucea and councillor for the Sandy Bay division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), Andria Dehaney-Grant, has called for an upgrade of the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea from a Type C hospital. According to...
WESTERN BUREAU: With areas within Hanover having garbage uncollected for up to one month still awaiting service, Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited (WPMWML) has been told in no uncertain terms that it is failing the parish. The...
WESTERN BUREAU Residents across the parish of Hanover are expressing displeasure with the performance of the National Solid Waste Management Authority/Western Parks and Markets (NSWMA/WPM), with councillors unanimously insisting that senior...
WESTERN BUREAU: Arsonists are suspected to be wreaking havoc across the parish of Hanover, and have played a major role in the loss of property estimated to be valued at over $53 million. According to a report tabled at the May meeting of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: With 19 murders committed in Hanover since the start of the year, lead personnel in the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Hanover Division are viewing that figure positively. “We are looking at 19 (murders) now, 25 last year to date,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the Orchard Housing Scheme in Hopewell, Hanover, are calling for the removal of all political paraphernalia in their community. The call has come over two months after the local polls and against the background of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH NOT regarded as one of the crime hotspots in Hanover, the police say Hopewell has a high incidence of domestic violence. Inspector of Police Godfrey Lawrence, the officer in charge of the recently opened Hopewell Police...
