WESTERN BUREAU: The wife of a Westmoreland taxi operator charged with five counts of causing death by dangerous driving was reduced to tears after he was denied bail, dashing hopes of celebrating his infant son’s birthday on Monday. Delroy Rodney...
WESTERN BUREAU: A donation of half a million dollars has warmed the hearts and opened the floodgates of tears of joy for a Westmoreland family, the victims of a destructive fire that recently destroyed their five-bedroom wooden house in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A JAMAICAN educator based in New York, Dr Beverly Jones, has challenged mathematics educators to change their ways of teaching by embracing the methods of how students learn. Jones, assistant superintendent for secondary curriculum...
Western Bureau: Stephen Shaw, the National Works Agency’s chief of communication and customer service, has urged students at Anchovy High School in St James to strive to become go-givers as they prepare to assist people without the spotlight and...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADVERSE WEATHER, which has crippled operations across the island over the last two days, left skeleton staff to manage business operations in Westmoreland on Friday as owners took precautionary measures. While Westmoreland was not...
WESTERN BUREAU: Owen Plummer spent much of Tuesday reflecting on the life of his mother, 54-year-old Janet Thompson, and the sudden and devastating shattering of their physical and spiritual bond, a day after she and four other people perished in a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Eight years after his father was inducted into the prestigious Business Leader Wall of Fame, the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) has announced businessman Mark Hart, executive chairman of Caribbean Producers...
WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 15,000 residents are to benefit from an investment of $800 million to upgrade the water supply systems in St James Southern, which will be carried out over the next three years, starting on April 1, 2024. Senator...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillor Richard Vernon, the deputy mayor of Montego Bay in St James, has indicated that fundamental scouting principles and skills are required to combat the strain that is currently endangering the nation’s development. In...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that approximately 80 additional bed spaces will be created at Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, starting in the next financial year, which commences on April 1...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) has requested an audit to ascertain the number of fire hydrants in the parish and their working status. The move comes after firefighters encountered difficulties in getting water from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett is insisting that every male child should enrol in the national Scouts programmes and other similar uniformed groups, where they can be properly guided and not fall easy recruits to a life of crime. He...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth (MOEY) has urged the Scout Association of Jamaica to continue giving the country’s youth hope through its numerous volunteer initiatives. “I ask you to take the hands of our students, open their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Ballards Valley in St Elizabeth are optimistic that the strategic search for British national Robert Dyer, which involves the use of canines in the woods they have been scouring since Sunday, will end positively. "It's...
WESTERN BUREAU: The movement of traffic along the thoroughfare that links parts of Hanover and Westmoreland was crippled on Monday due to a demonstration at Shettlewood over bad road conditions. Residents blocked the roadway with fallen trees,...
WESTERN BUREAU: MARSHA SMITH, state minister for education and youth, says additional classes at Grange Hill Primary School will prove significant as it has outgrown its capacity. The western Westmoreland-based co-educational institution had its...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Christ Alive Christian Center in Bronx, New York, Reverend Dean Brown, says a focus on the vision of Teamwork Associates Ministries will take its work far beyond another half century, as it continues to transform lives...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO MONTHS away from its 100th anniversary, students and administrators at Grange Hill Primary School have welcomed the addition of eight classrooms that will reduce overcrowding and increase teacher-student contact time. Clayton...
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Justice Bryan Sykes will be the keynote speaker for the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Annual Awards Banquet scheduled for Saturday, December 2, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. The event, a fixture on...
WESTERN BUREAU: SOUTH ST James will be converted into a thriving agricultural zone, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, as part of an effort to generate economic prosperity for the residents of those farming communities. He said that he...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer in St James Southern, Nekeisha Burchell, has labelled as sexist and deeply disrespectful remarks made about her personal appearance at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) conference in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: MOSES CHYBAR, head of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says several businesses have reported minor damage to their business establishments following yesterday’s earthquake. Noting that it was still early to get a...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness says Jamaica wants to see the human rights of all people respected, this after his administration missed out on a crucial vote on the war in the Middle East. Holness’ stance on people’s human rights...
WESTERN BUREAU JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) General Secretary Dr Horace Chang has pledged that Andrew Holness will continue to lead the party and serve as prime minister until its 90th anniversary. “The Labour Party is celebrating 80 years as a...
WESTERN BUREAU: George Wright, the self-proclaimed independent member of parliament for Westmoreland Central, is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to accelerate the regularisation of squatter communities in the parish in order to enable access...
