WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE A childhood burdened by poverty, community violence, and deaths of close relatives, 25-year-old Sarah-Lee Williams has emerged from those challenges a triumphant leader and educator, an achievement she credits to her...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr says that his ministry is working to address the issue of copyright and name-brand safety for agricultural produce linked to Jamaica as, along with the trademark issue,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) and the Montego Bay-based Port Handlers Limited are expressing confidence that the new contactless clearance pilot will improve efficiency and tighten border security. The new Inspection Process...
WESTERN BUREAU: SENATOR MATTHEW SAMUDA, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, is warning that Jamaica’s natural environment must be protected from degradation and destruction in order to preserve the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Investment Minister Aubyn Hill has expressed confidence that the National Investment Policy (NIP), which is to be tabled in Parliament soon, will create a smooth path for prospective investors to do business in Jamaica and reduce...
WESTERN BUREAU: FINANCE MINISTER Dr Nigel Clarke has announced that potential local and international investors will soon benefit from planned amendments to the Income Tax Relief (Large-scale Projects and Pioneer Industries) Act of 2014, giving...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER (PM) Andrew Holness is asserting that if the COVID-19 outbreak had struck in earlier decades before Jamaica’s current fiscal policies and economic diversification had been implemented, the nation would not have...
WESTERN BUREAU: Parish Court Judge Kaysha Grant has lamented St James’ status as a haven for drug activity in recent years, particularly the trafficking and distribution of cocaine through ports and mail. “This is the parish that we have seen all...
WESTERN BUREAU: JUSTICE MINISTER Delroy Chuck is urging Jamaicans to make greater use of the 20 restorative justice centres across the island to settle their disputes, instead of resorting to violence that results in backlogs in the court system...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has challenged Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) to exercise its mandate of upholding the rights of citizens under the states of emergency (SOEs) across the island after the human rights lobby raised concerns...
WESTERN BUREAU: LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Desmond McKenzie has issued a warning that his ministry will be dealing harshly with employees of infirmaries who abuse or take advantage of the residents under their care, and that there will be no...
WESTERN BUREAU: RUSHAWN PATTERSON and Rohan Rose, the two men facing charges in connection with the murder of 35-year-old social media personality Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, have had their bail hearings scheduled. The men were given the dates by...
WESTERN BUREAU: GABRIELA MORRIS, president of the People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) and the youngest member of Jamaica’s Senate, has big plans for the development of St James Central following her appointment as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of Tuesday’s anticipated deliberation of a resolution to extend the current states of emergency (SOEs) in sections of the island, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has accused the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of over-relying...
WESTERN BUREAU: BRITISH HIGH Commissioner Judith Slater says that in order for Jamaica to develop sustainable cities, it must prioritise training its population in the application of information technology in various sectors. Slater made the...
WESTERN BUREAU: AMOI LEON Issa, the mother of nine-year-old Gabriel King, has been instructed by the St James Parish Court to give the police access to her cellular phone to aid the investigation into her son’s January 13 murder by November 24....
WESTERN BUREAU: Detective Sergeant Sheldon Dobson, the policeman whose infant daughter died after being locked in his car at the Black River Police Station in January, will undergo a committal hearing on January 24, 2023, to determine whether he...
WESTERN BUREAU: MILTON MILES, a former People’s National Party (PNP) councillor for the Savanna-la-Mar division in Westmoreland, has officially joined the ranks of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Miles, 68, who had served the division from...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) is calling for Jamaica’s leaders to come together and create a long-term solution to deal with the nation’s crime monster, even as it welcomes the state of public emergency (...
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Water Commission [NWC] has rejected claims by Anthony Murray, councillor for the Rose Hall division in the St James Municipal Corporation [StJMC], that residents of Rhyne Park and surrounding communities often go...
WESTERN BUREAU: The legal battle between the police and Amoi Leon Issa, the mother of nine-year-old Gabriel King, over access to her phone as they probe the child’s January 13 murder escalated into a heated exchange over Issa’s privacy rights in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited (WPM) is anticipating that it will receive at least 10 out of 50 new garbage trucks, which are to arrive in the island shortly to boost its capacity to collect waste in the western...
WESTERN BUREAU: With mounting concerns about inadequate garbage collection and rat infestation across the island, Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors President Michael Myles says the health crisis demands urgent attention. Myles said...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay-based Baywest Wellness Clinics and Hospital recently made it easier for the four major hospitals in the western end of the island to provide good-quality care for pregnant women, by giving each of the hospitals a...
WESTERN BUREAU: There are further appeals for Jamaicans in the western end of the island to support the ongoing 14-day amnesty under which holders of illegal firearms can hand over the weapons without penalty. The amnesty began on November 5 and...
