WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has given instructions to Marlene Malahoo Forte, minister of legal and constitutional affairs, to proceed with “speed” towards transforming Jamaica into a republic. “It is time that Jamaica becomes a...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND Health Services is campaigning against disease prevention, and urging parents and guardians to ensure that children under their care get the requisite vaccinations to guard against the contraction of diseases,...
WESTERN BUREAU: FALMOUTH MAYOR Collen Gager believes that the direct election of mayors could place someone with a better management plan at a disadvantage, especially if supporters of political parties are in the majority in towns and cities...
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says there is an ongoing need for skilled workers to supplement the depleting pool of local skilled people to build the Western Children’s Hospital in St James. His statement...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed that a new contractor is to be engaged before the current fiscal year ends, to complete the third and final stage of rehabilitation works at the Cornwall Regional...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTERN Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has been operating with an inadequate fleet to respond to medical emergencies. Lennox Wallace, acting chief executive officer at the 50-year-old Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), says the...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTERN Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has dismissed claims by the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) about a hiring dispute between some qualified doctors and the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James. St...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND WELLNESS Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has expressed fears that the country’s fleet of medical emergency vehicles could become even more inadequate to respond to the needs of Jamaicans, given the culture of crime and...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEDICAL STAFF at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) could resume caring for patients and dispensing medicine on a section of the Type A medical facility before the end of the 2023 calendar year. That’s according to Health and...
Western Bureau: Rotarians joined in the celebration to welcome Rajay Hessing, the first baby born at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland on New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1. At exactly 1:50 am, health-care workers delivered...
WESTERN BUREAU: The leader of one community organisation is urging the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s western arm to rethink plans to extend its night collection to structured communities, citing safety concerns. “It is too dangerous...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Ellen Edwards, director of the online-based Open College University Experience, says close to 800 Jamaicans from all over the island have so far benefited freely from the educational outreach arm of the Church of God of Prophecy...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dramaine Jones, acting head of Western Parks and Market Limited (WPM), is reporting that a seven-day cycle of scheduled collection of garbage has returned to communities across western Jamaica. He said the escalated issues of...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAVEN SENT Foundation, Street People Liberation, Team Lacks and Friends Mercy House emerged overall winners in the charitable organisation category of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation’s 2022 Grant a Wish programme....
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND business community has pointed to crime and violence as among factors that dampened the usual colourful and electrifying celebrations over the Christmas holidays. Outside of not having enough money to spend despite...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the once-troubled St James community of Salt Spring are looking beyond the glitz and dazzle to the groundswell of pride for having a Christmas tree in their backyard this holiday. The six-foot-tall Christmas tree,...
WESTERN BUREAU: VIRIS LYNCH and her two visually impaired daughters are among several families in Westmoreland slated to receive housing solutions under the Government’s indigent social housing programme, valued at approximately $25.7 million....
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is seeking to get more Jamaicans to embrace the culture of composting in a bid to reduce the volume of waste being transported to the country’s landfills. NSWMA Executive...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) community Christmas tree-lighting ceremony last Friday brought cheers among the residents of the seaside community of Cooke Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. The event, the residents...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister – West, has challenged public sector workers, especially those who work with municipal corporations, to take immediate steps to improve and empower themselves through...
WESTERN BUREAU: There was a swell of excitement among stakeholders in Westmoreland as they witnessed this year’s municipal Christmas Tree-lighting ceremony and entertainment package organised by the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) in...
Western Bureau Desmond McKenzie, the portfolio minister with responsibility for markets owned by municipal corporations across the island, has acknowledged that the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland is in need of serious rehabilitation works,...
WESTERN BUREAU: VENDORS AND taxi operators have been given an indefinite extension to continue operating along Great George Street in Savanna-la-Mar, the Westmoreland parish capital, until otherwise advised by the police, the Transport Authority...
WESTERN BUREAU: BARRINGTON McINTOSH, his physically challenged common-law wife Winsome Jones, and their two children, are beaming with pride after being presented with a social housing solution valued at over $10 million by the Ministry of Local...
WESTERN BUREAU: Human rights lobby groups came under fire from senior cabinet minister Desmond McKenzie who has rebuked their continuous criticism of the Government’s response to crime surges, and for their support of criminals who are...
