WESTERN BUREAU: Detective Corporal Pearline Simmonds and Corporal Karen Austin were honoured by their commanding officer of the St Elizabeth Police Division Superintendent Coleridge Minto on Sunday for the role they continue to play in adopting and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Marcia Graham, medical officer of health for Westmoreland, says there is a critical need for blood, admitting that persons have actually died because it is lacking. “We need more blood donors. The system has come under...
WESTERN BUREAU Sergeant Kenroy Easy, the sub officer at the Morgan Bridge Police Station, says 43 per cent of the 35 murders reported in Westmoreland since the start of this year were committed in Zone Two, an area known widely for gang violence....
WESTERN BUREAU: A mother and a grand-mother are now left to grieve the deaths of their only daughter and son who were killed in a motor vehicle accident in Westmoreland on Friday. Among the dead are Shanique Savariau, a grade-eight student of...
WESTERN BUREAU: An animal pound based in St James could provide a welcome relief to Savanna-la-Mar mayor, Danree Delancy, in removing stray animals from the streets of Westmoreland and western Jamaica. Delancy said, following a brief discussion...
WESTERN BUREAU: Scores of Grange Hill Primary School students were briefed and exposed to practical ways of eradicating bullyism in schools by police officers and members of the civilian community during their Read Across Jamaica Day presentation...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Adrian Hamilton, commander of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) detachment for the CARICOM Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, says the JCF team has the agility and commitment to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland-based business operators Icon Importers and Distributors Limited and Growers Choice Organic fertiliser in partnership with the parish’s 4-H Club are aiming to spur interest in agriculture among primary level students...
WESTERN BUREAU: RICHARD TROUPE, director of safety and security in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), says April has been the most difficult month with regard to violence in schools. Troupe, who was part of the education and youth ministry...
WESTERN BUREAU The mother of schoolboy Jahmiel Richardson has been taken into police custody after the eight-year-old perished in a fire at his Top Lincoln home in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, on the weekend. Sherone McDonald is expected to remain...
WESTERN BUREAU The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that US$1.7 trillion is available annually under its Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) of 2012 which Jamaica and other countries can benefit from. “That’s gigantic. It’s huge...
WESTERN BUREAU: RELATIVES OF Carson Barrett, the 16-year-old Grange Hill High School student who was shot dead on Thursday, believe that his death stemmed from a relationship he had with a female who lives in the community. That relationship...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE METEORIC rise of comedian Curley C. Roberts has come as no surprise to those who are familiar with the popular actor and businessman’s journey. He is a past student of St Catherine High School who had plans to become an attorney...
WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Barrett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some...
DR AMA Eyo, senior lecturer in Law at Bangor University in the United Kingdom, has urged large local companies to collaborate with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to grow and benefit from government procurement agreement contracts....
THE WESTMORELAND Public Health Services (WPHS) has revealed that an investigation into an unmarked water truck seen in a viral video extracting water from the Roaring River in the parish belongs to Honeyghan Funeral Home and was pulling water for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and Parade Gardens, Kingston, where zones of special operations (ZOSOs) are now in effect, are set to benefit from an additional investment of $70.1 million. This investment forms part of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has expressed its disappointment that there are no clearly outlined development phases and timelines for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road project currently under construction. Speaking...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE LONG Hill bypass in St James will be developed into a four-lane dual carriageway, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) revealed on Tuesday at a meeting with hoteliers in Montego Bay. The meeting was held...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior clergyman Reverend Dr Howard Gregory is urging Christians to resist the temptation from elected officials to trample and smear the integrity of the Auditor General’s Department and the Integrity Commission. Gregory said...
WESTERN BUREAU: Organisers of sports, cultural and other entertainment events could be asked to pay more in rental fees to use the Montego Bay Sports Complex as the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) moves to achieve sustainability from the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following a five-year hiatus, more than 25 schools have submitted entries to compete in the Jamaica Independent School Association (JISA) Western Track and Field Meet, which is scheduled for Thursday, April 18, at the Herbert...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors serving in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) have been urged to plant trees as part of their role in mitigating the danger of climate change. “I want to challenge all councillors here this morning, that before...
WESTERN BUREAU Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says track and field events will return to the Montego Bay Sports Complex soon. He says opening the doors of the approximately 6,000-seat sports complex in Catherine Hall will,...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND Public Health Services has shot down a proposal to have private water trucks labelled, as part of efforts to clamp down on trucks allegedly distributing untreated water. At present, there are 35 certified truckers...
