WESTERN BUREAU: “Is this how my life is going waste away? Is this where my future ends?” Those are the painful reflections of 11-year-old Calyssa Walker, who was hit by a stray bullet during a gunfight as she travelled in a taxi along McCatty...
WESTERN BUREAU: Performing well above expectations, American Airlines has added Ocho Rios, in St Ann to its Jamaican roster. The airline, which has been flying to Jamaica for the last 45 years, launches service to the tourist resort area as of...
WESTERN BUREAU: In the seven years that the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) has existed, local producers of goods and services to the tourism industry have grossed $700 million through its Speed Networking event, says tourism minister Edmund...
WESTERN BUREAU: Six-time cancer survivor, Pat Wright, of Wrightlife and Schatzie Boutique, Montego Bay, has died. Wright, who was 69 years old, died at her home about 11 o’clock Tuesday night. Her cancer had returned and she had been ailing for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Canada’s George Brown College has joined Nairobi, Kenya, Amman, Jordan, and Costa Rica, establishing a Global Tourism Resilience Satellite Centre, in partnership with Jamaica. By July, Sofia, Bulgaria, Anbuja in Nigeria, Athens,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The 1951 childhood wattle-and-daub house where the late Millie Small of My Boy Lollipop fame lived at Cacoon Piece, Welcome, remains standing but abandoned by its owners. But the rich history left by Small in the rural Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU: Environmental advocate Wendy Lee is warning that any attempt to approve mining in the ecologically rich Puerto Bueno Mountains in St Ann will cause irreversible damage to a national treasure. “Whatever happens to this area, it...
WESTERN BUREAU: Headed towards a very dark path in her Christian life, combined with C grades in her first term, Odelia Duffus pivoted and will make history as the first black female valedictorian at a predominantly white university in Canada. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CONTROVERSIAL National Identification System (NIDS) will be rolled out on a phased basis as of this August, with the capital city Kingston and its sister parish, St Andrew, starting the pilot programme. Minister without...
WESTERN BUREAU: The first mentally ill man Dr Joyetta Gordon saw was stark naked on the streets of Hanover, subjected to ridicule and treated like a leper by residents of her community. Those memories traumatised the then three-year-old, but it...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two of the country’s most respected entertainers associations do not believe that the country needs an entertainment academy at this time. Instead, they say their skilled members want a level playing field. The Jamaica Federation of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourist industry is on the cusp of pre-pandemic buoyancy and the month of March is leading the recovery with a pre-forecast of 200,000 visitors into the island. Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett made the announcement...
WESTERN BUREAU: Aimed at addressing the mental health problems brought on by COVID-19 on the country’s youth, the Ministry of Education has unveiled an extensive psychosocial pillar, which includes a cluster-based guidance concept programme. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Minister of Education Fayval Williams has dispelled the notion that there is a “mass exodus” of teachers from the classroom annually. While acknowledging that compensation of teachers was a sore point, Williams said that...
WESTERN BUREAU: ON THE eve of International Women’s Day (IWD), Dr Sherridene Lee, managing director of i-doc Wellness Concierge, was named president of the Western Medical Association (WMA). Lee, one of the youngest and most successful...
WESTERN BUREAU: The full complement of immigration officers, plus 45 kiosks during peak hours, complemented by the online C5 immigration card accessible at www.enterjamaica.com, are among the measures Sangster International Airport will implement...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the recovery of the tourism industry moves into high gear, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says opportunities have been created for the supply chain to be reactivated. In sync with the 27,000 visitors who landed on...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of Jamaica’s first black women to capitalise on the tourism industry, catering to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Lady Mountbatten, and Princess Margaret, has died. Dorothy Vendryes, nee Gourzong, whose 1950s beauty salons...
WESTERN BUREAU: A 40-year-old reputed violence producer who pleaded guilty for his role in an $8-million heist in the upscale Westgate Hills community of Montego Bay in May 2020 will spend 15 years behind bars before being eligible for parole....
WESTERN BUREAU: The freak death of a landscaper has triggered a caution to homeowners to ensure that their properties are free of occupational hazards. The warning comes after 59-year-old Shane Lee fell to his death into a pit that was covered only...
WESTERN BUREAU: Citing institutionalised discrimination by the State, the Coral Gardens Benevolent Society, a Rastafarian organisation, is calling on the Jamaican Government to immediately take steps to establish a written policy condemning all...
WESTERN BUREAU: One of the island’s most respected gender specialists is calling on the country’s men to resist the urge to use demeaning or derogatory terms to refer to women. Dr Opal Palmer Adisa was responding to comments made on social media by...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBERS OF the Cornwall College Class of 1985 have increased funding for their annual scholarship programme to needy students of the Montego Bay-based institution to $1.65 million for the current 2021-2022 academic year, growing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton’s ‘Sole2Sole’ initiative recently received a donation of 125 sneakers from Montego Bay-based medical facility, Hospiten, furthering its aim of providing everyday Jamaicans with resources and...
The police have tagged the now-deceased alleged gangster Michael ‘Peat’ Shreaves to at least three recent murders in the parish of St James. The 27-year-old, also known as Pablo, of Wrong Turn in Salt Spring, St James, was reportedly shot during a...
