Western Bureau: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the parish of Hanover, which has seen a significant increase in its hotel room stock over the past decade, is poised to see more hotel rooms, including a casino facility. Bartlett said the new...
Western Bureau: With weather forecasters predicting an active 2025 hurricane season, and the lack of proper drain cleaning in Lucea, the Hanover parish capital, residents are raising concerns about conditions they say are tailor-made for flooding....
WESTERN BUREAU: With daily traffic congestion still stifling traffic flow through the town of Hopewell, in Hanover, Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, is again promising a bypass road to fix the perennial problem. Speaking at a Jamaica Labour...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid a notable decline in crime across the island since the start of the year, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling on Jamaican fathers to actively steer their sons away from criminal activity, emphasising that the risk-to-...
WESTERN BUREAU: The promise of Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, for 50 streetlights to be allocated for installation each year over the next two years, to each councillor islandwide, has been ridiculed and described as a big joke by...
Western Bureau: Despite an assurance from the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) that the parish is in a state of readiness for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, Shermaine Anderson-Gayle, president of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, has written...
Western Bureau: Custos of Hanover Lennox Anderson-Jackson says challenges in agriculture, such as fluctuation in market conditions, evolving global standards, along with changing environmental conditions, have made the task of modernising and...
Western Bureau: Buoyed by the substantial decline in murders and shootings in Hanover since the start of the year, the parish’s custos, Lennox Anderson-Jackson, is among the many residents who are hopeful that the parish will reclaim the ‘safest...
Western Bureau: The Sandy Bay Primary and Bethel Basic schools in Hanover have been selected as the 2025 beneficiaries off the annual Hanover Charities and Chukka Foundation fundraiser, which is staged annually to benefit educational projects and...
WESTERN BUREAU: The divisional council of the Hanover Police Youth Clubs, through an initiative dubbed “Kindness Connect School Care,” has presented two primary and infant schools in the parish with gifts that will greatly improve their teaching/...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the Opposition spokesman on agriculture, says that if elected to government, the People’s National Party (PNP) will be putting in place an agricultural development fund to mirror the Tourism Enhancement Fund (...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Richard Vernon is calling for greater regional collaboration in addressing emergency situations in the Caribbean, arguing that the region has inherent vulnerabilities, which makes it more susceptible to natural...
Western Bureau: With the 2025 hurricane season just weeks away, Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is in an advanced state of readiness as through the collaborative efforts of the parish’s fire department,...
Western Bureau: With the just over 5,000 farmers in Hanover now seeing a welcome increase in production, the Hanover branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is calling for the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) to establish...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hopewell Health Centre in Hanover, which was closed at the beginning of April to facilitate refurbishing, is expected to return to full service next Monday. The health facility, one of 19 being operated by the Hanover Public...
Western Bureau: The Hanover Infirmary, located in the parish capital, Lucea, is poised for improved operational efficiency, thanks to the official opening of its new $16-million matron’s quarters, which will see the matron assigned to the facility...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) want the Ministry of Local Government to grant approval for them to use the monies in their Special Grant For Repairs (SGR) funds, saying that while the millions of dollars are...
WESTERN BUREAU: Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), says the derelict vehicles being complained about within the Chester Castle Division of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) will be...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has plans to strengthen and improve its revenue collection machinery during the 2025-2026 financial year, with a view to ensuring the maximisation of its revenue collection efforts. However,...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Chairman Dr Angela Brown-Burke is calling for the Government to recognise and accept Patois as the country’s official language, noting that it should be used to instruct children in local schools....
WESTERN BUREAU: After months of appealing for the removal of abandoned vehicles scattered across the Chester Castle Division, Councillor Wynter McIntosh has condemned WPM Waste Management Limited as inefficient and dismissive of the concerns of...
Western Bureau: Businessman Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson is now the new custos of Hanover. He was sworn into office last Friday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during a ceremony held at King’s House in St Andrew. The 59-year-old Anderson-...
Western Bureau: Having been burdened with negative perceptions coming out of numerous troubling incidents in recent times, Dalton Hastings, the chairman of the board at Hopewell High School, in Hanover, is hoping that last Thursday’s exposition at...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover police have introduced a new religious component to their crime-fighting strategy, hoping it will further strengthen the bond with local communities while helping reduce serious crimes across the parish. According to...
Western Bureau: The Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) in the Hanover Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has identified and awarded 21 students from the parish whose turnaround in behaviour and conduct has put them on a part...
