WESTERN BUREAU: The National Youth Parliament of Jamaica wants schools to provide more diverse employment options for students to choose from, aside from the skills gained under curricula such as STEM - which focuses on science, technology,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two youth leaders have pushed back at suggestions for the current school year to be cancelled due to myriad challenges affecting online classes and concerns over learning loss as many students have been unable to access lessons...
WESTERN BUREAU: The staff and students at Cornwall College, in Montego Bay, will soon have one of their science laboratories significantly refurbished, as a contract for the work was signed on Tuesday by the school’s administration and members of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 80 students at the Montego Bay-based Mt Alvernia High School are now equipped to access online learning, thanks to a generous donation of laptops and tablets, valued at some US$20,000 (J$2.8 million), by members of the school’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: More schools across St James and Westmoreland are slated to resume face-to-face classes next Monday as the Ministry of Education continues its systematic drive to bring students back to the physical classroom after almost a year’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Although generally pleased with how the parish has tackled the COVID-19 pandemic, stakeholders in St James are hoping they will be able to stay on top of the outbreak even as new variants emerge. With 1,427 cases up to Saturday, St...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Melody Ennis, director of family services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, says that COVID-19 treatments must be supported by scientific evidence that can be reproduced, which is not an advantage that natural medicine...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is presently overseeing the construction of an additional ward now being built at the Falmouth Public Hospital in Trelawny. Construction of the facility comes even as the Falmouth...
WESTERN BUREAU: For the first time in their 283-year history, the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth held their annual celebration of the signing of the Maroon treaty and the birth of revered hero Cudjoe virtually. The celebrations were restricted...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sixteen children from Salt Spring in St James, who previously had trouble accessing online schooling, are now able to do so, thanks to Wednesday’s US$2,000 (J$284,020.40) donation of electronic devices by the Salt Spring Community...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) is appealing to the Government to provide direct financial support to private-school students whose parents’ earning power has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to...
WESTERN BUREAU: With 20 of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association’s (JISA) 150 member schools having reopened during the just-ended school term, the organisation is looking forward to more of its private schools resuming classes in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three charity organisations that cater to St James’ less fortunate residents have been given good reason to sing praise this Christmas as the Whitter Group of Companies donated a combined sum of J$500,000 on Monday to support their...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Jasford Gabriel has welcomed the Holness administration’s plan to have Internet connectivity in all homes by 2025 as a potential game-changer for educational advancement. Schools were...
WESTERN BUREAU: While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting Jamaica’s capacity to earn from tourism, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett believes that e-commerce and the online marketplace are providing a viable avenue to entice...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the planned construction of a new St Regis Hotel in Bull Bay in St Andrew is among the more than US$1 billion in potential tourism investments that have withstood the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....
WESTERN BUREAU: ST JAMES’ health authorities have revealed that the parish’s average positive infection rate for COVID-19 stands at 15 per cent, which is higher than the national positive average of nine per cent and among the highest rates in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Several past students of the Montego Bay High School for Girls, now all grown women, continue to hold great pride in their sisterly bond with each other and their alma mater, a feeling they got to indulge in over the weekend at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following St James record high mosquito Aedes index of 25.6 per cent in October, the St James Health Department is reporting that the index has reduced significantly to 18.2 per cent in November, which is in keeping with the parish’...
WESTERN BUREAU: Seventy-year-old Trelawny resident Leon Jackson, who has been playing the role of Santa Claus almost every Christmas since 1985, will not be donning the iconic fluffy red suit with white fur trimming this year, as the COVID-19...
WESTERN BUREAU: Gloria Henry, president of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), is calling for the establishment of a field hospital in Montego Bay to supplement the scaled-down services being offered by the Cornwall Regional Hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Senator Dr Floyd Morris, who was recently elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, wants Jamaica’s church community to ensure that it supports the passage of the Disabilities Act...
WESTERN BUREAU: William Knibb Memorial High School alumni came good for the Trelawny-based institution on Tuesday when they handed over a generous donation of tablets and football boots to assist current students with their academic and sporting...
WESTERN BUREAU: As part of the quest to make teachers more equipped to handle disabled persons, the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in Montego Bay, St James, will be working with The University of the West Indies Mona Campus (UWI Mona) to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three schools in Hanover and Westmoreland opened their doors for resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, joining several other schools islandwide which likewise reopened following an announcement from the Government. Dr...
