WESTERN BUREAU: Banker Michael Lee-Chin, chairman of National Commercial Bank, Jamaica (NCBJ) says his financial group will be blanketing the island with automated banking machines (ABMs) as part of its effort to ensure that all Jamaicans have...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SAVANNA-LA-MAR Rotary Club, in Westmoreland, emerged as Good Samaritans to the 90 residents at the Savanna-la-Mar infirmary earlier this week, coming to their assistance with a supply of crucial...
WESTERN BUREAU: Steve Gordon, principal of the Savanna-la-Mar-based Manning’s School, in Westmoreland, says that a shortage of building materials is jeopardising rehabilitation work at the 286-year-old institution, which was extensively damaged by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, who is also chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is accusing the Andrew Holness-led administration of undermining the local government structure. Addressing a recent People...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grief was the order of the day at the Little London Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland yesterday as members of the academic and auxiliary staff mourned the loss of the school’s principal, Shirlet Craig-Davis, who died two...
WESTERN BUREAU: With sugar production no longer at the forefront, Kelli-Dawn Hamilton, CEO of the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) says the parish of Westmoreland is now primed for development that will foster...
Western Bureau: UNBEATEN WESTMORELAND booked their place in the finals of the 2024 edition of the Kingston Wharves (KW) Under-15 cricket championship yesterday when they defeated their Melbourne CC counterparts by four wickets in a low-scoring...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Garth Anderson, dean of the Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica (TCJ), says candidates are no longer embracing the teaching profession the way they once did due to the financial limitations which do not allow educators to afford a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Come the start of the new school year, students attending the nine high schools across western Jamaica will now be able to travel in much greater comfort and efficiency as the Montego Bay Metro Bus Company (MBMBC) has been allocated...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Fayval Williams says the move to recruit foreign teachers was based on recommendations from principals, but at least one principal association is claiming ignorance to that claim. “I am not aware of principals...
Western Bureau: Education Minister Fayval Williams says the technical skills of quality surveyors are to be utilised to assess rehabilitation works that are now being carried out to retrofit 107 of the 352 schools that were damaged during the July...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Damion Crawford, the opposition spokesperson on education, training and competitiveness, says some 1,400 teachers are expected to leave the local classroom for jobs in the United States (US) ahead of the start of the new...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Damion Crawford, the opposition spokesperson on education, training and competitiveness, is claiming that most of the nation’s public schools will not be ready for the new school year, due to inadequate water supply,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tamika Davis, the member of parliament for Hanover Western, says the Government is considering the establishment of an education scholarship to honour the memory of late supercentenarian Nora Louise Miller-Welsh, who died on July 6...
WESTERN BUREAU: While acknowledging the great misery being faced by residents since the passage of Hurricane Beryl six weeks ago, Black River Mayor Richard Solomon is urging residents in St Elizabeth who are still without electricity to continue to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hugh Grant, CEO of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), says the devastation to its distribution network by Hurricane Beryl has provided important lessons in how to handle restoration work in the future. “Coming out of this...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 35 gifted high school and tertiary institution students from western Jamaica got a major financial boost on Tuesday when they were awarded scholarships valued at J$6.5 million by the Howard Ward Benefit Foundation through funds...
WESTERN BUREAU: Supercentenarian Nora Louise Miller-Welsh, who held the title of Jamaica’s oldest person until she died on July 6 at 110 years old, was hailed as a loving matriarch during a thanksgiving ceremony at the Blenheim Seventh-day...
WESTERN BUREAU: GOVERNOR GENERAL Sir Patrick Allen has called on Jamaica to embrace technology, noting that the world is evolving and new opportunities are opening in that area. “We must embrace the possibilities of technology, sustainable...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Janice Allen was on Sunday given the nod to be the People’s National Party (PNP) representative in the St James Central constituency, which is currently held by the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Heroy Clarke, the deputy...
WESTERN BUREAU Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in Westmoreland to avoid abstaining from voting for the party because they might not immediately like a candidate on offer. In the 2020 General...
WESTERN BUREAU: As part of its campaign to combat the lawlessness that has been plaguing the parish, the Westmoreland police recently seized over 2,000 motorcycles that were being operated illegally and, in many cases, serving as the transportation...
WESTERN BUREAU: POLICE COMMISSIONER Dr Kevin Blake says he is fully supportive of the wearing of body cameras by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), and added that, contrary to belief, the members of the force welcome its use. “My...
WESTERN BUREAU: Close relatives and friends are reportedly among the sexual predators responsible for the rising number of rapes involving teenage girls and women in Westmoreland. This was disclosed by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Othneil...
WESTERN BUREAU Nora Miller-Welsh, the woman who mothered an entire community in Hanover and lived to become Jamaica’s oldest super-centenarian, died peacefully in the arms of one of her caregivers. Miller-Welsh was 110 years old when she passed. Up...
