WESTERN BUREAU: REELING FROM the economic impact of the coronavirus, the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association (WHGFA) is seeking the Government’s approval to establish a ganja free zone to grow and sell their products within an...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LIVING conditions of two different sets of families who reside in east central St James were vastly improved after they were each presented with the keys to their own two-bedroom house by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH 65 emergency shelters already inspected and signed off as fit for purpose, the St James Municipal Corporation is reporting that it is in a heightened state of readiness to mitigate disaster in the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has said Jamaica is short of adequate and highly trained contractors to effectively handle the scope of work required to build out the country’s infrastructure. Holness made that remark 0n Friday during...
WESTERN BUREAU: Eonomic growth in fast-rising St Elizabeth towns has lured migratory criminals to the southwestern parish, which is a great concern for law enforcers. That’s presenting a threat to emerging hubs like Junction, where people are...
WESTERN BUREAU The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development says Jamaicans are embarrassing their country, the institution of government and their guests when they fail to observe state protocols in relation to the use of the National...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is defending the ability of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to respond to all situations, arguing that the island’s soldiers are well trained. Chang was speaking with The Gleaner yesterday...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation took the National Water Commission (NWC) to task at its latest meeting on Thursday, urging staff of the state entity to put the same fervour shown in their two-day industrial action this week...
WESTERN BUREAU: Airbnb stakeholders who operate through the Jamaica Home Sharing Association (JHSA) say they are ready to cash in on the live, in-person return of Reggae Sumfest to Montego Bay in July. Following a two-year, pandemic-induced...
WESTERN BUREAU: There are mixed views from the leadership of the five craft markets operating in Montego Bay, St James, on forecasts of a positive inflow of business with the return of the Reggae Sumfest music festival in July. After a two-year...
WESTERN BUREAU: IAN MYLES, chairman of the physical planning, environment and development committee of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says there is no commencement date on the near horizon for a fruit and vegetable market which the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Head of the St Elizabeth Police Division, Superintendent Dwight Daley, has called on residents in the parish to use the free public Wi-Fi hotspot to share information on paedophiles, and those involved in lottery scamming activities...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Junction welcomed the opportunity to be able to browse the Internet while on the go and to access data critical to educational needs in the St Elizabeth town. The residents say that they have been able to access the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Public transport operators in Westmoreland are opposing a proposal by the local municipality to relocate the park from uptown to downtown Savanna-la-Mar. The operators say they welcome the need to streamline and regulate the flow...
WESTERN BUREAU: EVEN AS schoolchildren are celebrating the establishment of free public access to the Internet in Savanna-la-Mar, Hartley Perrin, custos of Westmoreland, has encouraged residents to embrace the colour of their skin. He identified...
WESTERN BUREAU: Five-year-old Amirah Watson of Hosanna Preparatory School in St James emerged the 2022 Kiwanis Club of Providence Montego Bay Kiddie Bee Spelling champion. Kahlil Walker of the Nest Nursery and Preparatory School and Sienna Belle of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent Wayne Josephs, acting head of the Westmoreland Police Division, has urged citizens of the parish to remain alert while accessing the free public Wi-Fi Internet service. He said the provision of free Internet...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the projection of approximately 1,500 tradesmen and labourers needed for phase one of the construction of the Princess Hotels and Resorts in Green Island, Hanover, Morland Wilson, the member of parliament (MP) for Western...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), Janet Silvera, issued a call to action for workers in the hospitality sector to pay more attention to climate change, so as not to become overwhelmed with natural...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE GOVERNMENT has indicated that it will not be eavesdropping on telephone calls of Jamaicans as part of its crime-fighting measures towards weeding out criminal gangsters, even as the fight to eradicate the deadly lotto scamming...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Jamaica Constabulary Force Area One Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford Chambers, says that persons involved in the illicit lottery scamming trade can expect to face intense heat in the coming weeks as...
WESTERN BUREAU: “It was a contract killing,” says Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang of the drive-by shooting that left two persons dead, including three-year-old Kamoill Williams Jr, in Cascade, Hanover, on Wednesday, April 20. Dr...
WESTERN BUREAU: A foundation to honour the memory of Jennel Walters, a 12-year-old girl who died tragically during flood rains on Tuesday, will be launched later this year. Christine Gilbert, the mother of the late seventh-grader at Montego Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore has told squatters of Little Bay, Brighton and Salmon Point in Westmoreland that they should stand firm in the fight for the lands they have been living on for many decades. “We will fight, fight,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Thursday blamed poor infrastructure and a lacklustre garbage-collection system for Tuesday’s devastating floods that caused the death of 12-year-old Jennel Walters, whose grandmother, 68-year-old...
