WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and Parade Gardens, Kingston, where zones of special operations (ZOSOs) are now in effect, are set to benefit from an additional investment of $70.1 million. This investment forms part of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has expressed its disappointment that there are no clearly outlined development phases and timelines for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road project currently under construction. Speaking...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LONG Hill bypass in St James will be developed into a four-lane dual carriageway, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) revealed on Tuesday at a meeting with hoteliers in Montego Bay. The meeting was held...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior clergyman Reverend Dr Howard Gregory is urging Christians to resist the temptation from elected officials to trample and smear the integrity of the Auditor General’s Department and the Integrity Commission. Gregory said...
WESTERN BUREAU: Organisers of sports, cultural and other entertainment events could be asked to pay more in rental fees to use the Montego Bay Sports Complex as the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) moves to achieve sustainability from the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following a five-year hiatus, more than 25 schools have submitted entries to compete in the Jamaica Independent School Association (JISA) Western Track and Field Meet, which is scheduled for Thursday, April 18, at the Herbert...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors serving in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) have been urged to plant trees as part of their role in mitigating the danger of climate change. “I want to challenge all councillors here this morning, that before...
WESTERN BUREAU Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says track and field events will return to the Montego Bay Sports Complex soon. He says opening the doors of the approximately 6,000-seat sports complex in Catherine Hall will,...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND Public Health Services has shot down a proposal to have private water trucks labelled, as part of efforts to clamp down on trucks allegedly distributing untreated water. At present, there are 35 certified truckers...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS IN Negril, Westmoreland, have so far donated three water tanks and a water pump to Negril Primary School after thieves stole the institution’s 1,000- gallon tank. Party promoter Sean Greenfield, known as one of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Students of Cornwall College will return to school today for grief counselling after classes were suspended on Monday following the death of Spanish teacher Kamika Warren on the weekend. The 41-year-old Warren, a senior teacher who...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANGLICAN BISHOP of Jamaica Dr Howard Gregory says the mere reduction of crime statistically will not address the longstanding problem of criminality that has plagued the nation for decades. Speaking at last week’s official opening...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADMINISTRATORS AT the Clifton Boys’ Home in Westmoreland are heartened at the work of members of Manning’s School’s Key Club for their generous donation of $100,000 to aid in the care and development of 26 boys under their care. “We...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the West Indies, Dr Howard Gregory, has called for the Government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final Appellate Court. “We must also support and advocate for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has indicated that land at Albion Heights in St James would be transferred to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society (RCGBS) by the end of June. “This property ultimately belongs to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Arjun McPherson of the Jamaica Rifle Association produced a dominant display, outshooting several other licensed firearm shooters to win the third annual David McMorris Memorial Cup Championship at the weekend. McPherson, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR MICHELE Walden-Pinnock, director of region four in the Ministry of Education and Youth, says STEM education provides the hope needed to transform the country’s agriculture and healthcare sectors for growth and survival. “The STEM...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is urging Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish, arguing that an abstention would help in saving the environment and prevent flooding. Parrot fish are noted to play an important role...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE OFFICE of the Prime Minister says Pinnacle and its construction company, Brothers Concept and Solutions Limited, have advanced the use of building technology which is now serving as a game changer in the local construction...
WESTERN BUREAU Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, says property owners and business operators are delinquent in excess of $3 billion in property tax and trade licence fees. There are 60,038...
WESTERN BUREAU: Social media brand ambassadors attached to the US Embassy have encouraged approximately 50 students from Green Pond High School in St James that they do not have to abandon their rural communities to benefit from the country’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: TRANSPORTATION MOGUL Oliver Townsend says residents of St Thomas can now look forward to luxury passenger and courier transportation services via his Knutsford Express bus services come January 2025. “We are almost islandwide, and...
WESTERN BUREAU: FORMER COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson has labelled as “parasites” criminal gangsters who are now terrorising law-abiding citizens in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Anderson, who demitted office on Monday, March 18...
WESTERN BUREAU: While an emergency outlet exists in terms of a water crisis in Westmoreland, Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Danree Delancy, says he will not support the use of its Special Grant and Repairs (SGR) Fund at this time. Instead, he has decided...
WESTERN BUREAU: BUSINESS AND civic leaders in Westmoreland have welcomed the initiative to construct a new headquarters for the Westmoreland Police Division. The state-of-the-art police facility will be built at a cost of $2.7 billion over the next...
