WESTERN BUREAU: WITH 101 outstanding elective surgeries having been done out of an anticipated 2,000 to clear a backlog of cases under the Ministry of Health’s Code Care Programme, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is anticipating that up to...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is appealing to get early screening for kidney disease in order to reduce their chances of suffering renal failure later on, especially with an estimated 900 persons needing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Members of Westmoreland’s special-needs community and their caregivers have been empowered to prevent fire-related disasters, following the Westmoreland Fire Department’s fire safety simulation exercise in the Llandilo community on...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH BREAST Cancer Awareness Month has passed, the Trelawny-based Heart and Soul Cancer Foundation is still campaigning to provide the Falmouth Public General Hospital with a mammography machine to help in screening for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: DR PATRICK Prendergast, campus director of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Western Jamaica campus, says inconsistent execution of development plans has stymied the optimal growth of the western city over the years....
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE against Oral Johnson, the businessman who was arrested in April this year after he was reportedly held with over 19 pounds of cocaine in Coral Gardens, St James, has been put off until December 13, due to an outstanding...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior librarian at the St James Parish Library, Marilee Moodie, has welcomed the support of the many students and schools which participated in its annual Food, Flavour, and Festivities event on Thursday, October 27, as part of...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the island expected to experience increased rainfall as Tropical Storm Lisa passes south of Jamaica between Monday night and Tuesday morning, the National Works Agency (NWA) says its western contractors are on standby to...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL PARENTS got a serious scare on Friday morning when they received news that nine students and one teacher at the John Rollins Success Primary School in Barrett Town, St James were experiencing episodes of fainting and...
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 know on November 17 whether his case will be transferred for hearing before...
WESTERN BUREAU: INTRODUCING JAMAICAN children to healthier meal options through new and varied cooking techniques has become a major goal for chef and entrepreneur Peter Ivey, whose non-profit organisation, Mission: Food Possible (MFP), recently...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I could not stand to be sitting in the church, so I do apologise. It is very hard for me to know that my three boys are there, Little Man, Dre, and Biggs.” Those were the emotion-laced words of Adrian Laing as he struggled to...
WESTERN BUREAU: MORLAND WILSON, the member of parliament for Westmoreland Western, is vowing to push for greater awareness of fire safety in schools against the backdrop of the deaths of three young siblings in a house blaze in his constituency...
WESTERN BUREAU: Four employees at Sangster International Airport, who allegedly attempted to smuggle 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine on to a flight destined for Canada last October, had their long-awaited trial put off for a second time to November 16...
WESTERN BUREAU: “Mi nah abandon my customers. Mi deh here for years, and my customers have been here for me.” That was the defiant declaration on Thursday from Dain Little, the operator of the Jam Rave Restaurant in Mt Salem, St James, which is...
WESTERN BUREAU: CLAYVIAN WILLIAMS and Horatio Campbell, the two men who risked their lives to rescue two members of a family from raging floodwaters in Westgate Hills, St James, on April 19, were freshly hailed and publicly awarded as heroes...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE of Hanover on Monday saluted veteran journalist Bryan Miller during the Heroes Day Civic and Awards Ceremony for his tireless efforts to improve the state of his home parish through his writings. Miller, a 30-year veteran...
WESTERN BUREAU: T HE GLEANER’S Janet Silvera, who has worn many hats in service to Montego Bay and the wider parish of St James, was honoured for her extensive outreach efforts with the Mayor’s Special Award during Monday’s Heroes Day Civic and...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited (WPM) continues to face an uphill battle with waste collection across St James, with the parish having a collection backlog...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH ST James has recorded no cases of dengue fever recently, the parish’s Aedes index, which measures the local mosquito population, continues to be a concern for the St James Health Department with the index for September...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWENTY-FIVE canteen operators and school administrators from five schools in Westmoreland are being empowered to cook healthier meals for the 2,300 students they oversee, thanks to a three-day training course in food preparation...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay North East Division Councillor Charles Sinclair is asserting that if adequate laws were in place to ensure law and order and strict enforcement being practised over the years, the ongoing Operation Restore Paradise...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday chastised Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott for pledging legal support for illegal occupants of lands on the outskirts of Clifton in St...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALAN REID, the St Ann farmer who was reportedly held with $420,000 worth of cocaine in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport in St James on October 1, has been offered bail in the sum of $2 million. Reid, 64, who is of...
WESTERN BUREAU: CHAD HEADLEY, the St James businessman who pleaded guilty on September 30 to unlawful possession of several exotic birds seized during an alleged drug raid at his home in June, was fined $50,000 for the birds in the St James Parish...
