WESTERN BUREAU: Jasmin Beckford-Johnson, principal of Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover, is urging fathers to take an active role in their sons’ lives, emphasising their vital role in shaping their children’s overall development. Beckford...
Western Bureau: One year after it opened its doors to the public, the Hopewell Police Station in Hanover is now getting high marks as it is being credited for the significant decline in the lawlessness that once plagued the community and its...
Western Bureau: Late Hanover Custos Dr David Stair was last Friday remembered by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen as a remarkable public servant, who served with passion and distinction, during his funeral at St Mary’s Parish Church in Lucea in...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 500 students and teachers at Green Island Primary School in Hanover have embraced the national campaign, ‘Grow What You Eat, Eat What You Grow’, by launching a container vegetable garden on their school grounds. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Determined to curb the lawlessness that resulted in 48 murders last year, the Hanover police recently spearheaded a bold initiative in collaboration with several government agencies. The one-day event, held in the Green Island...
WESTERN BUREAU: Collin Virgo, Assistant General Secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), says the wave of strike actions by hotel workers in late 2024 was an inevitable response to the lack of proper representation for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Carey Wallace, executive director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), says while it is essential and a plus for tourism businesses to embark on data collection within that sector, it is equally crucial for those businesses to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has approved the recruitment of 20 new district constables following a request to strengthen the parish’s policing capacity....
Western Bureau: The Hanover Police Division, which once had the enviable distinction of being the most peaceful division on the island, is now looking to regain its former glory. With murders showing a 33.3 per cent reduction last year in...
WESTERn BUREAU: The sudden passing of Hanover Custos Dr David Stair on Wednesday has left family members, friends, and associates in shock. Stair, a native of Hanover, had been serving the parish in several capacities, including as a medical doctor...
Western Bureau: Forty-three persons, who have contributed positively to the Police Youth Club (PYC) movement in Hanover, were presented with certificates of participation and other gifts during the Hanover Divisional PYC Council appreciation church...
WESTERN BUREAU: Carlington McLennon, the chief executive officer (CEO) at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, says the plans for major improvements at the Type C hospital are about 80 per cent complete in relation to the design for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thirteen staff members from the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, were honoured for their outstanding service at an awards ceremony on Wednesday. The awardees, representing various departments at the hospital, were recognised...
Western Bureau: It was their life-changing experience at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), in Montego Bay, St James, where they were patients, that spurred Sharee Cridland and Janelle Stone to create ‘Women with Scars Limited,’ the western...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kaila Tiner, a 12-year-old Jewish girl from New Jersey, recently celebrated her bat mitzvah at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover with relatives and friends. To mark the occasion, Kaila made a financial donation to the women’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The traffic accident case involving Hanover Custos Dr David Stair and senior justice of the peace Alvin Jackson, which was expected to be transferred to either the Westmoreland Parish Court or the St James Parish Court due to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kaushal Singh, the medical officer of health (MOH) for Hanover, has said there is no immediate cause for panic regarding the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). He explained that while the symptoms resemble those of COVID-19, HMPV is a...
Western Bureau: Wynter McIntosh, the councillor for the Chester Castle division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), is calling on the corporation’s roads and works department and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to...
Western Bureau: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says the building enforcement drive, which was launched by the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) in the latter part of last year, is now bearing fruit, as the corporation is now getting more detailed...
Western Bureau: Following the stinging criticisms about the natural pine Christmas tree that was mounted in Lucea, Hanover, over the just concluded Christmas season, the town’s mayor Sheridan Samuels says that going forward, they will be using a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Demotivated, stressed, disheartened, and feeling exploited – these are some of the words used by the auxiliary staff members at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover, to express their frustration over ongoing salary issues. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hopewell Police Station, in collaboration with several church groups, the Hanover Police Community Safety and Security Branch, and residents of Hopewell, Hanover, hosted a police and citizens’ morning devotion in the Hopewell...
WESTERN BUREAU: While another bridge in Jamaica has fallen, residents of Woodsville in rural Hanover are still awaiting word on when, if ever, the collapsed bridge that connects their community to other districts in Hanover and Westmoreland will be...
WESTERN BUREAU: The parish of Hanover has joined the list of parishes with active netball associations following last week’s launch of Netball Hanover, which is to become the umbrella body for the sport in the parish. “Netball Hanover’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The court case involving Hanover Custos Dr David Stair and senior Justice of the Peace (JP) Alvin Jackson, stemming from a traffic accident on Independence Day, has been rescheduled for trial on January 8. The case, which was...
