WESTERN BUREAU: While the projected completion date for the new Montego Bay Bypass Road is May 2026, it is likely that motorists will start using sections of the multimillion-dollar project ahead of that date, based on plans to start opening it in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Professor William Aiken, district governor of Rotary International District 7020, is calling for the widespread installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Jamaica, noting that the life-saving devices could...
WESTERN BUREAU: While fire calls were down by 14 per cent nationally in 2023-2024, the situation was far different in Westmoreland, which registered a staggering 35 per cent increase that was further compounded by a whopping 62 per cent increase in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Each morning, garbage trucks groan out of Savanna-la-Mar and Negril in Westmoreland, their diesel engines burdened by the weight of household refuse and commercial waste. Their destination, the Retirement Disposal Site in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The business community in Montego Bay, St James, is expressing relief following the arrest of reputed female gang leader only known as ‘Toots’ and six of her alleged associates. The seven were apprehended under the St James Police...
WESTERN BUREAU: While there has been an uptick in violent crimes in other parts of the island, Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, the police commander for St James, says his team is keeping a tight grip on the parish through targeted operations...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director for Region Four of the Ministry of Education, is urging Rotary Clubs and other volunteer groups to help students move beyond simply being “good” academically, warning that complacency has...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James police, who are on a drive to dismantle the criminal gang behind a spate of robberies in the parish, have identified a woman known only as ‘Toots’ as the mastermind behind the illicit scheme. The gangsters are being...
WESTERN BUREAU: Instead of just focussing on justice, educator Floyd V. Hitchman, the new president of the St James chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), has outlined a bold agenda, which will include focussing on mental...
WESTERN BUREAU: The newly opened Anchovy Police Station in St James received a boost in technology last Friday with the donation of five laptop computers from the Rotary Cub of Montego Bay in partnership with accounting firm KPMG. Though seemingly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Hitchman, a guidance councillor at the Maldon High School in St James, was elected unopposed as the new president of the St James Lay Magistrates’ Association over last weekend at the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM...
WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, trustee of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), is supportive of the view that Jamaica should establish its own final court of appeal, arguing that the nation possesses the legal expertise and maturity to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has confirmed that all Jamaican workers and 50 unskilled Chinese workers are no longer employed on the construction site of the new multibillion-dollar...
WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, trustee of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), has appealed to justices of the peace (JPs) to expose colleagues who exploit their office for personal gain, and in so doing, erode public trust and tarnish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Renowned Montego Bay-based attorney-at-law Clayton Morgan is calling for Jamaicans living overseas to seize the moment and invest in local real estate and housing based on the opportunities for financial returns and creating...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Rose Hall Development Company is looking at developing a deeper long-term strategy for protecting the local environment which will utilise broader education and public awareness, this after having led one of western Jamaica’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Bevan Earle, popularly know as the ‘Duke of Earl’ in South Florida, where he hosts a successful radio show, is calling for Jamaica’s diaspora to hold on to their Jamaican roots by reaffirming their allegiance to the land of their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kilara Suit, a senior agriculture specialist at the World Bank, says that, despite the immense potential of Jamaica’s agriculture sector, it still continues to grapple with low productivity and persistent barriers that hinder growth...
WESTERN BUREAU: With St James now enjoying crime reduction on a scale not seen in over two decades, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging displaced gangsters to turn a new page by channelling their energies into farming and agribusiness,...
Western Bureau: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says Jamaica’s agricultural sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of recent disasters, citing record-breaking production and major private investments. Green, who was speaking on...
WESTERN BUREAU: FORMER AIR Jamaica administrator and longstanding community advocate Kay Chang has called for greater recognition of the diaspora leisure market, saying its untapped potential and historical significance would be a great asset to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Cornwall College, one of western Jamaica’s oldest high schools, has unveiled a memorabilia store that blends tradition with teaching, in what the school’s chairman, Dr Richard Meggo, has described as “a critical step in nation-...
WESTERN BUREAU: The quiet district of Bugs Bunny in Lilliput, St James, was plunged into mourning following Thursday’s tragic death of 13-year-old Twaine Jaheem Skyers, a second-form student at Hopewell High School in Hanover. The teen’s lifeless...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP)-controlled Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says the election of three PNP members of parliament (MPs) in Westmoreland is a long-overdue...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis, who was unseated in the recent general election by the People’s National Party’s (PNP) newcomer Nekeisha Burchell, plans to stay around in a bid to reclaim the seat in the...
