WESTERN BUREAU: Former Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen first runner-up Ann Marie Patrick is celebrating the new age limit for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition. After being herself unable to re-enter the contest in 2006 due to the rules...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid diverse denomina-tional beliefs, the St James Ministers Fraternal, led by Chairman Pastor Davewin Thomas, has cultivated a spirit of cooperation among religious leaders to tackle pressing community challenges. Pastor Thomas...
WESTERN BUREAU Members of the clergy in St James will remove their pastoral gowns and join the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to clear garbage from the community of Granville on Valentine’s Day. That is according to Pastor...
WESTERN BUREAU: ICON Importers and Distributors, a company with over 25 years of service, has unveiled a major investment in the Global Service Sector (GSS), formally known as business processing outsourcing (BPO). This move will transform the...
WESTERN BUREAU The New Year brought immense joy to the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, in Westmoreland, as Leana Sewell welcomed her precious son, baby Tahir Whitelocke, into the world yesterday. As the first baby born at the hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: Olivia Grange, minister of culture, entertainment, gender and sport, says re-enacting the Christmas Rebellion, led by Samuel Sharpe and which ended slavery, is essential to building strong Jamaican families, embracing freedom and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, is bemoaning that Jamaica’s cultural heritage is not getting the type of respect it deserves as its true value appears to be waning as the country moves further away...
WESTERN BUREAU Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says legislative hurdles are currently impeding the ability of the municipal corporations in western Jamaica to establish and operate a centralised pound for stray animals. However, Vernon said his...
WESTERN BUREAU: The children living with disabilities at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Montego Bay, St James, got a treat to remember on Christmas Day when they were feted by philanthropist Winston Dear, the Usain Bolt Foundation, and the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy has called on the residents of Westmoreland to make a concerted effort to spread love and joy throughout the Christmas holiday, despite the toll that violence has taken on the community this...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon has issued a firm warning to the criminals targeting the New Market township and surrounding commercial areas in St Elizabeth, demanding that they cease their activities. In September, gunmen robbed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is urging incoming passengers, particularly Jamaicans, to complete the new C5 Immigration Form online before arriving in Jamaica to ensure smoother airport processing and reduce delays. Bartlett’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has revealed that the JamaicaEye surveillance network is now in shambles, owing to a shortage of personnel to maintain the system, causing several cameras to fail. Launched in March 2018 in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ainsley McCarty, who heads the St James’ zone of special operations (ZOSO), has heaped praise on the residents of Norwood for making their community one of the safest in the parish so far this...
WESTERN BUREAU: In an inspiring display of talent and dedication, New Hope Primary School, in eastern Westmoreland, emerged as the champions of the Westmoreland Primary Schools Container Gardening Competition, which saw them being rewarded for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Moses Chybar is calling for a comprehensive review of the fee structure imposed on imported goods, arguing that a more equitable system would offer more benefits to large and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Wheelchair attendant Ivyrine Melhado was one of several tourism workers honoured by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in a ceremony to mark the start of the 2024-25 Winter Tourist Season at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr Donovan Bennett, has expressed satisfaction with the Cricket West Indies (CWI) four-game suspension imposed on John Campbell, the Jamaica Scorpions captain, for his role in...
WESTERN BUREAU: When the Young Jamaica Ensemble of the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) stages its annual ‘Sounds of the Season’ concert on Sunday, December 15, in the Black River Theatre at the Iberostar Suites, Rose Hall, one of the SSTC’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, who also serves as chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is urging the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to take immediate action to repair defective street lights across...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ian Myles, councillor for the Little London division in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), has called for the impounding of stray animals to be privatised, as this will provide a humane solution to the issue, and enhance...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CALL from Greg Barclay, who recently ended his tenure as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), to split the West Indies cricket team into individual territories ,with each competing individually in Test cricket,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherona Small, the Westmoreland Festival Queen, has taken on an ambitious project to help teenagers who struggle with teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and poverty. Having personally observed the struggles that school-age children...
WESTERN BUREAU: Farmers in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean will soon have access to the innovative Climate-Smart Agriculture Compliance (C-SAC), a global labelling tool, which is expected to provide them with immediate benefits. Steve Maximay, an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Cub Scouts representing the St James Scout District emerged victorious at the inaugural staging of the Scout Association of Jamaica, Region IV Cub and Scouts Culturama Performing Arts Competition, which took place at the St John’s...
