WESTERN BUREAU: “This is a double blow,” was how yam farmer Robert Powell described the assault on his two south Trelawny farms by Hurricane Beryl and the destructive yam rust disease. “This yam was supposed to be ready by next month, but as you...
WESTERN BUREAU: Plans are currently being activated by the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), under its MoBay STEP-Up programme, to rid the streets of St James of unsightly derelict vehicles and other nuisances. Montego Bay Mayor Richard...
WESTERN BUREAU: Aneisha Whyte’s frustration is mounting. She was contracted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) to work during the 2022 population and housing census as a supervisor in St Ann. However, Whyte says that she is yet to be...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Catherine Hall multipurpose stadium in Montego Bay was ignited with excitement on Monday as patrons danced and sang the night away at the annual Reggae Sumfest Street Dance. Music was delivered by some of Jamaica’s hottest...
WESTERN BUREAU: There seems to be confusion regarding the next move for Trelawny businessman Rushane Taylor, who was served a cease-and-desist notice from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation earlier in May. Taylor is the owner of two Trelawny-based...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of St Ann’s Bay Michael Belnavis says despite facing challenges, his municipality “managed” amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The mayor was providing a report on the recovery efforts in St Ann last Friday morning. Belnavis...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of St Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, says service providers are to blame for the “lack of adequate communication” being faced amid hurricane recovery efforts in St Ann. Belnavis was responding to comments made by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Meat spoilage. That was the main complaint voiced by frustrated residents across sections of Trelawny on Monday afternoon. The residents all told The Gleaner that they have been without electricity since Wednesday, and while they...
WESTERN BUREAU: “Hurricane Beryl has treated us badly.” This was the declaration of Karen Francis, principal of the 142-year-old Westwood High School in Stewart Town, Trelawny, on Monday. During a visit to the school on Monday afternoon, Francis...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sheldon Moreland’s worst fear became a reality on Wednesday evening during the passing of Hurricane Beryl. Moreland, 25, told The Gleaner that he was frightened after seeing the roof of his board dwelling in Zion, Trelawny, lift...
WESTERN BUREAU: Courtney Walcott’s four-acre farm in Zion, Trelawny, was once fruitful and promising. However, he lost everything during Wednesday’s passing of Hurricane Beryl. Walcott explained that his papaya, plantain, and banana plants were all...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alethia Hylton and her two children are now homeless. Their home – a board structure in Zion, Trelawny – was badly damaged after a coconut tree fell on to the structure during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday afternoon....
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the flood-prone community Zion in Trelawny are already waving a white flag while they anxiously await Hurricane Beryl’s passage over the island on Wednesday. Their main concern is that the flat swampy lands, which house...
WESTERN BUREAU: Fisherfolk in St James are bracing for the effects of heavy rainfall and windy conditions associated with Hurricane Beryl. At the Montego Bay Fishing Village along Howard Cooke Boulevard in the Second City, fisherfolk were observed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers and past students at Herbert Morrison Technical High School in St James paid tribute to late lower school vice-principal Tammi-Terrelle Smith, remembering her as a true visionary and dedicated educator. Smith died at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Government has so far earmarked $9 million to assist local negro yam farmers in their fight against the yam rust disease. Green was speaking to The Gleaner on the sidelines of the 10th...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sharon Purser-Cooper, public relations officer at the Hummingbirds Association of Bahamas, says major benefits could come to Jamaica should greater partnerships be forged among diaspora groups. Purser-Cooper was speaking to The...
WESTERN BUREAU: “They both have the potential to be game changers.” This was a declaration by Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, as she spoke to The Gleaner about Wednesday’s upcoming launch of two virtual...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaican authorities have decided against repatriating a Swiss national who recently experienced a mental breakdown while holidaying on the island. Instead, the man will spend the remainder of his trip at the Rastafari Herbal...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local law enforcement officials are being urged to defend themselves whenever they come under attack from criminals. Sergeant Arleen McBean, chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, gave the charge as she delivered a tribute on...
WESTERN BUREAU: “This is a painful loss,” said Karen Robertson as she described the shooting deaths of her two adult sons, Romaine and Enrique Harvey. The two men were reportedly shot and killed by lawmen in their Logwood community in Hanover on...
WESTERN BUREAU: There are major plans in place to eradicate the island’s population of fruit fly and Aedes aegypti mosquito through a new state-of-the-art gamma irradiation machine located at the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tension is rising between the Trelawny Municipal Corporation and businessman Rushane Taylor over the placement of his storefront along the highway in Hague. Taylor, the sole proprietor of the Trelawny-based companies R Taylor...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tristants Simpson’s start was not the best. Having failed the mere three Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations he was recommended to sit, Simpson left Albert Town High in Trelawny with only a school leaving...
WESTERN BUREAU: Calls for an end to incest and sexual offences echoed from the gates of the Pisgah Primary and Infant School on Tuesday as state agencies joined hands to support the community’s children in taking a stand against paedophilia....
