Western Bureau :Pedestrians in Ramble, Hanover, can now traverse the main road in that community under much safer conditions, thanks to the construction of a J$12.5 million sidewalk project in that community.The project, which was implemented...
Western Bureau:With crime, violence and other security concerns keeping western Jamaica under the microscope, the Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), has embarked on a mediation training seminar for...
Western Bureau:The new-found confidence, which is making residents in Hanover increasingly comfortable in providing vital information to the police, is making life difficult for criminals in that parish as they no longer have the luxury of operating...
WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of Smithfield, Cascade, and Flint River in eastern Hanover should soon have a much easier time traversing the roads in their communities, thanks to the approval of a $34-million road improvement project which is poised to...
Western Bureau:The clearest signal yet that some of the alleged criminals fleeing the state of emergency in St James have slipped through the police-military dragnet and escaped into other western parishes was revealed during yesterday's monthly...
Western Bureau:Illegally constructed buildings, both by squatters and legitimate landowners, is increasingly becoming a bother to the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), which is now preparing to tackle the problem head-on with a view of putting a...
Western Bureau:Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid has added his voice to those expressing disagreement with the skin-bleaching trend, describing it as an attempt to change God's creation.Addressing the students and teachers at the Fidel Castro...
Western Bureau:There are growing calls for more social intervention in Westmoreland, which has seen murders increase by almost 200 per cent since 2014."Everybody has to be called to book, and everybody has to play his or her part towards resolving...
Six police stations in Hanover, which are in varying state of disrepair, are among 18 police stations islandwide that are to benefit from the Ministry of National Security's project #150thStationFixup.The project, which forms a part of the...
WESTERN BUREAU:The high level of indiscipline being exhibited in schools by students is very indicative of what to expect when they leave and head out into society, believes Barbara Dandy, dean of discipline at the Godfrey Stewart High School in...
Western Bureau:LAW ENFORCERS at the Hanover Police Headquarters in Lucea are expressing disgust with the inconsistent supply of water and electricity they are getting and want the matter to be addressed urgently."This parish is being neglected for...
Western Bureau:As stakeholders in the Hopewell community in Hanover get more agitated about the squatting problem developing on the main road in that town, a move has started in the Hanover Municipal Corporation, to curtail the problem.The Hanover...
