WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Andre Haughton, the People’s National Party (PNP) spokesman on science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, says the nation’s teachers deserve special commendation. “It takes a special person to offer themselves and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the establishment of the Red Stripe Experience at Rick’s Café in Negril, Westmoreland, will generate an estimated US$1.5 million in earnings annually and provide approximately 150 new direct...
WESTERN BUREAU: Phillip Paulwell, the opposition spokesman on energy and climate change, says that, should the People’s National Party (PNP) form the next government, it has already developed a plan to reduce the cost of electricity by more than US...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says the development of a National Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Policy is geared towards combating global trafficking in persons, which generates approximately US$236 billion in illegal...
WESTERN BUREAU: Audley Gordon, the executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is not supportive of a decision to deny potential sanitation workers employment because they lack the basic literacy skills to read at a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Lenworth Fulton, immediate past president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has embraced the Government’s plans to protect farmers from praedial larcenists by rolling out its agricultural warden programme in areas deemed ‘...
WESTERN BUREAU The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is now facing an unexpected hurdle in hiring sanitary workers and street sweepers in Westmoreland, as many of the job-seekers are failing the basic literacy tests. Mark Jones, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Othneil Dobson, the police commander for the Westmoreland, has revealed that bike taxi and public passenger (PPV) vehicles operators are among the primary offenders in incidents of child sexual abuse and other sexual...
WESTERN BUREAU: The issue of stray animals wandering the streets of Westmoreland could soon be resolved as Agriculture Minister Floyd Green announced that the Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, which operates the Frome Sugar Factory, has...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Patrick Prendergast, director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), has emphasised the need for a strategic initiative to ensure that all Jamaicans are aware of and appreciate the events that led to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen first runner-up Ann Marie Patrick is celebrating the new age limit for the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition. After being herself unable to re-enter the contest in 2006 due to the rules...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid diverse denomina-tional beliefs, the St James Ministers Fraternal, led by Chairman Pastor Davewin Thomas, has cultivated a spirit of cooperation among religious leaders to tackle pressing community challenges. Pastor Thomas...
WESTERN BUREAU Members of the clergy in St James will remove their pastoral gowns and join the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to clear garbage from the community of Granville on Valentine’s Day. That is according to Pastor...
WESTERN BUREAU: ICON Importers and Distributors, a company with over 25 years of service, has unveiled a major investment in the Global Service Sector (GSS), formally known as business processing outsourcing (BPO). This move will transform the...
WESTERN BUREAU The New Year brought immense joy to the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, in Westmoreland, as Leana Sewell welcomed her precious son, baby Tahir Whitelocke, into the world yesterday. As the first baby born at the hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: Olivia Grange, minister of culture, entertainment, gender and sport, says re-enacting the Christmas Rebellion, led by Samuel Sharpe and which ended slavery, is essential to building strong Jamaican families, embracing freedom and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, is bemoaning that Jamaica’s cultural heritage is not getting the type of respect it deserves as its true value appears to be waning as the country moves further away...
WESTERN BUREAU Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says legislative hurdles are currently impeding the ability of the municipal corporations in western Jamaica to establish and operate a centralised pound for stray animals. However, Vernon said his...
WESTERN BUREAU: The children living with disabilities at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Montego Bay, St James, got a treat to remember on Christmas Day when they were feted by philanthropist Winston Dear, the Usain Bolt Foundation, and the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy has called on the residents of Westmoreland to make a concerted effort to spread love and joy throughout the Christmas holiday, despite the toll that violence has taken on the community this...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon has issued a firm warning to the criminals targeting the New Market township and surrounding commercial areas in St Elizabeth, demanding that they cease their activities. In September, gunmen robbed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is urging incoming passengers, particularly Jamaicans, to complete the new C5 Immigration Form online before arriving in Jamaica to ensure smoother airport processing and reduce delays. Bartlett’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has revealed that the JamaicaEye surveillance network is now in shambles, owing to a shortage of personnel to maintain the system, causing several cameras to fail. Launched in March 2018 in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ainsley McCarty, who heads the St James’ zone of special operations (ZOSO), has heaped praise on the residents of Norwood for making their community one of the safest in the parish so far this...
WESTERN BUREAU: In an inspiring display of talent and dedication, New Hope Primary School, in eastern Westmoreland, emerged as the champions of the Westmoreland Primary Schools Container Gardening Competition, which saw them being rewarded for...
