WESTERN BUREAU: Several commuters were left stranded on Monday as taxi operators in Westmoreland withdrew their services in their continued pushback against the Public Order Reset campaign, claiming that they are being penalised for finding...
WESTERN BUREAU: PITFOUR DRIVE in St James has been renamed Glover Allen Drive, honouring the late former councillor for his contribution to the development of the Granville division and the wider parish. Allen, a justice of the peace, was born in...
WESTERN BUREAU: CONSTRUCTION FOR two separate two-storey buildings valued at $350 million to house the Little London Police Station and the Frome Police Station in Westmoreland has been halted over water table issues. This was revealed by Senior...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH 40 road fatalities resulting from motorcycle crashes in Westmoreland since the start of the year, the police have launched a new campaign to get unruly motorcyclists to fall in line and reduce the number of deadly accidents....
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) George Wright has thrown his support behind disgruntled vendors who have pushed back against a police campaign to clamp down on illegal vending on the streets of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and to rid...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLAGUED BY traffic violations and illegal vending, the Westmoreland police and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), in a collaborative move, will be seeking to retake control of the commercial district of Savanna-la-Mar...
WESTERN BUREAU: OLIVIA ‘BABSY’ Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport, has given the assurance that the Government is committed to dealing with all outstanding issues of compensation to members of the Coral Gardens...
WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-one-year-old Jermey Atkinson, a cattle farmer of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, was honoured as a community hero for his brave and selfless act in saving the life of 23-month-old Tafari Antonio Brown from a septic pit on...
WESTERN BUREAU: AMBASSADORS OF the Population and Housing Census were out in the field with their sensitisation programme, rallying citizens through schools and on the street corners in St James about the importance of the data-collection exercise...
WESTERN BUREAU: COMMANDING OFFICER for the Westmoreland Police Division, Senior Superintendent Wayne Joseph, says his detectives have managed to clear up 52 of the 121 murders recorded across the parish so far this year by arresting and prosecuting...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE TOURISM Enhancement Fund (TEF) is to commence work on the $1-billion project geared towards developing Jimmy Cliff Boulevard, popularly known as the ‘Hip Strip’, in Montego Bay, into an iconic attraction, starting in April...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE DEVELOPMENT of a state-of-the-art beach park in the resort town of Negril is to be a big ticket item on the agenda for deliberation at a Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) board retreat slated for next month. Dr Carey Wallace,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Players in the tourism industry will boost the education sector with a technology-driven early childhood stimulation centre, which is to be built along the ‘Elegant Corridor’ in Montego Bay, St James. According to Tourism Minister...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MEDICAL Association of Jamaica (MAJ) says it stands ready to support its colleagues in western Jamaica who are preparing to make a formal request to the Ministry of Health and Wellness for the late Dr Henry ‘Marco’ Brown to be...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, member of parliament for St James Southern, says the distribution of state benefits on political terms is trampling on the human rights of citizens. Davis, who is also state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thirty-five young persons from Southern St James, who are now pursuing studies at the island’s universities, have been selected to share $2.5 million in scholarships, courtesy of Homer Davis, member of parliament for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: LEGENDARY CRIME fighter, Clive ‘Karate Georgie’ Lawrence, has returned to St James, this time as head of operations in the community services department at the St James Municipal Corporation. Chairman of the St James Municipal...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is to investigate the disappearance of approximately 40 metal drums used to collect garbage at designated areas in Salt Spring, St James, under its environment programme. Approximately 45...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS TO resettle squatters who are illegally occupying crown lands in Negril, Westmoreland, have attracted an influx of new squatters who have reportedly moved into the space to seize the opportunity to get a house and/or land...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY’S Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is rallying Jamaican men to give their unwavering support to the country’s women, whom he heralded as “nation builders”. “To all the women here, thanks for being great, to the men among us...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Montego Hills Police Station in St James, Sergeant Bruce Walker, said that the once-troubled community of Salt Spring is on a positive trajectory after an explosion in deadly violence a few months ago. Walker, whose...
WESTERN BUREAU: BARBARA SMITH, a past student and former principal of Montego Bay High School for Girls, headlined a list of 10 persons who were honoured as Wonderful Women of Worth for their work and generosity in the field of community service...
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE LOSING billions since it entered the local sugar industry in 2009, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) says it has no intention of shutting up shop. Pan Caribbean created a stir in the sector when it purchased Monymusk, Frome...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS BY the Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company to produce energy for sale to the national grid have failed to materialise some eight years after the project was first announced. According to Delroy Armstrong, senior...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsey Edwards-Henry, says the group will be seeking to have more of its members recognised for their services nationally, including with the establishment of a Prime Minister’s...
