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...
WESTERN BUREAU: Gray’s Pepper Products, a manufacturing company in Westmoreland, says if electricity is not restored, it stands to lose millions in raw material and international contracts in Canada and the United States. Gray’s Pepper Products,...
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER MORE than 20 years of fishing, 37-year-old Larry Gordon of Black River, St Elizabeth, has had three life-threatening experiences, but none more telling than the last, when he and two other men survived anchoring their boat on...
WESTERN BUREAU: As business leaders in Westmoreland moved to pick up the pieces from the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday, they are concerned about the time it is taking for utility companies to restore service. Westmoreland has been without...
WESTERN BUREAU: Heavy rains and storm-force winds associated with the passage of Hurricane Beryl left a devastating impact on the 286-year-old The Manning’s School in Westmoreland. Administrators of the school on Thursday related major damage to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three men who set off from Whitehouse Fishing Village in Westmoreland last Wednesday and were out of contact for a week have been found alive after becoming stranded when their boat ran out of gas. There was jubilant shouting as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-four-year-old Toni-Shea Grey, a public relations specialist who hails from the southern community of Mt Carey, will represent the people of St James at the 2024 National Festival Queen Coronation next month as part of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Principal of Maud McLeod High School Avis Bailey-Coleman says the institution has found an innovative way to enhance literacy among its cohort of students through technology. Bailey-Coleman revealed that Sandals Foundation has...
WESTERN BUREAU: When the new academic year begins, Munro College and Hampton School in St Elizabeth will welcome Johntae Peterkin and Nylah Martin, respectively, among their new students. Peterkin and Martin wrapped up their finals days at Negril...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherona Small, a 21-year-old final-year social work student at the Frome campus of the Montego Bay Community College, will represent the parish of Westmoreland at the 2024 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen National Coronation in August....
WESTERN BUREAU: A one-way ticket to her favourite destination, Jamaica, was intended to be a time of relaxation for nurse Sonja Lowell, but a traumatic landing only served to make the experience painful. Lowell, an intensive care specialist from...
WESTERN BUREAU : Kathleen Angela Casserly, who is known for her quick quips, and witty jabs remains a spirited personality enjoying her golden years in the community of Ironshore, St James. Casserly became a centenarian on June 15 this year where...
WESTERN BUREAU The Jamaica Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is claiming to have detected what it calls a “security threat” in the force. Sergeant Arlene McBean, the federation’s...
