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Published:Friday | October 28, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon has called on Jamaicans to play an active role in the nation’s food security, especially by utilising locally grown foods instead of importing food items from overseas. Vernon made the...

Published:Saturday | October 22, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Dumfries in St James, especially students at Dumfries Primary School, will now benefit from the district’s new community WiFi hotspot, which was unveiled on Thursday by Edmund Bartlett, member of parliament for St James...

Published:Friday | September 30, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE JAMAICA is now out of harm’s way with the passage of Hurricane Ian, the National Works Agency (NWA) is warning members of the public to be mindful that their land-clearing practices for farming or housing construction might...

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department says it has re-engaged its vector control worker programme as part of the effort to curtail the growth and spread of mosquito population at a time when the St James mosquito index ballooned to 17 per...

Published:Monday | August 29, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) president La Sonja Harrison says that while artificial intelligence can greatly enhance the teaching/learning process, it must not replace human teachers or interpersonal contact with students...

Published:Saturday | July 2, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister West, is adamant that Jamaicans must get more serious about properly managing their waste disposal, an issue which has plagued the parish of St James for several years...

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2022 | 12:08 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Farming enthusiasts in western Jamaica have appealed for increased investment in agriculture to attract youths to the industry and for greater emphasis on innovation and technology. Fabian Williams, the first-place winner of the...

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: FARMERS FROM western Jamaica and other locations across the island have warmly welcomed the resumption of the annual Montpelier Agricultural Show in St James, after two years of not having a venue to showcase and sell their produce...

Published:Saturday | August 7, 2021 | 12:06 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Thenarda Dawes and 11-year-old Nathan Billings, both of Sandy Bay, Hanover, have proven themselves to be ambitious youngsters with big dreams, having established themselves as Sandy Bay Primary School’s top-...

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2021 | 12:16 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Beginning next summer, approximately 40,000 pre-teens across Jamaica are expected to benefit from the faith-based youth outreach programmes of the Love Has Hands Foundation, which was officially launched in an online ceremony on...

Published:Monday | March 15, 2021 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Public Health Department says while there has been general compliance to the COVID-19 protocols in the parish, there are still some issues that need to be addressed. The health department said there is reportedly...

Published:Wednesday | November 11, 2020 | 12:14 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Face-to-face classes were completed successfully at Somerton All-Age and Infant in St James on Tuesday as a 17-school pilot got under way with COVID-19 social-distancing and sanitising protocols. Somerton was one of three schools...

Published:Monday | July 6, 2020 | 12:10 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica-based therapist Dr Beverly Scott believes the Ministry of Health and Wellness should involve the residents of Norwood, St James, in programmes promoting sanitisation and social distancing, and provide counselling for...

Published:Monday | June 22, 2020 | 12:11 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Although the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is yet to receive any money from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for sanitisation work in the parish, the corporation has identified several rural communities and key locations...

Published:Monday | June 8, 2020 | 12:07 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Two representatives of western Jamaica’s health authorities are voicing cautious optimism that the region’s schools will have all the necessary cleaning and sanitising protocols in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in time...

Published:Saturday | June 6, 2020 | 12:09 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: NEEDY STUDENTS of Anchovy High School, in St James, who would be benefiting from programmes designed to help them if school was in session, were presented with 100 care packages, valued at J$250,000, by the school’s past-...

Published:Saturday | January 18, 2020 | 12:13 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Following reports of a low take-up of the influenza vaccine locally, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is pushing back against the anti-vaccine movement, saying that the vaccines are scientifically proven to be safe. “Our...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2019 | 12:22 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: St James is to receive an additional 30 temporary vector-control workers to assist the 11 permanent workers and the 63 temporary workers already active in the St James Health Department’s fight to control the...

Published:Monday | September 16, 2019 | 12:15 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

Gay-rights group, Montego Bay Pride, says it is contemplating legal action against Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis, following his declaration last Thursday that the St James Municipal Corporation would not grant permission for the group to use the...

Published:Monday | June 17, 2019 | 12:13 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Fire Department has launched an investigation to determine what led to the damage of the engine of its newly acquired fireboat. The boat was handed over to the department in December last year to boost its firefighting...

Published:Monday | May 20, 2019 | 12:05 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is now awaiting a policy to be crafted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Ministry of Local Government to address the issue of social...

Published:Monday | April 22, 2019 | 12:00 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department will be writing to the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) this week about its management of the People’s Arcade in the capital, Montego Bay, which chief public health inspector Lennox Wallace has...

Published:Thursday | January 10, 2019 | 12:00 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:The anticipated committal hearing for Dana Minto, the nurse charged with causing death by dangerous driving, following a collision that claimed two lives in 2017, has been deferred to March 4 as the St James Parish Court is awaiting...

Published:Tuesday | January 8, 2019 | 12:00 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:Errol Greene, regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), is suggesting the implementation of more stringent procedures to prevent attempts at abducting babies from hospitals.This follows a recent incident in...

Published:Thursday | January 3, 2019 | 12:00 AMChristopher Thomas/ Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:Residents and businesses in St James are giving mixed responses to the Government's ban on single-use plastic bags, with some practising or otherwise approving of the initiative and others believing that it has been too hastily...

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