WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS AND business operators in the Hanover capital of Lucea are placing blame on the National Works Agency (NWA) for its lack of action and foresight, which they say is the main factor causing the Riley River to overflow its...
WESTERN BUREAU: AN INCREASE in the rat population in Hopewell, Hanover, has prompted councillor for the Hopewell division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation, Devon Brown, to call on the Hanover Health Department (HHD) to do nightly spot checks on...
WESTERN BUREAU: THOUSANDS OF adults and students from western Hanover, who formerly had little or no access to Internet connection and the use of Wi-Fi, will as of Friday, April 22 be able to access and use that medium for both work, school and...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEDICAL OFFICER of Health for Hanover, Dr Kaushal Singh, is advising Jamaicans to continue following health precautions established under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), to prevent contracting the COVID-19 virus. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by the Hanover police, as residents of Lucea search for the individual who used black paint to deface a recently painted mural in the town centre. The mural, which was done under the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER Municipal Corporation (HMC) is contemplating pursuing legal action against the National Water Commission (NWC) because of the length of time the state agency takes to repair roads dug up to service water mains. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Against the background of a number of students being involved in negative behaviour since the return of face-to-face classes in schools islandwide, administrators in four Hanover schools participated in an initiative aimed at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, is calling for more unity within the party to ensure that it replaces the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at the next set of elections. Addressing a public meeting in Orange Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding says that if the present Government does not make use of the opportunity to have Jamaica become a republic by dispensing with the Queen as its head of state, the next People’s National Party (...
WESTERN BUREAU: LEADER OF the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding says that he is very suspicious of changes being made within the civil service, particularly in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), an executive agency,...
Western Bureau: Former footballer and outstanding coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, of Hopewell, in Hanover, who passed away after a brief period of illness on Wednesday February 2, 2022, was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery yesterday....
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER’S RESIDENTS have now been joined by their local government representatives in condemning the unreliable manner in which the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets carry out their...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, has applied to the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) for permission to implement a project in that parish, aimed at providing educational value...
WESTERN BUREAU: Investors with businesses located on Main Street in Lucea, Hanover, are now on edge. They claim that there is a potentially damaging situation looming regarding their investments, as any amount of rainfall in the area, any time soon...
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr, has described farming as one of the pathways that persons can take towards earning and achieving prosperity at a very young age. Charles said, for the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: CONCERNS ARE high within the capital town of Lucea, Hanover, about what appears to be an increase in the number of mentally ill persons now roaming the streets of that town. Councillor Daren Barnes and Deputy Mayor of Lucea Andria...
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER’S CHIEF Medical Officer Dr Kaushal Singh has expressed the view that while the COVID-19 infections within the parish are trending down, he is disappointed that persons across the parish are not taking the vaccines. “The...
WESTERN BUREAU: AS THE voices get louder nationally against the noise pollution being created by motorcyclists, and the number of them involved in criminal activities, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Hanover Division, has joined the cry for more...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROBLEM of a lack of communication between the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) and administrators at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), coupled with the inactivity of the light and power company within the parish, has...
WESTERN BUREAU: Based on the availability of healthcare facilities and health practices by individuals across the country, the life expectancy of Jamaicans has increased over time, with persons living to the age of 70 years and over a common...
WESTERN BUREAU: There were broad smiles and joyful reunions among students and teachers as full-scale engagement of in-person classes resumed islandwide on Monday, with only shift-system schools being allowed another two weeks for complete...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Parish Development Committee (PDC) has embarked on an environmental project to plant trees on school grounds across the parish, aimed at providing both food and shade, while also enhancing the natural environment within...
WESTERN BUREAU: CUSTOS OF Hanover Dr David Stair has described the present Jamaican society as lacking in quality leaders, unlike those of Jamaica’s past who were willing to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of the masses. “I have thought...
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant General Secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) Collin Virgo has lashed out against the now common practice of hiring persons in various industries as contract labourers, arguing that the Government and...
WESTERN BUREAU: THOUSAND OF persons who use the roadway that links the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland, specifically between the Hanover district of Chester Castle and the Westmoreland township of Bethel Town, will be in for a more comfortable...
