WESTERN BUREAU: Criminals have been relieving several Westmoreland businesses of their daily sales in a number of robbery sprees in the commercial spaces of Negril, Good Hope and other major towns in the parish since the start of this week. On...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH HER mind fixed on becoming an attorney-at-law, Ariel McNair, a third-form student at Anchovy High School in St James, has, for the second consecutive year, outperformed her peers to etch her name on the roll of the Distinction...
WESTERN BUREAU: EXPRESSING CONCERNS about poor road conditions in the constituency of St James East Central, Opposition Leader Mark Golding says it will take the entire budget of the government’s newly launched road programme to address the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Miramar, Florida-based Friends of Good Shepherd (FOGS) International has donated over US$13,000, or approximately J$2 million, to four local charities operated by the Montego Bay Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Apart from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop John Persaud, the apostolic administrator of the Montego Bay Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, is urging members of the church and the wider community to exercise a little more patience with the actual commencement of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: BISHOP JOHN Persaud, head of the Roman Catholic church in Mandeville, has labelled as “disturbing” the manner in which children and others are being killed in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. As of November 23, more than 14,300...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH AN overall average of 80.3 per cent, 12-year-old Kiara Burrell of Anchovy High School emerged the top academic performer among approximately 360 students in grade seven. Although she has a small frame, Burrell stood tall at her...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS IN Negril, Westmoreland, are fed up with Western Parks and Market’s (WPM) collection of residential waste. As a result Daniel Grizzle, a hotelier and businessman, has called on the agency to terminate all existing...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROSECUTION has labelled Delroy Rodney, the taxi operator charged with the deaths of five people in an accident Bluefields, Westmoreland, as a reckless driver who should not be considered for bail. In response to a request in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Worried that his son was heading in the wrong direction as concerns mounted about indiscipline, Isaac McIntyre was hoping to steer 14-year-old son Zackeal back on the right track when he took the youngster from his mother to live...
WESTERN BUREAU: The wife of a Westmoreland taxi operator charged with five counts of causing death by dangerous driving was reduced to tears after he was denied bail, dashing hopes of celebrating his infant son’s birthday on Monday. Delroy Rodney...
WESTERN BUREAU: A donation of half a million dollars has warmed the hearts and opened the floodgates of tears of joy for a Westmoreland family, the victims of a destructive fire that recently destroyed their five-bedroom wooden house in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A JAMAICAN educator based in New York, Dr Beverly Jones, has challenged mathematics educators to change their ways of teaching by embracing the methods of how students learn. Jones, assistant superintendent for secondary curriculum...
Western Bureau: Stephen Shaw, the National Works Agency’s chief of communication and customer service, has urged students at Anchovy High School in St James to strive to become go-givers as they prepare to assist people without the spotlight and...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADVERSE WEATHER, which has crippled operations across the island over the last two days, left skeleton staff to manage business operations in Westmoreland on Friday as owners took precautionary measures. While Westmoreland was not...
WESTERN BUREAU: Owen Plummer spent much of Tuesday reflecting on the life of his mother, 54-year-old Janet Thompson, and the sudden and devastating shattering of their physical and spiritual bond, a day after she and four other people perished in a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Eight years after his father was inducted into the prestigious Business Leader Wall of Fame, the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) has announced businessman Mark Hart, executive chairman of Caribbean Producers...
WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 15,000 residents are to benefit from an investment of $800 million to upgrade the water supply systems in St James Southern, which will be carried out over the next three years, starting on April 1, 2024. Senator...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillor Richard Vernon, the deputy mayor of Montego Bay in St James, has indicated that fundamental scouting principles and skills are required to combat the strain that is currently endangering the nation’s development. In...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that approximately 80 additional bed spaces will be created at Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, starting in the next financial year, which commences on April 1...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) has requested an audit to ascertain the number of fire hydrants in the parish and their working status. The move comes after firefighters encountered difficulties in getting water from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett is insisting that every male child should enrol in the national Scouts programmes and other similar uniformed groups, where they can be properly guided and not fall easy recruits to a life of crime. He...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth (MOEY) has urged the Scout Association of Jamaica to continue giving the country’s youth hope through its numerous volunteer initiatives. “I ask you to take the hands of our students, open their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Ballards Valley in St Elizabeth are optimistic that the strategic search for British national Robert Dyer, which involves the use of canines in the woods they have been scouring since Sunday, will end positively. "It's...
WESTERN BUREAU: The movement of traffic along the thoroughfare that links parts of Hanover and Westmoreland was crippled on Monday due to a demonstration at Shettlewood over bad road conditions. Residents blocked the roadway with fallen trees,...
