WESTERN BUREAU: Students of Cornwall College will return to school today for grief counselling after classes were suspended on Monday following the death of Spanish teacher Kamika Warren on the weekend. The 41-year-old Warren, a senior teacher who...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANGLICAN BISHOP of Jamaica Dr Howard Gregory says the mere reduction of crime statistically will not address the longstanding problem of criminality that has plagued the nation for decades. Speaking at last week’s official opening...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADMINISTRATORS AT the Clifton Boys’ Home in Westmoreland are heartened at the work of members of Manning’s School’s Key Club for their generous donation of $100,000 to aid in the care and development of 26 boys under their care. “We...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the West Indies, Dr Howard Gregory, has called for the Government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final Appellate Court. “We must also support and advocate for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has indicated that land at Albion Heights in St James would be transferred to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society (RCGBS) by the end of June. “This property ultimately belongs to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Arjun McPherson of the Jamaica Rifle Association produced a dominant display, outshooting several other licensed firearm shooters to win the third annual David McMorris Memorial Cup Championship at the weekend. McPherson, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR MICHELE Walden-Pinnock, director of region four in the Ministry of Education and Youth, says STEM education provides the hope needed to transform the country’s agriculture and healthcare sectors for growth and survival. “The STEM...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is urging Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish, arguing that an abstention would help in saving the environment and prevent flooding. Parrot fish are noted to play an important role...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE OFFICE of the Prime Minister says Pinnacle and its construction company, Brothers Concept and Solutions Limited, have advanced the use of building technology which is now serving as a game changer in the local construction...
WESTERN BUREAU Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, says property owners and business operators are delinquent in excess of $3 billion in property tax and trade licence fees. There are 60,038...
WESTERN BUREAU: Social media brand ambassadors attached to the US Embassy have encouraged approximately 50 students from Green Pond High School in St James that they do not have to abandon their rural communities to benefit from the country’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: TRANSPORTATION MOGUL Oliver Townsend says residents of St Thomas can now look forward to luxury passenger and courier transportation services via his Knutsford Express bus services come January 2025. “We are almost islandwide, and...
WESTERN BUREAU: FORMER COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson has labelled as “parasites” criminal gangsters who are now terrorising law-abiding citizens in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Anderson, who demitted office on Monday, March 18...
WESTERN BUREAU: While an emergency outlet exists in terms of a water crisis in Westmoreland, Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Danree Delancy, says he will not support the use of its Special Grant and Repairs (SGR) Fund at this time. Instead, he has decided...
WESTERN BUREAU: BUSINESS AND civic leaders in Westmoreland have welcomed the initiative to construct a new headquarters for the Westmoreland Police Division. The state-of-the-art police facility will be built at a cost of $2.7 billion over the next...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SECOND person in her family to have achieved the century landmark, Keturah Headley-Campbell has set an example for generations in the family to follow by eating healthy foods and making a living off raising chickens. Born in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A HEIGHTENED level of fear has gripped residents of Grange Hill in Westmoreland to the point that they are now calling for a state of public emergency (SOE) or zone of special operations (ZOSO) to restore law and order to their once...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FATHER and a stepfather of two teenage boys who were alleged to have died during a police high-speed chase in Westmoreland are among family members and friends left grieving, and who vented their frustrations by mounting...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Beckford, commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), says the 90-year-old Black River Fire Station and divisional headquarters is now suitable to effectively serve the people of the parish of St Elizabeth including...
WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, says the parish of Westmoreland has created history in that three women will be serving as councillors in the municipal corporation at the same time. Delancy, who was...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS LIVING and operating businesses on West End Road in Negril, Westmoreland, are fearful that a major health issue could result from them not having access to an adequate supply of potable water running through their pipes...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANGELLA SAMUELS, 65, and her deaf-mute son O’Neil Allen, 50, who died together in a traffic accident, were eulogised as having a passion for fashion and sci-fi movies, respectively, at their thanksgiving service on Sunday at...
WESTERN BUREAU: While the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won all three constituencies in Westmoreland in the 2020 general election, the People’s National Party (PNP) turned the tables in Monday’s local government elections, grabbing 11 of 14...
WESTERN BUREAU: Danree Delancy, the man who was ousted as deputy mayor of Savanna-la-Mar in the last Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) administration, is now tipped to become the new mayor. Delancy, the current councillor-elect for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: DANIEL LAWRENCE, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the rehabilitation of a farm road leading to the Whitehouse Fishing Beach has provided greater opportunities for growth and job creation. “This road opens up...
