WESTERN BUREAU: THE MEDICAL Association of Jamaica (MAJ) says it stands ready to support its colleagues in western Jamaica who are preparing to make a formal request to the Ministry of Health and Wellness for the late Dr Henry ‘Marco’ Brown to be...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, member of parliament for St James Southern, says the distribution of state benefits on political terms is trampling on the human rights of citizens. Davis, who is also state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thirty-five young persons from Southern St James, who are now pursuing studies at the island’s universities, have been selected to share $2.5 million in scholarships, courtesy of Homer Davis, member of parliament for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: LEGENDARY CRIME fighter, Clive ‘Karate Georgie’ Lawrence, has returned to St James, this time as head of operations in the community services department at the St James Municipal Corporation. Chairman of the St James Municipal...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is to investigate the disappearance of approximately 40 metal drums used to collect garbage at designated areas in Salt Spring, St James, under its environment programme. Approximately 45...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS TO resettle squatters who are illegally occupying crown lands in Negril, Westmoreland, have attracted an influx of new squatters who have reportedly moved into the space to seize the opportunity to get a house and/or land...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY’S Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is rallying Jamaican men to give their unwavering support to the country’s women, whom he heralded as “nation builders”. “To all the women here, thanks for being great, to the men among us...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Montego Hills Police Station in St James, Sergeant Bruce Walker, said that the once-troubled community of Salt Spring is on a positive trajectory after an explosion in deadly violence a few months ago. Walker, whose...
WESTERN BUREAU: BARBARA SMITH, a past student and former principal of Montego Bay High School for Girls, headlined a list of 10 persons who were honoured as Wonderful Women of Worth for their work and generosity in the field of community service...
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE LOSING billions since it entered the local sugar industry in 2009, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) says it has no intention of shutting up shop. Pan Caribbean created a stir in the sector when it purchased Monymusk, Frome...
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS BY the Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company to produce energy for sale to the national grid have failed to materialise some eight years after the project was first announced. According to Delroy Armstrong, senior...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsey Edwards-Henry, says the group will be seeking to have more of its members recognised for their services nationally, including with the establishment of a Prime Minister’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THERE was no major report of flooding in western Jamaica, heavy and continuous rains forced the suspension of face-to-face classes at several schools in the region yesterday. For the first time since school reopened for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS IN Negril, Westmoreland, have thrown their support behind a call from Morland Wilson, member of parliament for Westmoreland Western, for the Negril Beach Park in the rustic resort town to be developed, similar to that...
WESTERN BUREAU: FLOYD GREEN, member of parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth South Western, is urging the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to accelerate the implementation of a modern irrigation system to support farmers in Flagaman and the wider...
WESTERN BUREAU: RASTAFARIAN ELDER Ras Iyah V, who was one of the key advocates for the decriminalisation of ganja, says he is not optimistic that small ganja farmers will ever benefit from the emerging medicinal cannabis industry, unless...
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE THE illicit activities of scammers raking in an estimated $300 million annually for the local economy via the notorious lottery scam, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang wants nothing to do with those involved in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has said the the current Bail Act has allowed some 32 persons from Westmoreland, who are believed to be prime players in criminal activities, to be back on the streets, and fears that...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has revealed that the Government, in its quest to tackle organised transnational crimes, will be outfitting the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) with an integrated coastal surveillance radar...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is urging members of the security forces to shoot to kill when confronted by armed gunmen, noting that the country was spending too much to treat criminals at public-health facilities....
WESTERN BUREAU: Four students, who are studying modern languages at the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in Montego Bay, St James, will be spending this semester in Spain at the Universidad de Jaén in Andalusia on a student exchange scholarship...
WESTERN BUREAU: The students enrolled at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St James, are poised to have an extra layer of mentorship as they are to benefit from a school-based programme initiated by the institution’s old boys’ association and other...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the low turnout of religious leaders for last Friday’s consultation on the crime situation in Westmoreland, Custos Rev Hartley Perrin still thinks the local clergy will play its role in forging greater partnerships to blunt...
WESTERN BUREAU: Damion Tyrell, director of field operations and data collection at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), is urging Jamaicans to participate in the 2022 Population and Housing Census, which is now on in earnest. The data...
WESTERN BUREAU: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson is not pleased with the slow pace at which the Government is rolling out the JamaicaEye programme, which is expected to become one of the critical tools in the effort to blunt the...
