WESTERN BUREAU: Daniel Dawes, the chief executive officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), has warned against barring residents from logging on to community access points islandwide, saying he wants the wider community to benefit alongside...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillor Danree Delancy, the deputy mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, is worried that a proposal by the Jamaica Fire Brigade to build a new fire substation in Bethel Town, instead of sharing the facilities at the Bethel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Deputy Mayor, Richard Vernon, is calling on residents of St James to start taking COVID-19 health and safety protocols seriously as the number of positive cases is rising to a level that could seriously challenge the...
WESTERN BUREAU Members of the clergy in Westmoreland are being accused by Dr Marcia Graham, the parish’s chief medical officer of health, of breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) as it relates to the COVID-19 health and safety protocols...
In a letter dated December 10 presented in the last monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) directing local authorities to get prior permission for trucking water has not gone down well with the councillors. Cebert...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grade-six students at Flanker Primary and Infant School and Lottery Primary and Infant School in St James are now better able to bridge the digital divide, thanks to insurance giant Guardian Life and the Guardian Foundation. Oneil...
WESTERN BUREAU: With burial spaces running low and backyard interments escalating in Westmoreland, Councillor Ian Myles has ordered an audit into the operations of the 12 public cemeteries in the parish. Myles, chairman of the Civic and...
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its 59th anniversary of political independence, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says self-governance does not mean freedom for the country’s young people to kill and maim each other...
WESTERN BUREAU: Drug and gun smugglers continue to breach Jamaica’s borders, but the country’s air and marine surveillance infrastructure has reduced the number of contraband runs into the island, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has said....
WESTERN BUREAU: Generosity came to the doorsteps of residents of the Westmoreland Infirmary located in Dunbar’s River, Savanna-la-Mar, when the Daley family, which owns and operates a mini-mart in the parish capital, gave them a donation of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bertel Moore, chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says while the costs overrun on the municipal headquarters has escalated by approximately $30 million, an unplanned space was created to give greater service...
WESTERN BUREAU: Armed with a bachelor’s degree in law, Garnian Hazel, a visually impaired resident of Success district in Hanover, says he wants to help prevent children involved in domestic conflicts from ending up in the country’s judicial system...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stung by an increase in homicides and other gun-related crimes, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says his ministry will be seeking to disrupt the recruiting of young people into criminal gangs by targeting youngsters at...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has announced that his ministry will be taking the requisite steps to end a stand-off between the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, director of Region Four in the Ministry of Education, says a total of 49 schools, or approximately 33 per cent of the 145 listed public schools in St James, Hanover and Westmoreland, have reopened for face-to-...
WESTERN BUREAU Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) government member Heroy Clarke says Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore must be held accountable for the cost overruns plaguing the ongoing construction of the new Westmoreland...
WESTERN BUREAU: St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis has expressed his support for calls to reinstate a state of emergency (SOE) in the northwestern parish to rein in serious crimes. “As someone who is now sitting in the parliament,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the local hospitality sector, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has said that investor confidence remains high, with ground to be broken soon for a 2,000-room hotel in Green...
WESTERN BUREAU: Persons living with disabilities could soon have access to more than the ground floor of the new Westmoreland municipal building as Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore, who is also chairman of the municipal corporation, says an indoor...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is expressing much confidence that the tourism industry will bounce back by 2023, but he is arguing that much will be dependent on the nation’s capacity to manage the new COVID-19 pandemic...
WESTERN BUREAU: Evon Thompson, director at the National Meteorological Service, has said the country’s ability to effectively predict weather patterns and conditions have received a major boost with the installation of three automatic weather...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the leadership of the West Jamaica Conference (WJC) of Seventh-day Adventist Church has given a commitment for the continued use of their conference facility as a clinic to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Aquaculture branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is expressing cautious optimism that the newly established oyster farm in Westmoreland will help to boost the country’s capacity to generate significant earnings...
Western Bureau: By the end of this week, 34 schools in St James, Hanover, and Westmoreland – which make up the Ministry of Education’s Region Four – are expected to be involved in a blend of face-to-face and online classes as more COVID-19-...
WESTERN BUREAU: John Byles, chairman of the Tourism Resilient Corridors Committee (TRCC), has refuted a claim by Dr Marcia Graham of the Westmoreland Health Department that tourism players in the parish are disregarding established COVID-19 health...
