WESTERN BUREAU: There is a renewed sense of hope in western Jamaica following Wednesday’s arrival of 117 linemen from the Canadian company Graystone who are equipped with heavy-duty equipment to speed up the electricity-restoration programme in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that rather than investing in large, stand-alone storage facilities, which may sit idle between disasters, investing in storm-resilient public...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hurricane Melissa has reignited debate over disaster readiness in Westmoreland, but the parish’s business community says the solution does not lie in constructing a new, purpose-built disaster warehouse. Instead, the storm exposed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that despite the widespread anxiety in the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay in St James did not experience any major...
WESTERN BUREAU: The destruction left in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has dealt a major blow to PATH and social pension beneficiaries in St Elizabeth, with damaged post offices severely limiting access to critical financial support. That...
WESTERN BUREAU: Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, director of Chabad Jamaica Limited, has condemned what he described as a “despicable” and hate-driven attack on the global Jewish community, following a deadly shooting at a public Hanukkah celebration in Sydney...
WESTERN BUREAU: A gasolene generator will be used to power a scaled-down Municipal Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Black River, St Elizabeth, as parish leaders move to keep hope alive in communities still recovering from the devastation caused...
WESTERN BUREAU Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River and chairman of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, says essential municipal services have resumed from the Jeremy Palmer Building in Black River, as the parish continues to recover from the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Michelle Senior, parish manager at the St Elizabeth branch of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is voicing new concerns about unsafe rebuilding efforts now under way in parts of the Parottee community, where homes were...
WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has declared that Jamaica’s craft sector is poised for a sweeping overhaul as the Government moves to reposition craft not as an afterthought but...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s chief medical officer, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, says the arrival of China’s state-of-the-art medical ship could not have come at a more critical moment, describing it as a “rare and invaluable opportunity” to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, has joined forces with the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Chamber of Commerce to deliver humanitarian aid to residents still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has vowed that no Jamaican will be denied access to justice despite Hurricane Melissa’s crippling blow, which damaged courthouses and justice centres and disrupted services across western...
WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, destroying homes, schools and livelihoods, the Manning’s School Past Students’ Association, New York Chapter (MPSA NY), moved quickly to support students and teachers with...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland is on the brink of an economic collapse, with the parish’s smallest businesses – the micro enterprises that employ hundreds and fuel daily commercial life – “pretty much wiped out” by Hurricane Melissa, the Westmoreland...
WESTERN BUREAU After years in a cramped space under threat of eviction, police in Little London have moved into a modern station that leaders call a turning point for security and public trust in western Jamaica. Sergeant Arlene McBean, chairman...
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says Jamaica has no confirmed cholera cases after Hurricane Melissa, though leptospirosis has surfaced in several parishes, prompting intensified public health measures....
WESTERN BUREAU: The management committee of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Welfare Fund has activated a $40-million humanitarian allocation to assist police officers whose homes and families were devastated by the catastrophic passage of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The country’s third field hospital – a Type 2 full-service medical facility gifted by Barbados – will be fully operational before the end of this week on the grounds of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland....
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has said that the country’s new building code, which has been in gestation for nearly two decades, is scheduled for implementation in the upcoming fiscal year. As...
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, is applauding what he describes as “one of the strongest private-sector mobilisations in recent memory”, as corporate Jamaica steps up in force...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has issued his strongest warning yet in the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic impact, declaring that “nowhere in Jamaica is safe anymore” and announcing an emergency national...
WESTERN BUREAU For thousands of Jamaicans, the warmth of Christmas will be more than a memory this year. Hurricane Melissa, now recorded as the most violent storm ever to strike the island, has left families facing not only structural ruin but...
WESTERN BUREAU: Principal of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), Keith Wellington, says the emotional toll of yet another disruption on students cannot be overlooked, especially for those already scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Port Authority of Jamaica and the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), representing the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, have been lauded for their rapid recovery efforts and resilience following the recent...
