WESTERN BUREAU: The operator of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Rejoin, Hanover, who is before the courts for operating the facility without a licence, has said that it has been a struggle trying to get her nursing home approved by the health...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Woodsville and the adjoining Flower Hill districts in Eastern Hanover are at a loss as to who will be tending to their despair of a compromised bridge along the roadway in Woodsville. Both the National Works Agency (NWA...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE rigours of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting the earning power of several persons living in the rural areas of the country, 10 women who reside in the deep rural district of Maryland, Hanover, were given a renewed...
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER, ONCE known as the safest parish in the island but has discarded that moniker for some time now, has joined with neighbouring St James and Westmoreland to form what is now regarded as a deadly triangle. Murders in Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU: Persons who visit Lucea, Hanover, will benefit from Universal Service Fund’s (USF) free public Internet and Wi-Fi service, which is being offered in several major town centres, parks and high-traffic areas across the island....
WESTERN BUREAU: CO-FOUNDER of Florida-based Unconditional Love for Children Inc, Dr Earl Glenn, and his wife, Carolyn, were presented with the Keys to the City of Lucea by Mayor Sheridan Samuels last Thursday for their outstanding contribution to...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH LUCEA getting a facelift under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development’s ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project, Sheridan Samuels, mayor of Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), has...
WESTERN BUREAU: AS SCHOOLS across the island gradually move back to the face-to-face phase of teaching and learning, Watford Hill Primary and Infant School in eastern Hanover is benefiting from a newly constructed infant department. Construction...
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS AND business operators in the Hanover capital of Lucea are placing blame on the National Works Agency (NWA) for its lack of action and foresight, which they say is the main factor causing the Riley River to overflow its...
WESTERN BUREAU: AN INCREASE in the rat population in Hopewell, Hanover, has prompted councillor for the Hopewell division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation, Devon Brown, to call on the Hanover Health Department (HHD) to do nightly spot checks on...
WESTERN BUREAU: THOUSANDS OF adults and students from western Hanover, who formerly had little or no access to Internet connection and the use of Wi-Fi, will as of Friday, April 22 be able to access and use that medium for both work, school and...
WESTERN BUREAU: MEDICAL OFFICER of Health for Hanover, Dr Kaushal Singh, is advising Jamaicans to continue following health precautions established under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), to prevent contracting the COVID-19 virus. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by the Hanover police, as residents of Lucea search for the individual who used black paint to deface a recently painted mural in the town centre. The mural, which was done under the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HANOVER Municipal Corporation (HMC) is contemplating pursuing legal action against the National Water Commission (NWC) because of the length of time the state agency takes to repair roads dug up to service water mains. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Against the background of a number of students being involved in negative behaviour since the return of face-to-face classes in schools islandwide, administrators in four Hanover schools participated in an initiative aimed at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, is calling for more unity within the party to ensure that it replaces the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at the next set of elections. Addressing a public meeting in Orange Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding says that if the present Government does not make use of the opportunity to have Jamaica become a republic by dispensing with the Queen as its head of state, the next People’s National Party (...
WESTERN BUREAU: LEADER OF the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding says that he is very suspicious of changes being made within the civil service, particularly in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), an executive agency,...
Western Bureau: Former footballer and outstanding coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, of Hopewell, in Hanover, who passed away after a brief period of illness on Wednesday February 2, 2022, was laid to rest in the Hopewell cemetery yesterday....
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER’S RESIDENTS have now been joined by their local government representatives in condemning the unreliable manner in which the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets carry out their...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, has applied to the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) for permission to implement a project in that parish, aimed at providing educational value...
WESTERN BUREAU: Investors with businesses located on Main Street in Lucea, Hanover, are now on edge. They claim that there is a potentially damaging situation looming regarding their investments, as any amount of rainfall in the area, any time soon...
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Pearnel Charles Jr, has described farming as one of the pathways that persons can take towards earning and achieving prosperity at a very young age. Charles said, for the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: CONCERNS ARE high within the capital town of Lucea, Hanover, about what appears to be an increase in the number of mentally ill persons now roaming the streets of that town. Councillor Daren Barnes and Deputy Mayor of Lucea Andria...
WESTERN BUREAU: HANOVER’S CHIEF Medical Officer Dr Kaushal Singh has expressed the view that while the COVID-19 infections within the parish are trending down, he is disappointed that persons across the parish are not taking the vaccines. “The...
