WESTERN BUREAU: As part of the overall efforts to bring Jamaica’s education system to a top tier ranking globally, Education Minister Fayval Williams says that specialist teachers will be put in place for at least three subject areas in the primary...
WESTERN BUREAU: American citizens Regina West-Thompson and Simone Bolden, who reportedly tried to smuggle nine pounds of cocaine out of Jamaica last month, were each offered bail in the sum of $1 million in the St James Parish Court yesterday. They...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Jason Rose, the St James-based churchman who is accused of raping a 15-year-old female member of his congregation, his wife Kemhi Rose and the child’s mother, who are charged with seeking to pervert the course of justice,...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the thorny issue of dress code and grooming policies in schools having come back into the spotlight in recent weeks, Education Minister Fayval Williams has reaffirmed that such guidelines should not be used to keep students...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sixty-two-year-old Winston Jarrett who pleaded guilty last month to murdering his 18-year-old sister-in-law with whom he was having an affair, was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole in the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department has launched an investigation into reported sightings of roaming monkeys. Sherika Lewis, deputy chief public health inspector for St James, told The Gleaner on Wednesday that she had spoken to Mark...
WESTERN BUREAU: While Jamaica’s entertainment sector has got the green light to reopen under strict guidelines, in keeping with COVID-19 protocols, St James’ Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector, Sherika Lewis, is also warning local partygoers to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he is expecting that the new J$45-million male ward, which is being constructed at the St James Infirmary in Peace View, on the outskirts of Montego Bay, will be completed and ready...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has pledged to spend some $60 million to carry out rehabilitation work on the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, which should bring greater comfort to the vendors operating at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: While all administrators in western Jamaica have not fallen in line with the Ministry of Education’s new summer school initiative, Dr Michelle Pinnock said that she is heartened by the initial response. Pinnock, who heads the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following last week’s protest action by several of Jamaica’s junior doctors, which all but crippled health services across the island for a day, Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) president, Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley, said some...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the effects of Hurricane Elsa projected to impact Jamaica over the weekend, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to assess the safety of their building sites and, if necessary, to relocate before any storm arrives...
WESTERN BUREAU: Principals across western Jamaica said Monday’s first day of this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) was a success at it saw the full cohort...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is confident that after several delays in the rebuilding of the Montego Bay Fire Station since 2008, the western city’s long-awaited dream of having its own firefighting facility restored...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of The Estuary Housing Scheme in Friendship, St James, may have to wait a while longer to find out how soon repair work will begin on the nearby main road, which they say has been in disrepair for approximately 25 years...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Leeroy Williams says it is not true that Salt Spring, St James, is experiencing political victimisation as it relates to water being trucked to the community, which is currently without political representation...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Leeroy Williams has rubbished claims by opposition leader Mark Golding that the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has not been adequately addressing the concerns of craft vendors, whose businesses have...
WESTERN BUREAU: As part of the overall efforts to control roadside vending in Montego Bay, the city’s mayor, Leeroy Williams, says the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) will be embarking on a vendor registration exercise commencing next month...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River High School student Yhannai Ferron has clearly taken academic excellence to another level, as from early days in basic school she has consistently been topping her class. It is, therefore, no surprise that the fifth-form...
WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman and farmer Hugh Gentles, who was officially installed as Trelawny’s new custos rotulorum on Thursday, has pledged to strengthen the parish’s cohort of justices of the peace (JP) as part of his mandate to deliver high-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Jason Rose, who is facing a rape charge for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl; his wife, Kemhi Rose; and the mother of the child, who are all charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, were all remanded...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Melody Ennis, director of family health services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, says that while consideration may be given later this year for children to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Jamaica is not yet in a position...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Tanique Bailey-Small, St James’ medical officer of health, says that if Jamaica follows the United States’ footsteps in rescinding some of the same COVID-19 restrictions, the island could be in trouble. “At this point in time, it...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that as more Jamaicans get fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, more of the current restrictions to slow the spread of the virus locally may be relaxed as has been proposed in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Department says 216 premises in the parish were identified during the month of May to be positive for mosquito breeding that could potentially lead to the spread of dengue fever, which is 113 more than was...
