WESTERN BUREAU: Eighty-five years after the civil unrest in Frome, Westmoreland, which reportedly sparked the birth of the trade union movement in Jamaica, and the establishment of a minimum wage framework, some cane-farmers in the old sugar belt...
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is calling for the establishment of common legislation and a regional migration policy to address the flow of people travelling across the CARICOM region. It is anticipated that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior District Officer Norris Mitchell, of the Westmoreland division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, is pleading for the public to stop abusing the fire service by making hoax calls as, according to him, the practice is creating...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillor Rudolph Uter, the minority leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caucus in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is contemplating court action against the National Water Commission over the dilapidated...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hair, skin, fashion, and wellness are poised to take centrestage in western Jamaica on the weekend of June 23-25 with the staging of the 2023 edition of the annual Jamaica International Beauty Expo (JIBS), which will be held at the...
Western Bureau: Dr Marcia Graham, the medical officer of health for Westmoreland, says the Ministry of Health and Wellness is now vaccinating boys between the ages of nine and 14 to prevent the spread of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), saying...
WESTERN BUREAU: PEOPLE’S NATIONAL Party (PNP) Vice-President Ian Hayles is lobbying the Government to grant small local farmers the licence to become legitimate players in the local ganja industry. Hayles, who is now locked in a selection battle...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vernon Ellis, the acting commander for Area One, says the installation of public Wi-Fi across several communities in St James is most welcome as it will help the police in the effort to...
WESTERN BUREAU National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has welcomed the installation of the Glendevon community access Wi-Fi, saying it will serve as a game-changer in propelling the youth population of the community into the world of...
WESTERN BUREAU: It was a very grateful Leasha Richards who responded on behalf of her aunt, Joyce Booth, who was provided with a one-bedroom flat and a water tank valued at approximately $6 million under the government’s indigent housing programme...
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief executive officer at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, says the organisation’s funding source is steadily declining as more persons use the voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP) systems instead of the traditional...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Ashton in eastern Westmoreland have welcomed the re-commissioning of the 50,000-gallon Ashton Catchment Tank, pointing to its overall value to several neighbouring communities. Notary public Jerome Darnels, one of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Steven Golding, president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), is urging lawmakers involved in the reforming of the Jamaican constitution to empower Jamaicans to vote for an executive president instead of a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Olympian Kaliese Spencer-Carter, hotelier Carol Bourke, and Kiwanis International Trustee Verna Hope Marks were last Saturday honoured by the People’s National Party’s (Region Six) Women’s Movement with the Amy Ashwood Garvey Award...
WESTERN BUREAU: Organisers of this year’s Westmoreland Agricultural Show will be emphasising the use of technology in farms as they seek to inspire more youth to pursue careers or ventures in agriculture. The show, which will be staged at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The 94 early childhood students at the Cornwall Gardens Basic School in Mount Salem, St James now have access to a first-class sickbay where children who are not well can be stabilised before they receive additional medical care....
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Tameka Stephenson-Harris, immediate past president of the St Andrew-based Alpha Academy Alumnae Association-Jamaica Chapter, says that despite their circumstances, the young ladies at the Montego Bay Community Home for Girls...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEMP AND ganja farmers in Westmoreland have served verbal notice to launch a petition that will, among other things, call on the Government to grant official status to small farmers by declaring a cannabis free zone in the western...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to assist in setting up a chicken-farming project at the Montego Bay Community Home for Girls, in St. James, in a bid to create a path to self-reliance for the young residents....
Employees of Jamwest Motorsports and Adventure Park, in Westmoreland, have collaborated with Amstar DMC Jamaica Limited to clean up Salmon Point Beach in the western parish as part of its corporate social responsibility to the community. Andel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Powered by the under-construction Harbour City Shopping Mall and Afresh Marketplace, Janet Richards, a retired banker, through her charity, the Janet Richards Foundation (JRF), continues to inspire young ladies and bring hope to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the insistence by some parish councils that the National Works Agency (NWA) officials be present at monthly meetings, the municipal organisations and the body appear to be on a collision course. Concerns have been raised by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Medical officer of health for Westmoreland Dr Marcia Graham is encouraging Jamaicans who plan to travel to countries where malaria is endemic to first visit their local health clinic to get medication to protect themselves before...
WESTERN BUREAU: GLORIA HENRY, vice-president for business processing outsourcing and logistics at the Port Authority of Jamaica, says artificial intelligence (AI) will help to further transform Jamaica as a preferred destination as well as play a...
Councillor Rudolph Uter, the minority leader in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), wants $14 million of a $35-million property tax surplus to be given to councillors to undertake programmes in their division. Uter, the Jamaica Labour...
