The Hanover Municipal Corporation has agreed to rent a property in Hopewell in the parish to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for only $1,000 per month, which the JCF will use as a police post.An agreement was reached during last Thursday's...
Western Bureau-Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director in the Ministry of Education (MOE) Region 4, said that if it realises it fullest potential, the new Knockalva Polytechnic College in Ramble, Hanover, could become the Mona (the UWI campus in...
Western Bureau:Developer Cleveland Campbell, who has been waiting for more than 12 years to get a building plan he submitted to the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) approved, will have to continue waiting as no decision was taken on the plan at...
Western Bureau:Some 400 students from Hanover are now gainfully employed for the summer holiday, thanks to programmes being implemented by the Social Development Commission (SDC) and the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC).The programmes, which...
WESTERN BUREAU:Some 128 students from Hanover can now head into the new school year with some degree of financial security, thanks to the $18 million in scholarship funds that they recently received, courtesy of the Tryall Fund, which is committed...
The management of the western regional office of the National Solid Waste Management Authority says resource challenges continue to hamper their capacity to collect garbage in an efficient and timely manner in St James.Garnet Edmondson, the regional...
Western Bureau:Mayor of Lucea Councillor Sheridan Samuels lashed out at staff in two departments during Friday's monthly sitting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation, describing them as incompetent and non-performers."I am going to name them, the...
Western Bureau:As a result of the deplorable state of the lock-up at the Hanover Police Divisional Headquarters in Lucea, some of the prisoners have been transferred and the facility closed to undergo immediate repairs.The facility, which is the...
The non-collection of garbage in Hanover is said to be at an all-time high, and the parish's municipal authority is seeking to have the situation fixed urgently. However, Western Parks and Markets (WPM) says that the collection is being hampered by...
WESTERN BUREAU:Despite the concerns of users of the Orchard Beach in Hopewell, Hanover, who have been raising concerns about possible water contamination from waste flowing from nearby shacks, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says...
Western Bureau:Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Audley Shaw says the interest rates being offered on some loans by lending entities to small businesses and new entrepreneurs are way too high and has announced a plan to target...
WESTERN BUREAU:The Hanover Health Department is closely monitoring communities such as Cacoon Castle, Rock Spring and Woodsville in the western parish, after it was discovered that the districts have a very high prevalence of the aedes aegypti...
Western Bureau:It appears that all is not well with water coming from the 23 minor water-supply systems scattered across the parish of Hanover. The Hanover Health Department has raised concerns about the quality of the water with the Hanover...
WESTERN BUREAU:With public pressure mounting, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has rescinded the approval that was granted for the construction of a cell tower on the grounds of Collective Solutions, the former Jockey Factory, in Sandy Bay,...
WESTERN BUREAU:With complaints steadily growing from residents about the contamination of the sea in the vicinity of the Old Steamer section of Orchard Beach in Hopewell, Hanover, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has been...
Western Bureau:Lucea's mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, says there is now a looming crisis in Hanover as the parish is steadily running out of space in both the municipal cemeteries and the supporting private family plots and this could create a...
WESTERN BUREAU:Investors and workers in the ever -expanding local business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are being warned about the dangers of the evolving development of artificial intelligence (AI) within the scientific community and the...
Western Bureau:Gloria Henry, president of the of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), says the inaugural staging of the two-day Symposium and Exposition, which explored the potential to expand the business process...
Western Bureau:Diane Edwards, president of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has pointed to the lack of trained personnel to fill slots in middle and upper management as a major threat to the continued growth of the business process...
Western Bureau:Gloria Henry, president of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) has called for the establishment of a hotel to cater strictly to business persons who might not be interested in the fun, frolic and entertainment...
Western Bureau:It would appear that the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has given itself a self-inflicted black eye as news has surfaced that, contrary to established protocol, encroach-ment notices are being served without the requisite...
Western Bureau:Another five students of the Green Island High School in Hanover have found themselves in trouble with the law as they have been arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property and assault, resulting from an attack on...
Western BureauHealth Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says he disagrees with the policy which is asking expectant mothers to pay for their health care up front and then claim refunds as, reportedly, is being suggested by an insurance company.With...
Western Bureau:Brighter days are on the horizon for the 36-year-old Type-2 health centre in Cascade, Hanover, as it was on Thursday officially adopted by the JA55 Charities Group, United Kingdom, under the Ministry of Health's Adopt-A-Clinic...
Western Bureau:Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he has a plan of action to deal with the squatter problem in Hopewell, Hanover.Pointing out that squatting in the area started several years ago, Samuels said that his administration had initiated...
