WESTERN BUREAU: With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicting an above-average hurricane season for 2022, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) coordinator in Hanover, Keniesha Stennett-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) officials are denying claims by a councillor in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), that he has personal experience of a shortage of bed linen at the Noel Holmes Hospital, during a visit...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE island now into its fifth wave of COVID-19, municipal and health officials in Hanover are now directing their attention towards amusement events as a means of assisting in controlling the spread of the virus in the parish....
WESTERN BUREAU: AS THE Hanover Health Department (HHD) hauls the operators of Chances Rehabilitation Centre before the courts for operating without the required permits, there are concerns that the number of mentally ill persons seen roaming the...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS TO establish a police post in the fast-growing town of Hopewell, Hanover, have hit a snag, which will lead to further delays in the implementation of the much-needed facility. The project, which has been in the making since...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH LABOUR Day 2022 just days away, it has been revealed that Hanover’s Labour Day project for this year will be at the Hanover Infirmary. Mayor of Lucea and Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), Sheridan Samuels,...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE TOWN of Lucea, Hanover, now has an environmental problem with piles of dislocated bamboo floating along the coastline, causing an eyesore and preventing fishermen from accessing their boats in some areas. The problem, according...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE POLITICAL directorate at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is putting plans in place for the implementation of a staff improvement programme to begin later this year. According to Mayor of Lucea and HMC Chairman Sheridan...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER police will be paying close attention to happenings at Hopewell High School, following a recent altercation between students at that learning facility. With recent media reports highlighting several violent...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVEN WOMEN from the district of Kendal, in western Hanover, were honoured by residents on Mother’s Day for their priceless contribution towards building and uplifting that district. Sybil Williams, 82 years old; Hazel Miller, 79;...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Woodsville in Hanover continue to defy orders by the authorities that the badly compromised bridge be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, claiming that the alternative routes are not feasible. The bridge, which...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE REQUIREMENT for all justices of the peace (JPs) to submit an annual report to their respective custodes has seen some amount of delinquency islandwide, with the level of submission of these annual reports differing from parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FINGER-pointing between the local representatives of the National Works Agency (NWA) and the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) over whose responsibility it is to fix the damaged bridge in the district of Woodsville, Hanover,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The operator of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Rejoin, Hanover, who is before the courts for operating the facility without a licence, has said that it has been a struggle trying to get her nursing home approved by the health...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Woodsville and the adjoining Flower Hill districts in Eastern Hanover are at a loss as to who will be tending to their despair of a compromised bridge along the roadway in Woodsville. Both the National Works Agency (NWA...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE rigours of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting the earning power of several persons living in the rural areas of the country, 10 women who reside in the deep rural district of Maryland, Hanover, were given a renewed...
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER, ONCE known as the safest parish in the island but has discarded that moniker for some time now, has joined with neighbouring St James and Westmoreland to form what is now regarded as a deadly triangle. Murders in Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU: Persons who visit Lucea, Hanover, will benefit from Universal Service Fund’s (USF) free public Internet and Wi-Fi service, which is being offered in several major town centres, parks and high-traffic areas across the island....
WESTERN BUREAU: CO-FOUNDER of Florida-based Unconditional Love for Children Inc, Dr Earl Glenn, and his wife, Carolyn, were presented with the Keys to the City of Lucea by Mayor Sheridan Samuels last Thursday for their outstanding contribution to...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH LUCEA getting a facelift under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development’s ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project, Sheridan Samuels, mayor of Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), has...
WESTERN BUREAU: AS SCHOOLS across the island gradually move back to the face-to-face phase of teaching and learning, Watford Hill Primary and Infant School in eastern Hanover is benefiting from a newly constructed infant department. Construction...
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...
