Western Bureau: Life has returned to normal for the five families in Logwood district, Hanover, who were cut off from other sections of their community by floodwaters following heavy rains from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Laura, which lashed...
Western Bureau: Despite the uncertainty surrounding the start of the new school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scores of children in Hanover were nonetheless provided with free medical check-ups on Saturday, through an initiative by the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately nine years after construction started on a water-distribution system in Hanover Eastern, it was finally commissioned into service on Saturday, with Prime Minister Andrew Holness doing the honours. A total of 5,000...
Western Bureau: The Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, is now better equipped to handle patients with respiratory problems, thanks to a gift of six much-needed nebuliser machines courtesy of the Grand Palladium Hotel Staff Association and the...
Western Bureau: Despite having less than 10 per cent occupancy and cognisant of the increasing calls for the borders to be closed to American tourists as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge in that country, the Grand Palladium Hotel in Lucea,...
Western Bureau: The squatters who have been illegally constructing houses along the coastline in Lucea, Hanover, will not get a chance to become entrenched as the town’s mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, has begun taking steps to have them...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Public Service (JPS) says the accident-prone five-kilometre stretch of roadway between Orange Bay and the tourist resort town of Negril in western Hanover is poised to be properly lit with street lights by the end of the...
Western Bureau: After a twice-extended amnesty, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has said it will be adopting a zero-tolerance approach to persons who have failed to address building breaches. The amnesty was introduced on November 1, 2019...
Western Bureau: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), which has reportedly been losing a substantial amount of revenue due to various breaches, is now taking steps to increase its revenue collection with the hiring of a revenue/commercial...
Western Bureau: Front-line health workers in Hanover are said to be struggling in their quest to properly monitor the number of persons in the parish who are supposed to be under home quarantine and, as a consequence, a request has been made to the...
Western Bureau: A move, spearheaded by justices of the peace (JPs) is now being made to construct a cenotaph in Lucea, the capital of Hanover, in recognition of the Jamaican servicemen of the past, especially those who served in the two world wars...
WESTERN BUREAU: Farmers in Hanover got a chance to be integrally involved in the annual parish Social Development Commission’s (SDC) Local Economic Initiative (LEI) exhibition and bus tour, which was staged last Thursday at the Watson Taylor Park...
Western Bureau: Thanks to innovation, the COVID-19 pandemic did not spoil the school-leaving exercise for the grade-six students at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell as in place of the traditional ceremony, the students did a ‘walk-through’ on...
WESTERN BUREAU: The more than 70 men and women who work at the fire station in Lucea, Hanover, should be operating from a more comfortable surrounding very soon, as their current accommodation is poised to undergo a major refurbishing work at a...
Western Bureau: The Social Development Commission (SDC) has been mandated to monitor the use of public beaches and rivers, which were recently given the green light to reopen on June 7, to ensure that social distancing and other health protocols...
WESTERN BUREAU: The plan to establish a justice centre in Hanover is said to be still on the front burner, despite a halt in implementing the project as a result of the onset of COVID-19 and other logistical issues, which are now being dealt with...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Dr David Stair is urging residents of Hanover and the wider Jamaica to take responsibility for their health by following the health protocols issued by the Government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think we just...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in Cold Spring, Hanover, who staged a massive demonstration last March, demanding that the Cold Spring to Thompson Hill roadway be repaired, must now be feeling a sense of accomplishment as the subsequent repair work,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Principals in Hanover have raised concerns that the configuration of school plants may hamstring attempts to conform to COVID-19 health protocols, with six-foot social-distancing stipulations the biggest challenge for the start of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The recent letter from Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck to president of the Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), Dr Lynden Rose, calling for justices of the peace (JPs) in each parish to operate under one umbrella, has...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SITUATION which sees some parishes having two separate organisations representing justices of the peace (JPs) is poised to become a thing of the past, as Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has issued an edict to end the practice and...
WESTERN BUREAU: MASHARIO BISSASOR, the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) parish manager for Hanover, says that based on the ongoing survey being undertaken in the parish, the bars and taverns have been meeting the standard outlined to combat...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE OFFICE of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Hanover is now in the process of putting the final touches on its preparedness plans for the upcoming hurricane season, which starts on June 1. Topping the...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE REOPENING of community bars and taverns in Hanover has sparked the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) and the Social Development Commission (SDC) into action, as they are now collaborating in a survey to determine if these...
WESTERN BUREAU: At least one business entity in Lucea, Hanover, has responded to the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), which recently raised concerns about customers congregating on the outside of business places and not obeying the social-...
