WESTERN BUREAU: THE TRAINING to use the recently acquired COVID-19 genome sequencer, which was expected to begin on January 10, has been pushed back by at least a week, with no definitive date as to when that training will commence. Chief Medical...
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has expressed distress and disappointment at the continued lack of vaccine take-up in the Jamaican populace, which she says is making the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ COVID-19...
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER ALMOST two years of being absent from face-to-face classes since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students in western Jamaica are excited at the prospect of having in-person schooling so they can meet with their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Schools across western Jamaica are having their students return to classrooms in phases this term, many having been closed for the better part of the last two years. Yvonne Miller-Wisdom, principal of the St James-based John Rollins...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton says that overseas visitors who are reportedly complaining about getting positive COVID-19 results from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing after previously getting negative results from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director for the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, says plans remain in place to balance rotational face-to-face learning with virtual learning if the established COVID-19 vaccination rate of 65 per...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE UNITED States-based Building Stronger Communities Foundation (BSCF) has been proactive in its mandate to build stronger communities in Jamaica, with one of its most recent projects being the donation of equipment and COVID-19...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that within a week, Jamaica should begin importing some of the expected 150,000 COVID-19 home-testing kits for distribution. Tufton has encouraged private entities to...
WESTERN BUREAU: The lightning-fast Omicron coronavirus variant could generate a daily record of 1,500 COVID-19 cases by mid-January if the infection rate goes unchecked, a sober warning of the scale of spread that could be unleashed after the high-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Representatives of Scotiabank Group Jamaica held a special Christmas luncheon at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday, catering to 1,600 healthcare workers as a show of appreciation for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Although the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has lost 10 nurses in recent months to job opportunities overseas, the organisation believes that its recruitment drive will fill the void in short order. However, concern...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three nurses assigned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, were honoured last week as they were selected by the New Fortress Energy company (NFE) as 2021 Community Heroes for St James, in recognition of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay-based Pregnancy Resource Centre of Jamaica (PRCJ) has received special commendations for its work, along with a $100,000 donation, from the Western Gynaecology Association (WGA) in recognition of the centre’s mission...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has issued bench warrants for the arrest of two American women who failed to show up in court last Thursday to continue their matter after previously being granted bail in the sum of $1 million each on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Overcast skies and the threat of rain could not dampen Sunday’s Christmas cheer at the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Adelphi, St James, where representatives of the Janet Richards Foundation and the Usain Bolt Foundation came...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite expectations of increased travel as many Jamaicans fly in or out to visit family for Christmas, even while the winter tourist season picks up amid relaxed curfew hours, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has...
WESTERN BUREAU: Cameryn Harris-Love, the American woman who allegedly tried to smuggle nearly $15 million worth of cocaine out of Jamaica on December 4, was offered bail in the sum of $1.5 million yesterday after her Jamaican surety was brought...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is calling for persons who are caught illegally dumping garbage in community spaces to be severely prosecuted, saying the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is facing major...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James-based Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) is being accused of discrimination by a former nurse, who says she was wrongfully and maliciously dismissed from her job in the diagnostic centre because of her age, just months...
WESTERN BUREAU: While applauding the latest initiatives to establish free community Wi-Fi access across Jamaica, including a new Internet hotspot in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Winston Smith says greater...
WESTERN BUREAU: Cameryn Harris-Love, the American woman who allegedly tried to smuggle nearly $15 million worth of cocaine out of Jamaica on December 4, has been denied bail due to not having a fixed Jamaican address, following her first appearance...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling for the creation of a training institute specialising in Jamaican entertainment and culture, in time for the nation’s 60th anniversary of independence, as a way of acknowledging the tourism...
WESTERN BUREAU: While acknowledging that the current COVID-19 vaccination rate among Jamaica’s tourism workers is at approximately 70 per cent to date, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on the other 30 per cent to take their jabs in order to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Robert Nesta Morgan, the state minister in the Ministry of Education, says there will be greater emphasis on the development of Jamaica’s early-childhood education sector, including the provision of advancement and training...
WESTERN BUREAU: The 160-year-old Bethlehem Moravian College in Malvern, St Elizabeth, now has an early-childhood centre, which was created specifically for the training of early-childhood education teachers. The new facility, which was officially...
