WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Deputy Mayor Andria Dehaney-Grant is expressing concern over an increase in the number of of mentally ill people on the streets of Hanover, wondering whether they are just showing up in the parish or if they are being...
The Hanover Health Department (HHD) says that following the inspection of canteens at several schools in the parish over the course of last month, they have concluded that many are operating under conditions deemed as unacceptable. Consequently, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuel is not happy with the time it is taking to survey the property boundaries at the Orchard (Old Steamer) beach in Hopewell, Hanover. The title for the property was recently handed over to the Hanover...
Protracted drought conditions are having a devastating effect on Hanover, where agricultural production is being affected by shortage of water and increased bushfires. Acres of land, which were once lush green, are becoming dry and parched....
WESTERN BUREAU: Collin Virgo, the assistant general secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), is again calling for an end to contract work arrangements in the labour force, saying the practice is unjust. Virgo, who was speaking on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Principal of the Rusea’s High School in Lucea, Donna Anderson, has commended the 1981 alumni for its steady support of the school over the past three years, with its latest being the donation of $400,000 and a hospitality tent to...
Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea and councillor for the Sandy Bay division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), wants a museum exhibiting artefacts depicting the life of National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante, who was born in that...
WESTERN BUREAU: The community of Chambers Pen in Hanover is to benefit from a $89-million road rehabilitation programme. The work on the roads is scheduled to start within two weeks with a completion timeline of nine months. Local Government and...
Western Bureau: Thirty residents of Chambers Pen, in western Hanover, were recently each awarded grants valued at $50,000 by the Social Development Commission (SDC) under the agency’s Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP). The...
WESTERN BUREAU: A contract valued at $89 million has been signed for extensive road rehabilitation for the community of Chambers Pen in western Hanover. The inking comes a little over 18 months after the Ministry of Local Government and Rural...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF the Logwood community in western Hanover are looking to reclaim its distinction as a model district.The area, once known as one of the most peaceful communities in the parish is now largely regarded as the Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER Municipal Corporation (HMC) is now in possession of the land title for the Orchard Beach property in Hopewell, Hanover, and has started the process to get the property surveyed, with a view to knowing the boundaries of...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LACK of adequate lighting on the heavily traversed roadway between Orange Bay and Negril in Hanover has become a topic of discussion with councillor for the Green Island Division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC),...
WESTERN BUREAU: “BLENHEIM DESERVES better than what is happening there now with regard to water. It deserves much better than that,” Sheridan Samuels, mayor of Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), argued while showing his...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO AILING Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers attached to the Green Island Police Station in the Hanover Division are more confident today that they will be able to access much-needed medical care, as they were presented...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Parish Manager for RADA Aston King Jr is hoping for a reversal of a trend of part-time farming in the agricultural sector which resulted in a dip in production levels and output of major crops across Hanover last year. He...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH representatives of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) held a community consultation meeting with the Hopewell community in Hanover, where the design of a multimillion-dollar development plan for the Old Steamer Beach in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Persistent traffic congestion in the Hanover towns of Hopewell and Lucea should soon be a thing of the past. This as both head of the parish’s division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Sharon Beeput, and chairman of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A shortage of staff is preventing the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s (JFB) Hanover Division in Lucea from operating a seven-day, 24-hour emergency medical service (EMS). A report tabled in the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) January...
WESTERN BUREAU: SUPERINTENDENT IN charge of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Hanover Division, Sharon Beeput, is recommending that rumble strips be placed along four roadways in Hanover, as those thoroughfares have become hotspots for...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) is being lambasted by councillors in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), and residents of the parish, for its lack of action towards removing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Hopewell and surrounding communities in Hanover are now pleased that work has started to establish a police station in the seaside Hanover town. After years of lobbying by Superintendent Sharon Beeput, who heads the...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEDICAL OFFICER for Hanover Dr Kaushal Singh is calling on Jamaicans to continue to follow the established health protocols to keep up the fight against the latest subvariants of the COVID-19 virus, which have been causing concerns...
WESTERN BUREAU: ACTION BY the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Hanover Division has saved properties valued at approximately $4 billion. This has resulted from its response to 157 fire emergency calls during 2022. Over the period, 18 houses were also...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE AREA in the Sir Alexander Bustamante Square in Lucea, Hanover, where the natural municipal Christmas tree is always lit has been officially named the James Anthony Lawrence Park. Lawrence, a son of Richmond in the parish, served...
