WESTERN BUREAU: The police station being built in Hopewell, Hanover is now looking like it will be ready to be served in soon as work has been taking place on the facility daily since the middle of December 2023. Following concerns by several...
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Clifford Chambers says on a comparative basis Hanover has the leading major crime figures across the country, as he noted that criminals are delivering a double whammy on businesses in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The murder of the bursar at the Hopewell High School in Hanover on Wednesday has stirred emotions in Hopewell and its adjoining communities, with residents expressing anger, disgust, and despondency. Thirty-five-year-old Jermaine...
Western Bureau: The People’s National Party (PNP) will be presenting its seven prospective local government election candidates for Hanover during a political function slated for January 21 next year at a venue to be decided in the parish capital,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels has expressed dismay at the slow pace of plans for a proposed police station in the fast-growing town of Hopewell in Hanover, this despite a steady uptick in crime in the parish. The facility had...
WESTERN BUREAU: The monument and sign showing that the town square in the Hanover capital, Lucea, is named in honour of National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante has been dug out by the National Works Agency (NWA) as part of plans being implemented to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Gerardo De Groot, general manager of the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa in Point, Hanover, says Jamaica is among the best and most sought-after destinations in Central America and the Caribbean, and local resorts can help...
WESTERN BUREAU: UNEASE HAS been residing in Hanover Eastern among the constituency executive of the People’s National Party (PNP) following the rejection of aspiring caretaker candidate for that constituency, Craig Oates. The 49-year-old former...
WESTERN BUREAU ALTHOUGH HE is a born and bred Hanover Eastern son, 49-year-old Craig Oates, who had put himself forward as an aspiring candidate in the Hanover Eastern constituency, to represent the People’s National Party (PNP) in the next general...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Internet Society Jamaica Chapter, in collaboration with the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), has donated and installed a cutting-edge Starlink high-speed broadband satellite Internet access kit to Kendal Early...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS IN Hanover will now access training and certification for work in the tourist industry in the parish, resulting from a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which has been signed between three establishments. HEART/NSTA Trust...
Western Bureau The number of deep rural districts in Hanover enjoying access to free Wi-Fi now stands at eight, as two more, Cascade in Hanover Eastern and Mount Peace in Hanover Western, have been added to the list benefiting through the Universal...
Western Bureau Residents of Hanover are counting their blessings as tropical cyclone number 22 had little or no effect on that parish. There was a light drizzle experienced across the parish between last Thursday and the morning hours of Friday,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following on a request from Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels for the Hanover Health Department (HHD) to make special checks in the Cleveland Stanhope Food Market in the Hanover parish capital, the HHD has put the matter back in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL UNEMPLOYED adults across Hanover are to be given an opportunity to get themselves employed, once they are prepared to undergo specialised training for the tourism sector, courtesy of a collaborative effort between the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Construction on a multistorey building on the main street in Hopewell, Hanover, is said to be taking place without any approved drawings at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC). The building is drawing the renewed attention of...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO GOVERNMENT agencies, The National Works Agency (NWA) and the National Water Commission (NWC), have come in for criticism at the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) November monthly meeting, as they are being blamed for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: With a list of activities slated to take place in Hanover, starting next Sunday and continuing until November 12 next year, the Hanover 300 planning committee is reporting that all their plans seem to be falling into place nicely....
WESTERN BUREAU: THIEVES ARE on the rampage in the usually quiet Hopewell community in Hanover, having broken into some four bar establishments over the last two weeks, and with two motor vehicles stolen during the last week. The multimillion-dollar...
WESTERN BUREAU: MORE THAN 300 Hanoverians, who turned out for the 12th in a series of Jamaica Regiment Band poppy appeal fundraising concerts, were treated to a musical feast at the Old Jockey Factory complex on Watson Taylor Drive, in Lucea,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Over 200 students from basic schools across the parish of Hanover were examined and treated for hearing abnormalities over a four-day period under a special project implemented through the Tryall Fund, a non-profit registered...
WESTERN BUREAU: When the next general election is called, there is expected to be a unique contest in Hanover Western, as two “home girls”, both of whom are practising attorneys in the parish of their birth, will be up against each other. Member of...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE SOME 126 persons were being given national honours and awards in Kingston on Monday, Hanover honoured 10 of its residents for outstanding service to community and the parish. Citations were read for the four men and six women...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH SANITARY conditions at food establishments being the main topic of discussion across Jamaica over the last week, the Hanover Health Department (HHD), in keeping with its mandate to oversee the sanitary conditions at all food...
WESTERN BUREAU: BROKEN CABLE wires, some dangling in mid-air, some touching the ground in the middle of streets, and others hanging across driveways and streets, are a cause of major concern in the town of Lucea, Hanover. During the October monthly...
