WESTERN BUREAU: Having repaired more than 500 damaged desks and several chairs ahead of the new school year and with plans to tackle hundreds more by the end of the current term, Holland High School is gearing up to start producing furniture for a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has urged parents and communities to teach children conflict-resolution skills, noting that 15 per cent of the murders committed in Jamaica this year stemmed from interpersonal...
WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has downplayed an RJRGLEANER Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll that gave him and National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang failing grades, saying he is focusing more on the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite a few hiccups, which included students breaching the prescribed dress code, and space concerns at some institutions, the 2022-2023 school year got off to a relatively smooth start in western Jamaica yesterday. For the most...
WESTERN BUREAU: Onecia Williams, a 21-year-old mother from Flankers in St James, is crediting her one-year-old daughter, Emma Ewers, for giving her the motivation to complete the Institute for Workforce Education and Development’s (IWED) Youth...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kingsley Titer, a resident of Sherwood Content, Trelawny, will be smiling much more brightly after having waited 15 years for a dental cleaning, which he got last Sunday, during a dental health fair courtesy of legendary sprint...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the new academic year approaches, some western institutions rocked by violence in the last school term are taking steps to prevent any recurrence this year. Among these schools are the Trelawny-based William Knibb Memorial High...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE INSTITUTE for Workforce Education and Development’s [IWED] Youth Crime and Violence Prevention Intervention Programme has proven to be an effective crime diversion intervention for 28 young persons mainly from inner-city...
WESTERN BUREAU: United States-based dental technology company SprintRay, which partnered with track and field icon Usain Bolt for a healthcare initiative in his hometown Sherwood Content, has trained 10 local doctors to utilise the company’s 3D...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Howard Cooke Primary School in Montego Bay, St James, is now in mourning following news of the death of vice-principal Veronica Headley Jennings, the last of the foundation member of staff when the school officially opened its...
WESTERN BUREAU: Proponents of child-based special needs assessment are backing a call by Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison for more assessment centres to be established across Jamaica. While addressing the JTA’s 58th...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTRY of Education is to phase out the bursar-payment system in public schools, which will result in all teachers being paid from a centralised payment system and the elimination of long-standing issues with salary payments...
WESTERN BUREAU: An announcement by Education Minister Fayval Williams that all high-school students will be receiving electronic English textbooks when the new school year begins next month has triggered unease among parents and educators, with a...
WESTERN BUREAU: La Sonja Harrison, the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), believes that any further delay in resolving teachers’ concerns regarding their ongoing compensation review will weaken their participatory...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH TEACHER migration becoming the latest issue for concern in the educational sector, Dr Colin Greene, past president of the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT), says policymakers should focus on creating greater value for educators...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Caribbean Union of Teachers President Dr Colin Greene has called for a change in how schools are viewed, noting that the current system of judging institutions based on academic performances of students could result in some...
WESTERN BUREAU: OVER 100 children from Salt Spring and neighbouring communities in St James have benefited from the social interaction and educational opportunities gleaned during a recent summer camp held by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)...
WESTERN BUREAU: JOHN MAHFOOD, the president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), is worried that the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Jamaica’s education system and on citizens’ state of employment will negatively affect the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Business operators and enthusiasts across Jamaica have just over two months to prepare for the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MBCCI) Expo 2022, for which an official media launch was held on Wednesday at the Montego...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE THIRD time seeking bail proved to be the charm for the three men accused of stealing $2 million worth of mobile phones during the recent Dream Weekend party series, after they were offered bail at a combined sum of $1.2...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH BACKLASH pouring in over his recent comments concerning Jamaicans who seek opportunities overseas at the cost of developing their homeland, Montego Bay’s Deputy Mayor, Richard Vernon, has sought to clarify that he was not...
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE HUNDRED students from schools across St James have been equipped and financed for their return to school in time for the upcoming September semester, following a fun-filled, back-to-school fair put on by the New Fortress...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Bounty Hall, Trelawny, and surrounding communities received physical and mental healthcare through the efforts of the New Jersey, United States-based Global Hands Foundation at the Bounty Hall New Testament Church of...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I am feeling happy because I know that I am going to walk again.” Those heart-melting words were uttered with conviction on Thursday by nine-year-old Tamara Noble, moments after being informed that she would be getting assistance...
WESTERN BUREAU: MOTORISTS AND and other road-users traversing the streets of Montego Bay, St James, will have to brace for traffic changes in coming days as the National Works Agency (NWA) prepares to do repair work on a section of the city’s...
