WESTERN BUREAU: CLAYVIAN WILLIAMS and Horatio Campbell, the two men who risked their lives to rescue two members of a family from raging floodwaters in Westgate Hills, St James, on April 19, were freshly hailed and publicly awarded as heroes...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE of Hanover on Monday saluted veteran journalist Bryan Miller during the Heroes Day Civic and Awards Ceremony for his tireless efforts to improve the state of his home parish through his writings. Miller, a 30-year veteran...
WESTERN BUREAU: T HE GLEANER’S Janet Silvera, who has worn many hats in service to Montego Bay and the wider parish of St James, was honoured for her extensive outreach efforts with the Mayor’s Special Award during Monday’s Heroes Day Civic and...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited (WPM) continues to face an uphill battle with waste collection across St James, with the parish having a collection backlog...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH ST James has recorded no cases of dengue fever recently, the parish’s Aedes index, which measures the local mosquito population, continues to be a concern for the St James Health Department with the index for September...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWENTY-FIVE canteen operators and school administrators from five schools in Westmoreland are being empowered to cook healthier meals for the 2,300 students they oversee, thanks to a three-day training course in food preparation...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay North East Division Councillor Charles Sinclair is asserting that if adequate laws were in place to ensure law and order and strict enforcement being practised over the years, the ongoing Operation Restore Paradise...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday chastised Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott for pledging legal support for illegal occupants of lands on the outskirts of Clifton in St...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALAN REID, the St Ann farmer who was reportedly held with $420,000 worth of cocaine in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport in St James on October 1, has been offered bail in the sum of $2 million. Reid, 64, who is of...
WESTERN BUREAU: CHAD HEADLEY, the St James businessman who pleaded guilty on September 30 to unlawful possession of several exotic birds seized during an alleged drug raid at his home in June, was fined $50,000 for the birds in the St James Parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HIGHLY anticipated drug trial of four employees of the Sangster International Airport, who allegedly attempted to smuggle 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine onto a flight destined for Canada last October, was on Tuesday pushed back...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local COVID-19 researcher Dr Christopher Ogunsalu, a lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at The University of the West Indies (UWI), believes that scientists should have referred to previously published medical information...
WESTERN BUREAU: As a struggling single mother caring for her nine-year-old son Elijah Street, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Kameale Ellis is anxious to do her best to ensure her child’s well-being, having had to give up several...
WESTERN BUREAU: GOVERNOR GENERAL Sir Patrick Allen believes that in light of Jamaica’s growing number of digital platform users, Jamaican young people must take full advantage of the current opportunities for technological and digital advancement...
WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Johnson, the businessman who was arrested in April after reportedly being held with over 19 pounds of cocaine in Coral Gardens, St James, is to return to the St James Parish Court on November 1 after his highly anticipated...
WESTERN BUREAU: NINE BUSINESSES were hit with a total of $180,000 in fines on Wednesday, when their representatives appeared before the St James Parish Court for breaches of the ban against plastic bags and plastic drinking straws. The St James-...
WESTERN BUREAU: United States-based carrier Frontier Airlines has announced the opening of three new destinations for visitors travelling through Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, increasing the airline’s current routes to...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR XAUNDRE Mohansingh, a general practitioner assigned to the St James-based Cornwall Regional Hospital, is rubbishing the popular idea of having an ‘alkaline body’ as a means of fighting and resisting cancer, saying that such an...
WESTERN BUREAU: AS JAMAICANS begin to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month, one general practitioner is warning that obesity can put women at risk for increased production of oestrogen, which can be a significant factor in developing breast...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR DEAN Wong, a urologist based at the Hospiten medical facility in St James, is dismissing suggestions to screen men under age 40 for prostate cancer as impractical, as such tests would require specific genetic guidelines and...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Heart Smart Centre in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday, September 29 provided heart disease screening for residents, including free electrocardiogram tests for the first 20 registered patients, as part of its observance of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says his ministry will have to employ fresh approaches to spreading awareness about prostate cancer, including engaging women to persuade men to get screened. Tufton was speaking on...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Works Agency (NWA) is monitoring the impact of heavy rainfall on drainage systems and roadways in western Jamaica, where some landslides have been reported as the island continues to be impacted by the outer bands of...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA TEACHERS’ Association (JTA) president, La Sonja Harrison, is supporting calls for Jamaican Creole to be accepted as the nation’s official language, suggesting that English should be taught as a second language in schools....
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA’S TRANSPORTATION sector received an upgrade following last Thursday’s launch of the new DoGetGo app, which will allow users ease in securing transport services in western Jamaica and, over time, potentially across the rest...
