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Published:Friday | September 8, 2023 | 12:12 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang says the escalation of criminal activities in Westmoreland has ignited a dire need to have the Frome and Little London police station buildings now under construction put into operation...

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Hailing the new policy for grooming in public schools as a step in the right direction, elder Lewis Brown is hoping that workplaces will further narrow the gap between mainstream culture and Rastafarians by allowing them to freely...

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: SIX YEARS after the Government invested nearly $1 billion in the development of an artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny, the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) wants to know why the facility has not yet been included in the...

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: ADMINISTRATORS FROM the Ministry of Education and schools in Westmoreland have admitted to countering the effects of teacher resignations, as the new school year began on Monday. Godfrey Drummond, president of the Westmoreland arm...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DESMOND MCKENZIE, whose portfolio covers the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), says Capital Heights gully in Green Pond, St James, poses a serious flooding concern for Montego Bay and must be fixed. “...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: SINCE ITS inception more than a year and a half ago, the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme (TWPS) has grown to $1 billion, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The Sagicor Life Jamaica-managed TWPS was launched in January...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: After finishing last among a field of 22 spellers a year ago, 13-year-old Akim Bowen staged a massive upset last week to claim the 2023 title in the Rotary Club of LIFE Jamaica’s Lilliput Spelling Bee Competition. Having correctly...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: VICKESHIA BOX, director of Sheffield Palms Development, says Roman Catholic primary and high schools will be built in the underconstruction community over the next three years. “The projected Sheffield Palms primary and high...

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2023 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Administrators, instructors, and parents at the Sheffield Primary School in Westmoreland are ecstatic about the Connell family’s generous donations, which have provided approximately 300 students with backpacks filled with school...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau Jamaica has been dubbed the ideal location for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) tourism with an estimated 15,000 new hotel rooms coming to the hospitality sector over the next seven years and an increase in...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The Burnt Savanna Foundation, whose principals are Jamaicans but are now living in New York, United States, has ensured that several students who display excellent academic abilities will be able to attend their respective high...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN HE won the gold medal in the men’s 400 metres final at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday, 21-year-old Antonio Watson of Duncans in Trelawny gave Jamaicans every reason to celebrate. This victory has...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Vice President Ian Hayles is claiming that internal polling data shows that the party’s parliamentary candidates in Westmoreland are ahead of their opposition rivals. “We are ahead by 20 percentage...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Donovan White, director of tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, has asserted that business travel is on the rise and that Jamaica is rapidly bouncing back to pre-COVID-19 levels due to the anticipated growth of the country’s...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Deputy General Secretary Wensworth Skeffery has placed delegates and supporters of the party on high alert for the possibility of both local government and parliamentary elections before the end of the...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Marlene Malahoo Forte, the minister of legal and constitutional affairs, has indicated that the resort town of Negril could become a municipality, with the development of a legal framework, ending its current status where it is...

Published:Saturday | August 19, 2023 | 8:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Regency Petroleum Limited (RPL), a relatively new company in the petroleum industry that went public on the Jamaica Stock Exchange last year, has opened its second petrol service station at Paradise in Westmoreland. Prior to now,...

Published:Friday | August 18, 2023 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: SENATOR MATTHEW Samuda says residents of Rose Heights, Rosemount Gardens and adjoining communities in St James Central will be able to access an adequate and stable supply of potable water. Samuda, the minister with responsibility...

Published:Friday | August 18, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness says the National Housing Trust (NHT) has reached its limit and is now moving to forge partnerships to fulfil its mandate of constructing affordable housing solutions for contributors. Holness, who is...

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2023 | 12:12 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DARYL VAZ says he will be pushing amendments to the Road Traffic Act for harsher punishment against owners of animals that stray on to public roadways. Vaz, the minister of science, energy, telecommunications and transport, vowed to...

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2023 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) has demanded that the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) furnish housing development plans so entrepreneurs can strategise their business plans. But Bertel Moore, mayor...

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: YOUTH ADVOCATE Conroy D. Thompson is an educator and author who is working tirelessly to better the lives of young people, by using his life stories to inspire their dreams to overcome life’s obstacles. As an educator and author,...

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2023 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says real estate developers who enter into a contractual agreement under the National Housing Trust Guaranteed Purchase Programme should prepare to deliver affordable housing solutions for contributors or face strict...

Published:Monday | August 14, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: In a move designed to ensure there is sufficient time to discuss municipal matters, the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) has voted to relegate the attendance of representatives of state agencies to a committee, where the...

Published:Saturday | August 12, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: THE AREA One Fraud Squad has launched a probe into allegations that the signatures of some councillors were forged on an altered copy of a document now being circulated. The original document was used to boot Danree Delancy from...

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