WESTERN BUREAU Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore has told squatters of Little Bay, Brighton and Salmon Point in Westmoreland that they should stand firm in the fight for the lands they have been living on for many decades. “We will fight, fight,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Thursday blamed poor infrastructure and a lacklustre garbage-collection system for Tuesday’s devastating floods that caused the death of 12-year-old Jennel Walters, whose grandmother, 68-year-old...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HUMAN papilloma and polio vaccines are high on the list of promoted vaccines, as Jamaica and the rest of the Americas celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vaccination Week, April 23 to 30. According to Dr Marcia Graham, medical...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS IN Westmoreland are concerned about worsening public-health risks amid increasing illegal construction in proximity to the Roaring River. The Roaring River is the National Water Commission’s (NWC) main source of supply...
WESTERN BUREAU: MINORITY LEADER of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caucus in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), Rudolph Uter, blasted councillors who failed to show up for Thursday’s monthly general meeting, forcing a cancellation of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: BAILIFFS, accompanied by police officers, ordered passengers to disembark one of two Montego Bay Metro Bus Company buses late Tuesday afternoon and seized the public passenger vehicle, one of two which plies the Montego Bay to...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has cautioned against embracing criminals and dons over members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in the fight against crime, warning that criminals will rape your daughters and pillage your...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has raised concern that nearly half of the island’s 9,600 justices of the peace (JPs) seem to be missing in action. Their disappearance has come at a critical juncture when their services are needed for...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH YOUTH responsible for most of the over 1,000 murders committed in Jamaica annually, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there is an urgent need to rescue them through a national compulsory youth programme. Holness said the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said that there is sufficient intelligence to curb the influx of illegal guns and contraband entering the country and expressed confidence that government employees and persons from financial...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has cautioned that disorderly possession of properties is not the proper channel to land ownership as settlement issues from the days of slavery continue to plague the orderly development of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Having recognised the importance of climate-change financing and the struggles Jamaica and other vulnerable countries are facing, the United Kingdom (UK) has donated £10 million towards the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC...
WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 270 children have been successfully diverted from Jamaica’s criminal-justice system through targeted intervention. That disclosure was made by Venisa Clarke-Lee, child diversion national coordinator in the Ministry...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck formally launched the Westmoreland Justice of the Peace Parish Association which will represent those to serve in the parish under the auspices of their custos, Hartley Perrin, guided by an elected...
While Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has expressed that he would not necessarily be opposed to justices of the peace (JPs) being reimbursed for travelling expenses to certify documents for pensioners, the infirm or others who are not able to visit...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reeling from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, more that 100 craft vendors at the Old Fort Craft Market in Montego Bay, St James, are seeking answers as to the whereabouts of their share of the $22 million...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Dr Sherridene Lee says a security summit will provide scientific insight on how criminals are formed and how to kill their habits and redirect them from a life of crime. This issue will be discussed at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: COMMISSIONER OF Police Major General Antony Anderson says 55 police officers who have just completed training as school resource officers will be deployed in schools across the island where activities among students require...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANDREW FAZIO, director of business process outsourcing (BPO) and hospitality, Cable and Wireless Business, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant FLOW, has thrown the company’s support behind calls for a work-from-home policy...
WESTERN BUREAU: MINISTER OF National Security Dr Horace Chang says the Government is taking a meaningful and targeted approach to reconnect with neglected youths in stigmatised communities by using social services, including education and...
WESTERN BUREAU: We are changing the need for young men to rely on criminal gang activities to feel empowered, says National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang. He said the Government is taking a meaningful and targeted approach to reconnect with...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang said prosperity and economic growth are under threat and could derail the ability of the Government in meeting its obligations to pay suitable wages or carry out infrastructure...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the impact of COVID-19 still fresh in their minds, key players in the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly known as the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), are urging their business...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE LOCALS bemoan the lack of development in St Elizabeth, seasoned advocate for development on the south coast, Anthony Freckleton, says improvement across the southern belt must be achieved collectively. But for the breadbasket...
WESTERN BUREAU: Social activist O. Dave Allen is appealing for occupants of the People’s Arcade, located in Montego Bay, St James, to be given security of tenancy for the property they have occupied for the last 24 years. However, Donald Hanson,...
