WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness is hitting back at critics of his administration’s activities ahead of Jamaica’s scheduled election period, declaring that he is more concerned about sustaining the management of the country’s good...
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE ASSURANCES from the Ministry of Education and Youth that funds are available for infrastructural work to be done in schools, some educators are questioning the physical readiness of their institutions for the start of school...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Teachers’ Association [JTA] says it is not surprised at the Ministry of Education and Youth’s disclosure yesterday that 854 teachers have resigned from Jamaica’s public sector since the start of the year. This is twice...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jeneka Brown, a single mother who has always done her best to be a positive and active influence in her native Barrett Town, St James community, has done her hometown proud following her recent receipt of the Vinnette Stewart...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA TEACHERS’ Association [JTA] President Leighton Johnson is expressing disappointment that Education Minister Fayval Williams has seemingly failed to give a strong commitment toward addressing teachers’ concerns regarding...
WESTERN BUREAU: EDUCATION MINISTER Fayval Williams has announced that a draft of the long-awaited grooming policy for schools will be made available in time for the September 4 start of the new school year. Addressing yesterday’s third and final...
WESTERN BUREAU: With a significant need being identified for local teachers in specialist subject areas, such as metalwork and plumbing, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Leighton Johnson believes more persons need to take up training...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leighton Johnson, the newly appointed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), wants the organisation to spearhead a campaign that will make the local teaching profession more attractive to draw in potential recruits...
WESTERN BUREAU: LA SONJA Harrison, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA], believes that Jamaica’s potential shortage of teachers ahead of the September school term will be seen in the number of vacancies for...
WESTERN BUREAU: FREDRICK INGRAM, the secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), wants Jamaican teachers to identify and establish their purpose as educators in their native land. He noted this, even while he giving an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Medical technologists are said to be disgruntled over the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel’s (UTASP) reported lack of action regarding their wage negotiations. They are unhappy about the delay in signing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of Monday’s staging of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 59th annual conference, Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay Leon Golding is reminding educators that all children must be given an equal opportunity for quality...
WESTERN BUREAU: EDUCATION MINISTER Fayval Williams is declaring that this year’s cohort of grade-six school-leavers has a technological learning advantage over those students who went before them and did not have that experience. The 2023 cohort...
WESTERN BUREAU: ST MARY’S Preparatory School in Montpelier, St James shone proudly last Thursday as three of its students, Jovoy Thomas, La-Sharna Leslie, and Dajanaye Clarke, were publicly recognised as the three top-performing Primary Exit...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL COMMUNITIES in St James East Central which have suffered from water supply issues for years may look forward to full water supply by the end of September. This follows the projected completion of $600 million worth of...
WESTERN BUREAU: AHEAD OF the upcoming annual Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) conference, Education Minister Fayval Williams is declaring that her ministry will continue to keep abreast of updates on the number of teachers who leave the...
WESTERN BUREAU: NEKEISHA BURCHELL, deputy general secretary of the People’s National Party [PNP], is full of pride and loyalty for her native Garlands community in St James. She aims to put that patriotism into action in her bid to become South St...
WESTERN BUREAU: PEOPLE’S NATIONAL Party (PNP) Senator Peter Bunting is voicing unwavering support for fellow party member and general secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell, who is currently facing three defamation lawsuits over remarks made at a political...
WESTERN BUREAU: FORMER NATIONAL Security Minister Peter Bunting is sharply criticising the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for failing to ensure accountability for its senior members at a time when Jamaica has recorded 854 murders, more than half...
WESTERN BUREAU: PEOPLE’S NATIONAL Party (PNP) Vice-President Donna Scott-Mottley is questioning whether the six as-yet-unnamed parliamentarians being investigated for illicit enrichment have any connection to the Integrity Commission Oversight...
WESTERN BUREAU: Vendors at the Harbour Street Craft Market in Montego Bay, St James, are counting their losses after nine shops were plundered over the Independence holiday. The losses are estimated at several thousand dollars. One vendor, who...
WESTERN BUREAU: The parents of seven-month-old Theodore Lewis are desperately seeking financial assistance for a surgery to correct nerve damage he reportedly suffered at birth at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny. Donald Lewis and Tareena James,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Neil Spence, one of 14 people currently before the court following the June 30 police raid at the Qahal Yahweh religious compound in Norwood, St James, will have to wait until September 15 to know his fate when he returns for...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation [StJMC] is rebuffing claims from the Harbour Street Craft Market Association’s leadership that no efforts have been made to carry out repair work at the market’s site in downtown Montego Bay in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL CRAFT traders at the Harbour Street Craft Market in Montego Bay, St James, are crying foul over allegations that they cannot peddle their wares due to preferential treatment to other vendors from their in-house association...
