WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its 59th anniversary of political independence, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says self-governance does not mean freedom for the country’s young people to kill and maim each other...
WESTERN BUREAU: Drug and gun smugglers continue to breach Jamaica’s borders, but the country’s air and marine surveillance infrastructure has reduced the number of contraband runs into the island, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has said....
WESTERN BUREAU: Generosity came to the doorsteps of residents of the Westmoreland Infirmary located in Dunbar’s River, Savanna-la-Mar, when the Daley family, which owns and operates a mini-mart in the parish capital, gave them a donation of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bertel Moore, chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says while the costs overrun on the municipal headquarters has escalated by approximately $30 million, an unplanned space was created to give greater service...
WESTERN BUREAU: Armed with a bachelor’s degree in law, Garnian Hazel, a visually impaired resident of Success district in Hanover, says he wants to help prevent children involved in domestic conflicts from ending up in the country’s judicial system...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stung by an increase in homicides and other gun-related crimes, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says his ministry will be seeking to disrupt the recruiting of young people into criminal gangs by targeting youngsters at...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has announced that his ministry will be taking the requisite steps to end a stand-off between the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, director of Region Four in the Ministry of Education, says a total of 49 schools, or approximately 33 per cent of the 145 listed public schools in St James, Hanover and Westmoreland, have reopened for face-to-...
WESTERN BUREAU Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) government member Heroy Clarke says Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore must be held accountable for the cost overruns plaguing the ongoing construction of the new Westmoreland...
WESTERN BUREAU: St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis has expressed his support for calls to reinstate a state of emergency (SOE) in the northwestern parish to rein in serious crimes. “As someone who is now sitting in the parliament,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the local hospitality sector, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has said that investor confidence remains high, with ground to be broken soon for a 2,000-room hotel in Green...
WESTERN BUREAU: Persons living with disabilities could soon have access to more than the ground floor of the new Westmoreland municipal building as Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore, who is also chairman of the municipal corporation, says an indoor...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is expressing much confidence that the tourism industry will bounce back by 2023, but he is arguing that much will be dependent on the nation’s capacity to manage the new COVID-19 pandemic...
WESTERN BUREAU: Evon Thompson, director at the National Meteorological Service, has said the country’s ability to effectively predict weather patterns and conditions have received a major boost with the installation of three automatic weather...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the leadership of the West Jamaica Conference (WJC) of Seventh-day Adventist Church has given a commitment for the continued use of their conference facility as a clinic to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Aquaculture branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is expressing cautious optimism that the newly established oyster farm in Westmoreland will help to boost the country’s capacity to generate significant earnings...
Western Bureau: By the end of this week, 34 schools in St James, Hanover, and Westmoreland – which make up the Ministry of Education’s Region Four – are expected to be involved in a blend of face-to-face and online classes as more COVID-19-...
WESTERN BUREAU: John Byles, chairman of the Tourism Resilient Corridors Committee (TRCC), has refuted a claim by Dr Marcia Graham of the Westmoreland Health Department that tourism players in the parish are disregarding established COVID-19 health...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Robert Gordon, the commanding officer for the Westmoreland police, says high school students contributed to 29 per cent of the increase in the number of sexual offences committed in the western parish last year....
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has rejected the call by stakeholders in Montego Bay for the establishment of a COVIDF-19 field hospital at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), saying the one being established in...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE COGNISANT of the urgent need for the construction of the proposed 15-kilometre perimeter development road, also referred to as the Montego Bay Bypass, businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett believes in the creation of a Long Hill...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prominent Montego Bay businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett, who heads the crime portfolio in his capacity as a director at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), is threatening to spearhead a demonstration in the streets...
WESTERN BUREAU Dr Marcia Graham, the medical officer of health (MOH) at the Westmoreland Health Department, says tourism players in the western parish are breaching the COVID-19 protocols with impunity, while residents enjoy no such latitude as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett, who serves as a director and head of the crime portfolio at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), wants persons involved in the shipping of illegal guns and ammunition into the...
Western Bureau: A decision by the Government to delay the commencement of works on the long-awaited Montego bay bypass is not going down well with business leaders, who are yearning for an end to the traffic gridlock which has plagued the Second...
