WESTERN BUREAU: Authorities in western Jamaica have warned that they will be cracking down on healthcare workers who discourage persons from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 while they are on the job. In an interview with The Gleaner on Tuesday...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Keith Wedderburn, managing director of the Montego Hospital and Urology Centre in St James, is warning that even if men contract COVID-19 and recover enough to develop antibodies, repeated bouts of illness from the virus can...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department is recommending that restaurants in Montego Bay forge partnerships with waste recycling companies and farmers to dispose of waste food oil in a responsible way, instead of dumping it in the city’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Peter Figueroa, professor of public health and epidemiology at The University of the West Indies, Mona, is asserting that while natural remedies and the body’s natural immune system are useful for fighting the COVID-19 virus,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The four Sangster International Airport employees who were arrested and charged last month after they were allegedly caught trying to smuggle 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine on to an aircraft destined for Canada had their bails extended...
WESTERN BUREAU: The improper disposal of food grease may have contributed to the build-up of waste in Montego Bay’s draining system, contributing to Monday’s flooding of the western city, said St James’ acting chief public health inspector “I have...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Michelle Pinnock, regional director of the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, is confident that there will be no major fallout despite four of the primary schools selected for reopening on Monday being forced to remain closed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that his ministry will not tolerate any form of discrimination against Jamaica’s LGBTQ+ community, noting that gays, lesbians, and transgender people will be treated just...
WESTERN BUREAU: Renae Green, the executive director of transgender rights group Transwave Jamaica, believes that mental health service providers in Jamaica need more training in how to adequately address the needs of the local Lesbian, Gay,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three of the four Sangster International Airport employees, who were arrested and charged as part of a drug trafficking network operating out of the St James-based airport, were offered bail when they appeared in the St James Parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Respected western Jamaica-based family therapist Dr Beverly Scott wants the members of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, where a deadly cult ritual took place last month, to be treated with compassion, not...
WESTERN BUREAU: TEMPERS FLARED during last Thursday’s monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation, as some councillors accused the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) of providing favourable garbage collection reports while...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Rose, the St James-based pastor who is charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, and his wife Kehmi Rose and the girl’s mother, who are charged with perverting the course of justice, were offered bail in the combined sum of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sylvester Anderson, coordinator of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme, wants councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to direct potential applicants in their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Douglas Orane, retired chairman and chief executive officer of GraceKennedy Limited, says young people need adequate preparation to function in the current global job environment, which is constantly advancing, lest they run the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite efforts by the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to get vendors and restaurant operators to properly dispose of their food waste, a recent overflow of sewage in downtown Montego Bay is being blamed on discarded waste,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Jason Rose, the St James-based pastor charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, along with his wife, Kehmi Rose, and the girl’s mother, began their applications for bail through their attorneys when they made their second...
WESTERN BUREAU: Combined with her strong faith in God, Maxine Moulton-Drummond is using her 2015 experience as a breast cancer survivor to inspire and encourage others facing a similar dilemma, even as she is now undergoing fresh chemotherapy...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite facing major health challenges as she battles through several courses of treatment for breast cancer, 55-year-old Hope Johnson is facing her difficulties with a smile while seeking to be the poster girl for survival. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE ARE mixed views among high school principals in western Jamaica about the feasibility of face-to-face classes come mid-October, due to the low vaccination rate among students in the region and the current shortage of vaccines...
WESTERN BUREAU: While some schools in western Jamaica are now relying less on printed educational material for their students, which was the case in the last school year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are still reporting...
WESTERN BUREAU: Eleven needy students of the Irwin High School in St James were last week presented with much-needed computer tablets to facilitate online schooling, courtesy of a generous donation by the Rotary Club of Montego Bay. The donation of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Michael Hemmings has dismissed suggestions that American social media personality Jayda Cheaves got special treatment in having her case swiftly handled by the court on Wednesday after being slapped with gun-related...
WESTERN BUREAU: American social media personality Jayda Cheaves and Gregory Wright, a member of her entourage, were fined $1.6 million after they pleaded guilty on gun-related charges in the Western Regional Gun Court in Montego Bay, St James,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says the claim that some persons who die from other causes are being incorrectly labelled as COVID-19-related deaths is not true, and that to do...
