WESTERN BUREAU: St James Central Member of Parliament (MP), Heroy Clarke, says constituents and other parish residents will soon be able to access a new sports and recreational complex on the Jarrett Park Guild Club lands. In an interview with The...
WESTERN BUREAU: An attempt to oust the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Bertel Moore as chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation was thwarted on Thursday. Independent councillor Lawton McKenzie of the Grange Hill division intercepted the...
WESTERN BUREAU: WORK HAS been started to facilitate the construction of Westmoreland’s Negril Fruits and Vegetables Market. Desmond McKenzie, minister of local government and rural development, whose portfolio includes municipal markets, at a town...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) has called for Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis to conduct a special audit of the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) ongoing multibillion-dollar rehabilitation project. More than $4 billion has...
WESTERN BUREAU: A strike by disgruntled taxi operators disrupted classes and the local transportation network in Westmoreland yesterday when they blocked the main road between Grange Hill and Savanna-la-Mar and demanded its immediate...
Western Bureau: The reversion of Willie Delisser Boulevard to two-way traffic, as well as the enforcement of delivery truck traffic rules, is expected to provide immediate and sustained temporary relief from traffic congestion in the north coastal...
WESTERN BUREAU: A four-suite luxury addition to the island’s south coast tourism offerings by Bluefields Bay Villas has inspired Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett to step up their marketing efforts for tourists who are seeking higher dollar value...
WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang says the escalation of criminal activities in Westmoreland has ignited a dire need to have the Frome and Little London police station buildings now under construction put into operation...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hailing the new policy for grooming in public schools as a step in the right direction, elder Lewis Brown is hoping that workplaces will further narrow the gap between mainstream culture and Rastafarians by allowing them to freely...
WESTERN BUREAU: SIX YEARS after the Government invested nearly $1 billion in the development of an artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny, the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) wants to know why the facility has not yet been included in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: ADMINISTRATORS FROM the Ministry of Education and schools in Westmoreland have admitted to countering the effects of teacher resignations, as the new school year began on Monday. Godfrey Drummond, president of the Westmoreland arm...
WESTERN BUREAU: DESMOND MCKENZIE, whose portfolio covers the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), says Capital Heights gully in Green Pond, St James, poses a serious flooding concern for Montego Bay and must be fixed. “...
WESTERN BUREAU: SINCE ITS inception more than a year and a half ago, the Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme (TWPS) has grown to $1 billion, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The Sagicor Life Jamaica-managed TWPS was launched in January...
WESTERN BUREAU: After finishing last among a field of 22 spellers a year ago, 13-year-old Akim Bowen staged a massive upset last week to claim the 2023 title in the Rotary Club of LIFE Jamaica’s Lilliput Spelling Bee Competition. Having correctly...
WESTERN BUREAU: VICKESHIA BOX, director of Sheffield Palms Development, says Roman Catholic primary and high schools will be built in the underconstruction community over the next three years. “The projected Sheffield Palms primary and high...
WESTERN BUREAU: Administrators, instructors, and parents at the Sheffield Primary School in Westmoreland are ecstatic about the Connell family’s generous donations, which have provided approximately 300 students with backpacks filled with school...
Western Bureau Jamaica has been dubbed the ideal location for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) tourism with an estimated 15,000 new hotel rooms coming to the hospitality sector over the next seven years and an increase in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Burnt Savanna Foundation, whose principals are Jamaicans but are now living in New York, United States, has ensured that several students who display excellent academic abilities will be able to attend their respective high...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN HE won the gold medal in the men’s 400 metres final at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday, 21-year-old Antonio Watson of Duncans in Trelawny gave Jamaicans every reason to celebrate. This victory has...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Vice President Ian Hayles is claiming that internal polling data shows that the party’s parliamentary candidates in Westmoreland are ahead of their opposition rivals. “We are ahead by 20 percentage...
WESTERN BUREAU: Donovan White, director of tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, has asserted that business travel is on the rise and that Jamaica is rapidly bouncing back to pre-COVID-19 levels due to the anticipated growth of the country’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Deputy General Secretary Wensworth Skeffery has placed delegates and supporters of the party on high alert for the possibility of both local government and parliamentary elections before the end of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Marlene Malahoo Forte, the minister of legal and constitutional affairs, has indicated that the resort town of Negril could become a municipality, with the development of a legal framework, ending its current status where it is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Regency Petroleum Limited (RPL), a relatively new company in the petroleum industry that went public on the Jamaica Stock Exchange last year, has opened its second petrol service station at Paradise in Westmoreland. Prior to now,...
WESTERN BUREAU: SENATOR MATTHEW Samuda says residents of Rose Heights, Rosemount Gardens and adjoining communities in St James Central will be able to access an adequate and stable supply of potable water. Samuda, the minister with responsibility...
