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Stories by Albert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

Published:Thursday | August 22, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Stakeholders in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, including the municipal corporation, have welcomed the entry of digital business services company, Teleperformance, into the township. With approximately 3,100 employees in Jamaica, the...

Published:Tuesday | August 6, 2024 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: While 19-year-old Tia Clayton failed to win a medal after qualifying for the women’s 100 metres final at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, France, she remains the darling of her home community: Crowder district in Grange...

Published:Saturday | May 11, 2024 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Richard Wallace, immediate past president of the Negril Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says a significant portion of members of the Nehgril workforce – tourism and otherwise – could lose their jobs if the water crisis in that...

Published:Saturday | May 4, 2024 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has cautioned gangsters operating in Westmoreland to lay down their arms and refrain from carrying out threats to kill several students from the Crowder community in Grange Hill. “There are...

Published:Friday | April 19, 2024 | 12:12 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: ORAL HEAVEN, chief advocate at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), has called for greater presence and security in the western capital, Montego Bay, by way of quick-response personnel. Heaven also wants the new...

Published:Thursday | January 4, 2024 | 12:13 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The sudden death of People’s National Party (PNP) Westmoreland representative Maxine Salabie, 50 years old, has left her family and colleagues in mourning. “It’s a setback, but for every setback there is a comeback, and the...

Published:Tuesday | December 5, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: CHIEF JUSTICE Bryan Sykes has expressed that the new firearm legislation is threatening to cause a backlog of cases in the Gun Court in Kingston due to the timeline in which forensic certificates are being produced as part of the...

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DESMOND MCKENZIE declared that poor maintenance programmes, or lack thereof, have contributed to the erosion of several parochial roads in the hills of Southern St James. McKenzie, the portfolio minister for local government and...

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