WESTERN BUREAU: The Knockalva Polytechnic College in Hanover, which is now steeped in preparation for its October 24 Founder’s Day celebration, is expressing gratitude to the stakeholders who assisted in its recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane...
WESTERN BUREAU: Anthony Lawrence, the chairman of the Knockalva Polytechnic College, in Hanover, is calling for the Government of Jamaica to implement policies that will allow the country’s farmers to integrate modern technology into their farming...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon this week heaped praise on the St James police for the dramatic reduction in murders in the parish. Since the start of the year, St James has recorded 34 murders in comparison to the 83 murders...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Content district and surrounding communities in St James can now engage in nighttime sporting activities after the installation of solar-powered floodlights at the Content Community Centre. The lights, which are...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says the implementation date for the city’s new traffic management plan will be announced once ongoing discussions between the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and key stakeholders conclude....
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says that, once the ongoing upgrades to the downtown area of the western city are complete, handcart and food vendors will not be allowed to operate outside of designated zones. Speaking at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation [StJMC] on Wednesday, signed a $23-million contract with Homer Davis, member of parliament for St James Southern, for a road rehabilitation project in Richmond Hill, Catadupa. The project, which...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESPECTED POLLSTERS Don Anderson, and social commentator Kay Osborne are not impressed with the attitude of Christians towards local politics, saying they are largely silent when it comes to participating in the political process or...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mount Alvernia High School, which is celebrating its centennial year, yesterday received a generous $5-million donation towards the refurbishing of its auditorium from a group called The Friends of Luke Organisation....
WESTERN BUREAU: With yesterday's absence of the defendants’ lawyer, King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie, the ongoing trial of the 16 members of the Montego Bay-based Qahal Yahweh religious group, who are charged with breaches of both the Child Care and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Social commentator and retired journalist Kay Osborne is calling for a revision of the current consultative process on the Caribbean Court of Justice [CCJ] as Jamaica’s final appellate court, to allow citizens a more direct avenue...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Marsha Atherley-Ikechi, the executive director of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR), is calling on utility regulators in the Caribbean region to become more adaptable to better manage the various issues...
WESTERN BUREAU:i Montego Bay’s Hosanna Preparatory School has again come up trumps in this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, with three students – Tenese Mowatt, Derwin Hamil, and Tanner Reid – winning government scholarships....
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says millions of dollars are now being spent to bring water to several well-established communities in St James Southern, which has been suffering from a chronic shortage of water over several years...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says that St James Health Services, to include the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), is equipped and ready to give proper medical assistance...
WESTERN BUREAU: Oral Johnson, who was held with 23 pounds of cocaine during a police operation in Coral Gardens, St James, on April 26, 2022, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Johnson, a bar and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Shaquan Maxwell and Robertha McKenzie, who distinguished themselves by being the top male and female in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations in St James East Central, were recently recognised by East Central St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: Inspector Orville Bushay, who heads the Area One Police Division’s newly formed Agricultural Protection Branch (APB), wants agricultural stakeholders to cooperate with the unit in fighting praedial larceny in western Jamaica....
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite suffering a stroke, which has left her bedridden and unable to speak, centenarian Enid Dennis, who celebrated her 105th birthday on Sunday, remains a symbol of deep love and inspiration for her family. Dennis, who resides at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Tony Rodney is now breathing life into his long-held dream of creating a venue where families can enjoy themselves together, with this past Thursday’s soft opening of his Funtopia amusement park in Rosemount Pen in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon wants businesses, schools, and homes in St James to have their own rodent-control programmes instead of waiting for the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to launch initiatives to control the...
WESTERN BUREAU: There were heated exchanges among councillors at St James Municipal Corporation’s (StJMC) monthly meeting on Thursday regarding the suitability of the 110 units to be used in the Government’s rural school bus system. The acrimonious...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green is urging the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) to remain committed to safeguarding fisheries across its member states – especially the livelihoods of local artisanal fisherfolk –...
WESTERN BUREAU: The school family at Glendevon Primary and Junior High, in St James, is today celebrating the success of their grade-six cohort as, despite sitting their 2025 Primary Exit Profile examination during a riot in the community, 30 of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the heartbreaking loss of their teacher Claudette Forbes just before sitting their Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, Denyque Haughton and Curtanae Patterson of Askenish Primary and Infant School in Hanover have achieved...
