WESTERN BUREAU: When Kenroy Wright, Desrick Myers, and Marcel Binns cooperated to save two children from being swept away by flood waters in Tucker, Irwin, St James on June 6, none of them imagined that they would be publicly honoured for simply...
WESTERN BUREAU: AMID EFFORTS by the education ministry to abolish the streaming of students into secondary schools, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson has issued a call for a full review of how placement happens before...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY’S Chinese community has stepped forward to support the Kiwanis Club of Providence – Montego Bay’s upcoming 14th annual Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk/Wheelchair event with $2.55 million that was presented to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: COUNCILLOR MICHAEL Troupe, the St James Municipal Corporation’s (StJMC) minority leader and the councillor for the Granville Division, is rubbishing calls for him to apologise on behalf of the People’s National Party (PNP)...
WESTERN BUREAU: ST JAMES Public Health Inspector Sherika Lewis wants more effort done to ensure all communities in the parish have access to piped water, in order to reduce the likelihood of households storing water in containers that may breed...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is calling for citizens of St James and the wider Jamaica to work together in upholding and passing down Jamaica’s heritage of freedom for future generations, regardless of socioeconomic...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Gleaner’s Western Bureau reporter Albert Ferguson has risen from difficult beginnings as a ward of the State to being publicly recognised on Monday for his 30 years in the field of journalism, bringing citizens’ stories to life...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay Community Home for Girls, more commonly known as the Melody House for Girls, has got a financial boost of US$12,500 (J$1.9 million) from the Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) charity to advance its construction plans...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon has denied that an upcoming initiative to certify and more closely regulate food vendors in St James is a response to the Crab Circle controversy in Kingston. During a press conference...
WESTERN BUREAU: IN THE aftermath of Monday night’s brutal gun slaying of four people in Duanvale, Trelawny, People’s National Party [PNP] caretaker for the Trelawny Northern constituency, Dennis Meadows, is appealing to the Government for definite...
WESTERN BUREAU: “Him nuh trouble nobody. Him nuh business what happen, him nuh trouble nobody.” That was Gloria Robinson’s repeated declaration on Tuesday as she spoke of her 51-year-old son, Cordel Graham, who was one of four persons shot dead in...
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER THREE years of unsuccessful attempts to get him enrolled in a high school close enough to his home, more than anything else, 16-year-old Daniel Gibbon wants to attend classes more frequently than the two days weekly he can now...
WESTERN BUREAU: Epidemiologist Dr Maung Aung has expressed concern about the apparent carefree or indifferent attitude citizens have been shown regarding dengue fever despite warnings that the island was experiencing an outbreak of the disease....
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER TWO years of being without a post office, residents of Wakefield, Trelawny, are ecstatic that an unused market building in their community will soon be retrofitted into a new post office. The announcement was made to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set December 21 as the next return date for Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Assistant Commissioner Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl who was volunteering at the Montego...
WESTERN BUREAU: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Desmond McKenzie plans to meet with Crab Circle vendors next week to determine the next steps following Thursday’s shutdown of the food spot as a result of health and safety concerns. “Crab Circle is in my...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has set December 21 as the next return date for Jamaica Fire Brigade [JFB] Assistant Commissioner Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl who was a volunteer at the Montego Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU: A police witness has testified that Indra Waite, the sole remaining defendant now on trial for allegedly conspiring to smuggle over 11 kilogrammes of cocaine on to a flight bound for Canada in 2021, gave conflicting information when...
WESTERN BUREAU: RUSHAWN PATTERSON, the chief suspect in the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneika ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, will have to wait until December 19 to get another chance to apply for bail, following his latest failed...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court is expected to receive an update into ongoing mediation sessions with David Brown, the St James Municipal Corporation [StJMC] councillor charged with attacking his ex-girlfriend during a confrontation in...
WESTERN BUREAU: FAMILY MEMBERS of the grade 11 B.B. Coke High School student accused of beating a schoolmate into unconsciousness for stepping on his shoes last week Thursday have expressed their sympathies towards the complainant’s family. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Rhianna Lewis, who holds big dreams of becoming a professional track and field athlete, was left speechless on Thursday when she found herself the recipient of the Jill Stewart Sports Scholarship, bringing her one...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Ronald Thwaites believes that while Jamaica’s education sector has come a far way since 1962, more effort must be made to ensure that the issues affecting the quality of education students receive are fully resolved. While...
WESTERN BUREAU: CHARMAINE DANIELS, the chief executive officer of the Digicel Jamaica Foundation, is urging residents to play their part in protecting telecommunications equipment from vandals and thieves, including those who steal fibre cables or...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dark skies and rain on Monday did not deter scores of supporters from lining the streets of Albert Town, Trelawny, calling for Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to withdraw her resignation as the Trelawny Southern member of parliament (MP...
