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Published:Friday | August 11, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore is now facing the heat from councillors in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), which has been engulfed in turmoil since three People’s National Party (PNP) representatives resigned from...

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

WESTERN BUREAU: JC Hutchinson, deputy leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says there is currently no room in that party to accommodate the three Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) independent councillors, who recently resigned...

Published:Thursday | August 10, 2023 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: POPULAR WESTMORELAND-based attorney-at-law Dionne Meyler-Barrett has thrown her hat into the political ring, declaring herself as “a better leader for a brighter future” for the People’s National Party (PNP) in Westmoreland Central...

Published:Wednesday | August 9, 2023 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: It would appear that behind-the-scenes efforts by former People’s National Party (PNP) Vice President Dr Karl Blythe, to get the three Westmoreland councillors who recently defected from the party to return to the fold, have not...

Published:Tuesday | August 8, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the many challenges now facing the island, including the worrisome scourge of crime and violence, Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Bertel Moore is urging Jamaicans to remain patriotic in the quest to build a better nation. Moore, who...

Published:Saturday | August 5, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Danree Delancy, who was recently ousted as the deputy mayor of Savanna-la Mar and replaced by independent councillor Ian Myles, has won the first round in his court battle to be reinstated to the...

Published:Saturday | August 5, 2023 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Dancehall star Teejay, the man with the hottest summer song, Drift, delighted Montego Bay, his hometown, on Emancipation Day, with a fabulous performance before some 12,000 fans at the annual Montego Bay Jerk Fest, at the...

Published:Friday | August 4, 2023 | 12:07 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Heaven, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), has urged youth leaders in St James to do more to engage their peers, many of whom are desperate for good role models, he says, as they seek a...

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2023 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: In a bid to foster the better development of young people in western Jamaica, Gavin Anderson, the newly installed president of the Rotaract Club of Montego Bay, is pledging to help mentor high school boys in the region to keep them...

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2023 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: WESTMORELAND’S CUSTOS, the Reverend Hartley Perrin, says the negative impacts of slavery have caused many Jamaicans to lose hope and pride in themselves because of the British Monarch’s preference for people with lighter complexion...

Published:Monday | July 31, 2023 | 12:05 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) failed to impress some residents during last Thursday’s town hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, as the exercise was described as ‘flawed’, especially in relation to effectively engaging...

Published:Friday | July 28, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: The resort town of Negril in Westmoreland is now much more pleasing to the eyes than in recent weeks, thanks to the collaborative effort of the local business community, and residents, who collected over 60 bags of garbage from the...

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:12 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Wary of the violence in Westmoreland, neighbourhood watch groups in the parish, in collaboration with the Negril Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and religious and civic organisations, will be staging a peace march in the tourist...

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2023 | 12:06 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck wants to make the making of a ‘will’ mandatory in Jamaica, saying it will minimise the many instances of relatives fighting over ‘dead left’, a factor that has led to many deadly family squabbles over...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 1:28 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT Winston Milton, who heads the Trelawny Police Division, has asked the Trelawny Municipal Corporation and private investors who are constructing hotels and housing schemes in the parish to consider...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: SYLVAN REID, the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate-caretaker for the Salt Spring division in St James Central, has accused key party members of selling out the previous general elections to the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: SENATOR JANICE Allen, the sole parliamentarian and political organiser for the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in Region 6, has cautioned delegates and party supporters against becoming too relaxed in light of the latest...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 12:59 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Newly installed Rotary Club of Montego Bay (RCMB) President Paul G. Thompson has pledged to carry on the club’s mission of spreading optimism in an increasingly hopeless world. Thompson said this would be accomplished through...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: AS PART of continuous efforts to convert the area into an iconic experience, Falmouth’s mayor, Collen Gager, is taking steps to stop pan chicken vendors from illegally disposing of food waste and spent cooking oil in Water Square....

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 12:40 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Tasheka Young, the deputy head girl at Savanna-la-Mar Primary School in Westmoreland, numbered among the top 10 students from the institution who were placed at their high school of choice based on the recent Primary Exit Profile (...

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 12:34 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: MORE THAN US$12,000 in products and appliances were donated by the Florida, US-based Rotary Club of Miami Kendall to the children and caregivers at the SOS Children’s villages in Barrett Town, St James, and Stony Hill, St Andrew....

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 12:42 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Head of the Trelawny police division, deputy superintendent Winston Milton, has raised concern about an increase in the number of cases of rape of minors and incest in the division, and is urging persons to exercise more care for...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 12:31 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: JOY ROBERTS, the executive director for Jamaica Vacations in the Ministry of Tourism, has expressed concern that the foul odour emanating from the resort town of Falmouth, Trelawny, could hinder growth of the country’s cruise...

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 1:22 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is being urged by his opposition counterpart, Senator Janice Allen, to use some of the revenue generated from the industry to address the country’s crime issues and make Jamaica safer and more...

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 12:56 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: HOWARD COOKE Primary School in St James has received a donation of concrete mixture valued at more than $1.5 million from Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited to finish the construction of three of the five classrooms it is currently building....

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