WESTERN BUREAU: LIEUTENANT COLONEL Oral Khan, chairman of the Uniformed Youth Groups Secretariat, is urging Jamaicans to show more support for the nation’s uniformed youth groups by joining these service organisations in positions of leadership,...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWENTY AT-RISK young men from several communities in St James have been given an opportunity to improve their marketability for the working world with the launch of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) Empowering At-Risk...
WESTERN BUREAU: With calls growing for the death penalty to be reinstated in the island, Charles Clayton, the director of the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s Community Renewal Programme, has cautioned that there is no evidence that capital...
WESTERN BUREAU: George Overton, the director of operations at the Guardsman Group, says that crime in Jamaica has become a business over the past five decades, with the proceeds of various criminal activities being pumped into the country’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James, was filled with musical encouragement as local entertainers showed their support for the first day of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MBCCI) 2022...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some of Westmoreland’s youth have expressed appreciation for the Ministry of Justice’s newly launched alternative dispute resolution services’ public education campaign, while also voicing disappointment that violence in schools has...
WESTERN BUREAU: While entertainment sector players may be chomping at the bit to resume hosting various social events following the Government’s relaxation of COVID-19 prevention measures, Montego Bay Deputy Mayor Richard Vernon is warning that...
WESTERN BUREAU: JUSTICE MINISTER Delroy Chuck has taken a fresh swipe at Jamaica’s prevailing ‘informer fi dead’ culture, declaring that all citizens who speak out against all acts of criminality in their communities should be praised for their...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Library may soon be restored to being a symbol of Montego Bay’s potential for greatness, following Wednesday evening’s revival launch of its Friends of the Library programme to garner support for the parish’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: STAFF AT at the St James Infirmary in Montego Bay have proven themselves capable of managing the safety of 45 elderly residents in their care in case of an earthquake, following an earthquake evacuation drill that was held at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has warned businesses in the parish of increased monitoring to ensure that corporate disaster readiness plans are on par with the authority’s own response and management system. Deputy...
WESTERN BUREAU: THIRTY MICRO-ENTERPRISE business operators in Salt Spring, St James, are now proud recipients of a grant valued at $5.8 million to enhance their economic prospects, which they received during Friday’s launch of the Jamaica Social...
WESTERN BUREAU: OMAR SWEENEY, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), is urging beneficiaries of the fund’s grant projects not to sell the equipment they get from programmes meant to bolster their businesses if they no...
WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Green, minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, is urging veteran farmers and students seeking to enter the agricultural sector to find ways of using modern technology in the industry to make farming a...
WESTERN BUREAU: DERRICK DESLANDES, chairman of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), is calling for young people to be guided and coaxed into giving greater support and being more involved in the development of Jamaica’s agricultural sector,...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SYDNEY Pagon STEM Academy in Braes River, St Elizabeth, formerly known as the Elim Agricultural School, was the proud recipient of a new mobile milking machine from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on Wednesday, in...
WESTERN BUREAU: William Knibb Memorial High School Principal Linvern Wright is calling for more resources to be made available to tackle the problem of violence and other delinquent behaviour in schools following the deadly dispute between two...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness says that Jamaica must transform its education system so that students can be empowered to become innovators in the globally growing technological age and be qualified to take on the projected 97...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CANADA-based Children of Light Outreach Ministry is on track to continue its mission of supporting students in every parish across Jamaica in achieving their educational pursuits, a mission the group has been dedicated to since...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTERN Jamaica-based Family and Parenting Centre is making plans, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to target men as positive role models and leaders in their families and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River High School star student Yhannai Ferron picked up her latest award this week with the Canada-based Children of Light outreach ministry presenting her with her 61st academic accolade. The 17-year-old lower sixth form...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE Flanker, St James community is often categorised as one of western Jamaica’s most volatile areas, so 30 of its residents were recently empowered with violence-prevention skills provided through the Positive Pathways Community...
WESTERN BUREAU: ROHAN CUMMINGS, the western Jamaica businessman who was arrested and charged earlier this month after reportedly being held with US$850,000 (J$130 million) worth of cocaine inside a bus he was driving, was offered bail when he made...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department has revealed that a highly anticipated meeting with London-based recycling company Blue Planet Renewables to discuss potential recycling of waste oil collected from restaurants in the parish, is...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH JAMAICA has reported a significantly low number of tuberculosis cases up to 2020, and there have been no significant reports of the disease in recent times, Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) President Dr Mindi...
