WESTERN BUREAU: A group of New York-based past students of Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has donated US$5,000 towards the rehabilitation of the school’s auditorium, which was significantly damaged during the passage of...
WESTERN BUREAU: OLYMPIAN KALIESE Spencer-Carter has been shortlisted to be part of a six-member delegation of local coaches, who will be deployed to the city of Tottori Prefecture, in Japan, under a new Japan-Jamaica exchange initiative known as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition spokesperson for tourism, Senator Janice Allen, is advocating for a shift in Jamaica’s tourism model to ensure the country retains at least 60 cents of every US dollar earned in the sector. She believes this change...
WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says the opening of the newly built Frome Police Station, in Westmoreland, is a clear indication of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) unwavering commitment to provide a safer environment to...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a startling outburst, hoteliers and business leaders in Negril have described the resort town – spanning both Westmoreland and Hanover – as filthy and are expressing deep concerns about its continued deterioration. Senior...
WESTERN BUREAU: Buoyed by encouraging crime figures in the first quarter of the year, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is optimistic that Jamaica could close 2025 with fewer than 800 murders – a milestone not seen in recent history. “...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Alfred Dawes is again echoing a call by the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) for a full audit of the J$25 billion the Government says has been spent on the rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Publisher, political commentator, and award-winning actor Lloyd B. Smith has revealed plans for a dramatic reenactment of National Hero Sam Sharpe’s trial and execution. The event will be part of efforts to establish the Sam...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, who is also the chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says a delegation of Japanese students from Tottori Prefecture is to visit the western parish later this year, and will...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite ongoing efforts to get the National Identification System (NIDS) fully operational as soon as possible, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, chairman of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), says NIDS will not be...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, who is also the island’s chief scout, says the transformative influence of the scouting programmes orchestrated by the Scout Association, which is being driven by committed adult...
WESTERN BUREAU: Enid Brown and her family are now in a celebratory mood as their wish for a new home was realised last Thursday when they were given the keys to their $10.5 million two-bedroom house, courtesy of the Ministry of Local Government...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mikael Phillips, the opposition spokesman on transport and mining, has criticised the steps being taken by the ruling Dr Andrew Holness-led Government with regard to the deployment of Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Conrad Thomas, the pastor of the Salt Spring Baptist Church in St James, says the community has the potential to be vibrant but is being held back by socioeconomic issues that need to be tackled and fixed. According to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Having signed a sister-school initiative with Japan’s Iwami High School, the administrators at Little London High School, Westmoreland, are now anxiously looking forward to seeing what benefits will come their way from the deal. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former People’s National Party (PNP) vice-president, Dr Karl Blythe, who served four terms as member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, has rejected a recent Nationwide/Bluedot poll suggesting that the ruling Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU: Danree Delancy, mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, has announced that the parish’s Little London High School has signed a sister school relationship with Iwami High School, which is located in the city of Tottori Prefecture in Japan....
WESTERN BUREAU: Pius Lacan, president of the Westmoreland Justices of the Peace Association (WJPA), has pledged to use his tenure to streamline the functions of justices of the peace (JP) in the parish, which will include bringing inactive members...
WESTERN BUREAU: After a prolonged dispute between the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), a path has now been cleared for work to commence on the construction of the highly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western business leaders and Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson have given mixed reactions to former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson’s statement on what he calls an unprecedented level of crime currently affecting Jamaica. This...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes believes there is an urgent need for a new hospital in Westmoreland, noting that overcrowding at health facilities across the parish is putting a severe strain on resources and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says he is ready to take to the street in protest, should a law be passed under the proposed republic system of government, which would allow a simple majority in the House of Representatives...
WESTERN BUREAU: Overseer Cassel Dunkley, head of the St Catherine-based Church of God in Christ Jesus Apostolic of Jamaica, is urging Jamaicans to unite behind the country’s latest anti-human trafficking initiative. This initiative aims to protect...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Richard Vernon is calling on the youth of St James to embrace climate action and take the lead in climate change mitigation efforts. During a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Vernon recognised...
WESTERN BUREAU Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, state minister in the Ministry of National Security, is urging students at Unity Primary School, in Westmoreland, to promptly report incidents of bullying to their principal, guidance counsellors, or a trusted...
