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Stories by Bryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2024 | 12:11 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: NECESSITY IS the mother of invention. That is an idiom commonly used and is now proven by the residents of Woodsville, in Hanover eastern, a deep-rural community that also falls in the Hopewell division in the Hanover Municipal...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2024 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: FOUR OF the seven newly elected councillors in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) who made an affirmation instead of swearing on the Bible at that corporation’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday March 7 will have to go through...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 12:12 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Residents in sections of Eastern Hanover, mainly in the Hopewell and Chester Castle divisions of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), are expressing deep concern about the number of non-functioning fire hydrants that are in...

Published:Monday | March 18, 2024 | 12:08 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Individuals living in the growing residential and economic town of Hopewell, in Hanover, can now breathe a sigh of relief having received an improved police presence in that area through the official opening of the Hopewell Police...

Published:Monday | March 18, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Outgoing Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says he feels a sense of accomplishment as he leaves the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) today, describing his tour of duty as a leg of a relay that he has completed...

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2024 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR OF Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) Sheridan Samuels has listed street vending in the Hanover capital, Lucea, as an issue which will be getting immediate priority attention from that corporation. “...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBER OF Parliament for Hanover Western, Tamika Davis, says she is not daunted by the loss of the one Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) divisional seat the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) had in her constituency prior to the recent...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 12:05 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau The leadership in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has remained as it was prior to the recent local government elections as, following the swearing in ceremony for the seven elected People’s National Party (PNP) councillors in...

Published:Wednesday | March 6, 2024 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE local government election now a thing of the past, and the People’s National Party (PNP) declared the winner of all seven council divisions in Hanover, questions of who will be the next mayor of Lucea, and chairman of the...

Published:Monday | March 4, 2024 | 12:06 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says feedback he has received from residents, during his recent travels across the country, shows that proper roads and a good water supply are their greatest needs at present, and all other things...

Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:08 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE SEVERAL visits from three ministers of government – Desmond McKenzie, Everald Warmington, and Matthew Samuda – as well as two visits from Prime Minister Andrew Holness to the parish over the last month, the people of Hanover...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 12:08 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) Chester Castle division in Eastern Hanover is noted for regularly changing its political representatives. No councillor in the recent past – except one of the persons on the 2024 ballot,...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 12:25 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau The contest for the Hopewell division in the Hanover Municipal Council (HMC) is getting more interesting with time, as the February 26 local government elections draw near. The incumbent, Devon Brown, of the Jamaica Labour Party (...

Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 12:05 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The long-promised police station in Hanover’s fastest-growing economic and residential area, Hopewell, is scheduled to be opened in another two months. Although not giving a specific date, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford...

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2024 | 12:05 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Over 200 justices of the peace from the parishes of St James, Hanover, and Westmoreland, accompanied by their respective custodes, participated in over four hours of training and information sharing on Friday February 9, at a...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has joined the cry from other government officials and individuals in the private sector condemning the recent travel advisory issued by the United States (US), warning its citizens against travelling to...

Published:Friday | February 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Electoral officers at the Hanover Eastern constituency in Sandy Bay, Hanover, were taken to task by a man whose application to run as an independent candidate was flatly rejected as his name was not found on the voters’ list. Forty-...

Published:Wednesday | February 7, 2024 | 12:12 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: More than 400 persons across the parish of Hanover, including some homeless persons, who receive a hot meal in Lucea each Tuesday, courtesy of the Hanover Ministers Fraternal, are now sure of the continuation of the ‘Kitchen of Love...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding says Jamaica’s democracy must be restored to “decency” with the calling of the local government elections. Golding made the call before thousands of persons at a political meeting at Rusea’s...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau Two senior citizens who reside in the deep rural district of Chambers Pen, in Hanover Western, can now sleep more comfortably at night, after being gifted with newly built houses, constructed by the government under its indigent...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that a special programme is to be announced as part of the next National Budget, through which improvements will be made to markets in towns across the island. Holness made the...

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:10 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Drought conditions and medical emergencies, several of which were motor vehicle accidents, kept the Hanover Division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) relatively busy throughout 2023. Their quick action and professionalism resulted...

Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2024 | 12:07 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Concerns are high within the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), as development is on the uptick across the parish, but several of the buildings, commercial and residential, are being constructed without the necessary approvals....

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:10 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: With the parish of Hanover fast losing its claim to be the safest parish in the island, the Green Island police are calling for better road and street-lighting infrastructure in that area, which is now noted among several police...

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:08 AMBryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Once considered the safest parish in the island, in 2023 Hanover had the highest percentage increase in murders, although not the highest number. Police statistics are showing that, with 72 murders occurring in that parish last...

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