WESTERN BUREAU: Nickeisha Black, the 34-year-old mother of three children who is battling Stage-3 colorectal cancer, says she is placing her fate in the hands of God and the prospective kindness of others, as she continues to seek help amid...
WESTERN BUREAU: As part of its ongoing efforts to assist residents in the county of Cornwall who were severely affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL) has donated 300 emergency portable cots to three...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon wants the Auditor General’s Department to provide an update on the post-Hurricane Melissa arrangement between the Government and the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to restore electricity, citing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor, Richard Vernon, is urging stricter oversight of the city’s business community, arguing that commercial operators should face prosecution for improper waste disposal. The practice, he warns, is costing the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hotelier Adam Stewart, chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, has committed $6 million to this year’s staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMCR), which will be held in Montego Bay on Sunday, May 3....
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cambridge and surrounding communities in St James, many of whom are still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Melissa, recently got some much-needed infrastructural, medical and psychosocial support last Saturday,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Discovery Bay High School in St Ann is hailing its four-year-old Grade Nine Acceleration Programme (GNAP) – which exposes students to the rigours of the Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) – as a major success story and is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Devon Taylor, president of the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), is hoping that several concerns relating to the potential environmental impact of the development plans for the Flanker/Providence Beach in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Cornwall Bar Association (CBA) is in mourning after it lost one of its stalwarts yesterday with the death of Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley, the senior parish judge for Hanover. Ashley passed away after a period of illness. Attorney-...
Western Bureau: A 10,000-foot medical dome, which was slated to be installed on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, last month, creating space for approximately 100 additional beds, has still not been...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Darien Henry, the principal of the St James-based Montego Bay Community College (MBCC), is renewing calls for greater focus on preparing students for tertiary education, a move he says will strengthen school-leavers’ readiness...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cambridge and neighbouring communities in St James, which were severely affected by Hurricane Melissa, are set to receive help to rebuild infrastructurally and emotionally, thanks to NorthGate Youth and Family...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Darien Henry, principal of the Montego Bay Community College (MBCC), says stigma against technical and vocational education and training must be end for students to advance in the modern working world after leaving school....
WESTERN BUREAU: Lennox Wallace, the parish manager for the St James Health Department, says discussions are now being held to address the ongoing issue of persons, including individuals from outside the parish, transporting their garbage to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Chatham and surrounding communities in St James, who are still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Melissa, were the recipients of much-needed supplies from the Janet Richards Foundation, which donated care packages...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nickeisha Black, a 34-year-old mother of three young children, who resides in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, has been fighting a hard battle with Stage-3 colorectal cancer since 2024, and her situation was made even more difficult by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the discussions about the Government’s plan to impose a tax on sugary drink as part of its 2026-2027 Budget, Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says Jamaicans will need a...
WESTERN BUREAU: St Elizabeth-based churches, the St Albans Anglican Church and the Bethlehem Moravian Church, are the joint beneficiaries of a J$2.6-million donation from the now-defunct Mavis Fraser-Davis Trust. The funds are to be used to assist...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the growing concerns about garbage collection in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is calling for initiatives to educate residents on how to better manage and dispose of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the entrance to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in downtown...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than four years after fire destroyed the Granville Police Station in St James, there is still no clear picture as to when the promised replacement facility will be constructed. Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has so far delivered mental health care to roughly 2,000 residents of St Elizabeth following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the record Category 5 storm that tore through the parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, says some sections of the facility have been restored to pre-Hurricane Melissa functionality following repairs. Fray’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck has cautioned Jamaicans that it is far better to avoid criminal convictions than to rely on the recent passage of the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of S James, is warning justices of the peace (JPs) in that parish that he will personally seek to have them decommissioned if he finds out they have brought the office into disrepute. Speaking at a...
