WESTERN BUREAU: FORMER COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson has labelled as “parasites” criminal gangsters who are now terrorising law-abiding citizens in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Anderson, who demitted office on Monday, March 18...
WESTERN BUREAU: While an emergency outlet exists in terms of a water crisis in Westmoreland, Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Danree Delancy, says he will not support the use of its Special Grant and Repairs (SGR) Fund at this time. Instead, he has decided...
WESTERN BUREAU: BUSINESS AND civic leaders in Westmoreland have welcomed the initiative to construct a new headquarters for the Westmoreland Police Division. The state-of-the-art police facility will be built at a cost of $2.7 billion over the next...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SECOND person in her family to have achieved the century landmark, Keturah Headley-Campbell has set an example for generations in the family to follow by eating healthy foods and making a living off raising chickens. Born in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A HEIGHTENED level of fear has gripped residents of Grange Hill in Westmoreland to the point that they are now calling for a state of public emergency (SOE) or zone of special operations (ZOSO) to restore law and order to their once...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FATHER and a stepfather of two teenage boys who were alleged to have died during a police high-speed chase in Westmoreland are among family members and friends left grieving, and who vented their frustrations by mounting...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Beckford, commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), says the 90-year-old Black River Fire Station and divisional headquarters is now suitable to effectively serve the people of the parish of St Elizabeth including...
WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, says the parish of Westmoreland has created history in that three women will be serving as councillors in the municipal corporation at the same time. Delancy, who was...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS LIVING and operating businesses on West End Road in Negril, Westmoreland, are fearful that a major health issue could result from them not having access to an adequate supply of potable water running through their pipes...
WESTERN BUREAU: ANGELLA SAMUELS, 65, and her deaf-mute son O’Neil Allen, 50, who died together in a traffic accident, were eulogised as having a passion for fashion and sci-fi movies, respectively, at their thanksgiving service on Sunday at...
WESTERN BUREAU: While the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won all three constituencies in Westmoreland in the 2020 general election, the People’s National Party (PNP) turned the tables in Monday’s local government elections, grabbing 11 of 14...
WESTERN BUREAU: Danree Delancy, the man who was ousted as deputy mayor of Savanna-la-Mar in the last Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) administration, is now tipped to become the new mayor. Delancy, the current councillor-elect for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: DANIEL LAWRENCE, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the rehabilitation of a farm road leading to the Whitehouse Fishing Beach has provided greater opportunities for growth and job creation. “This road opens up...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE of Westmoreland have selected three of the seven women who ran for political office in Monday’s 17th local government elections. According to the preliminary results, Julian Chang of the People’s National Party (PNP) has...
WESTERN BUREAU: VICE PRESIDENT of the People’s National Party (PNP), Ian Hayles, says the organisation’s sweeping victory of the parish at yesterday’s local government elections is an indication that time has come for a change of governance in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland burn victim Adrianna Laing and her father, Adrian, now have a new place to call home thanks to the Government’s new social- housing programme, which has provided them with a two-bedroom dwelling valued approximately $9...
WESTERN BUREAU: This year’s local government elections will feature one woman among five independent candidates who are seeking to win one of the 14 divisions in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC). Loraine McPherson-Williams resides in...
Western Bureau: Disbarred attorney and leader of the Jamaica Abolitionist Movement (JAM) Don Foote says he wants to become the first independent mayor of Savanna-la-mar and the wider parish of Westmoreland. Foote, who is no stranger to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education, crime-fighting and restorative justice experts from St James will present pertinent data on education and crime and how the crime epidemic is affecting education, with a magnified focus on the communities of Tucker and...
WESTERN BUREAU: King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, were among family, friends and well-wishers who took time out to celebrate Alberta Campbell-Malcolm’s centenary birthday under the night skies in the Westmoreland parish capital...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROBLEM of children being abducted or going missing, and ending up dead could be eradicated should recommendations from secondary students for the improvement of the Ananda Alert System be adopted by the Child Protection and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Laurette Adams-Thomas, CEO of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), says the country is not yet at a place of comfort as it relates to the number of children found after they have been reported missing. In 2023,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two years after they were established, the zones of special operations (ZOSOs)) in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and Parade Gardens, Kingston, are to receive dedicated financial resources when the new financial year commences on...
WESTERN BUREAU Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at The Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has received a major boost, thanks to the New York Chapter. The second oldest of the school’s past students association...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kasan Troupe, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), is encouraging students to take advantage of investments which have been made for their education, and avoid negative practices like continuous and...
