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Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2024 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE FATHER and a stepfather of two teenage boys who were alleged to have died during a police high-speed chase in Westmoreland are among family members and friends left grieving, and who vented their frustrations by mounting...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Beckford, commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), says the 90-year-old Black River Fire Station and divisional headquarters is now suitable to effectively serve the people of the parish of St Elizabeth including...

Published:Friday | March 8, 2024 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, says the parish of Westmoreland has created history in that three women will be serving as councillors in the municipal corporation at the same time. Delancy, who was...

Published:Thursday | March 7, 2024 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS LIVING and operating businesses on West End Road in Negril, Westmoreland, are fearful that a major health issue could result from them not having access to an adequate supply of potable water running through their pipes...

Published:Thursday | March 7, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: ANGELLA SAMUELS, 65, and her deaf-mute son O’Neil Allen, 50, who died together in a traffic accident, were eulogised as having a passion for fashion and sci-fi movies, respectively, at their thanksgiving service on Sunday at...

Published:Saturday | March 2, 2024 | 10:25 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: While the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won all three constituencies in Westmoreland in the 2020 general election, the People’s National Party (PNP) turned the tables in Monday’s local government elections, grabbing 11 of 14...

Published:Saturday | March 2, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Danree Delancy, the man who was ousted as deputy mayor of Savanna-la-Mar in the last Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) administration, is now tipped to become the new mayor. Delancy, the current councillor-elect for the...

Published:Thursday | February 29, 2024 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DANIEL LAWRENCE, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the rehabilitation of a farm road leading to the Whitehouse Fishing Beach has provided greater opportunities for growth and job creation. “This road opens up...

Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE of Westmoreland have selected three of the seven women who ran for political office in Monday’s 17th local government elections. According to the preliminary results, Julian Chang of the People’s National Party (PNP) has...

Published:Tuesday | February 27, 2024 | 3:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: VICE PRESIDENT of the People’s National Party (PNP), Ian Hayles, says the organisation’s sweeping victory of the parish at yesterday’s local government elections is an indication that time has come for a change of governance in the...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland burn victim Adrianna Laing and her father, Adrian, now have a new place to call home thanks to the Government’s new social- housing programme, which has provided them with a two-bedroom dwelling valued approximately $9...

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

WESTERN BUREAU: This year’s local government elections will feature one woman among five independent candidates who are seeking to win one of the 14 divisions in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC). Loraine McPherson-Williams resides in...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 12:23 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Disbarred attorney and leader of the Jamaica Abolitionist Movement (JAM) Don Foote says he wants to become the first independent mayor of Savanna-la-mar and the wider parish of Westmoreland. Foote, who is no stranger to the...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Education, crime-fighting and restorative justice experts from St James will present pertinent data on education and crime and how the crime epidemic is affecting education, with a magnified focus on the communities of Tucker and...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 7:39 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, were among family, friends and well-wishers who took time out to celebrate Alberta Campbell-Malcolm’s centenary birthday under the night skies in the Westmoreland parish capital...

Published:Wednesday | February 7, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROBLEM of children being abducted or going missing, and ending up dead could be eradicated should recommendations from secondary students for the improvement of the Ananda Alert System be adopted by the Child Protection and...

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Laurette Adams-Thomas, CEO of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), says the country is not yet at a place of comfort as it relates to the number of children found after they have been reported missing. In 2023,...

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Two years after they were established, the zones of special operations (ZOSOs)) in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and Parade Gardens, Kingston, are to receive dedicated financial resources when the new financial year commences on...

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2024 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at The Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has received a major boost, thanks to the New York Chapter. The second oldest of the school’s past students association...

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2024 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kasan Troupe, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), is encouraging students to take advantage of investments which have been made for their education, and avoid negative practices like continuous and...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says The Pinnacle’s mixed-tourism approach will enable the sector to make a demonstrable statement to the Middle East in the competition for global tourism dollars. “Building these four towers, 28...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will be forging a partnership between the New Social Housing programme and the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to provide housing solutions for hospitality workers living in...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2024 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kassan Troupe, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, has charged students at all levels of the education section to embrace the investments being made towards their educational development, and to be their...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2024 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that, in the next four years, Jamaica will stand firm in the global hospitality sector, bolstered by the development of The Pinnacle in Montego Bay, St James. “What I have seen displayed...

Published:Saturday | January 20, 2024 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Fayval Williams has called for the nation’s parents to commence the process of transforming their mindset away from stigmatising technical and vocational training (TVET). Williams, who made the call while speaking...

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