Western Bureau: Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants schools to use modern technology, including interactive gaming software, to access learning material and promote online networking among students. Addressing teachers in...
WESTERN BUREAU: ONE HUNDRED and twenty families in Granville, St James, received a special treat yesterday when they were given care packages with food and snacks by the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), as part of the group’s ongoing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants more emphasis to be placed on improving the quality of education in the early-childhood sector instead of seeking to play catch-up in later years. “Roughly three to four...
WESTERN BUREAU: While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA),...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the concerns about their immediate future as a result of the economic difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, some private schools have nonetheless rejected an offer of J$80,000 for each student per year which was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Trevor Reid, who leads the Orange circuit of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (SDA) in St James, has always made sure to set aside time for his three children even though he has served as a minister of religion across two...
WESTERN BUREAU: The timeline for completion of the long-awaited Western Children and Adolescents Hospital in St James may be significantly pushed back from its projected May 2021 deadline, as work has stalled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is demanding an apology from Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips for accusing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) of corruption and abuse of authority in the recent...
Western Bureau: Residents who regularly use the roadways of Montego Bay, St James, are calling for urgent attention to be given to a gaping pothole in the road and pools of water that settle along the Howard Cooke Boulevard, which present a danger...
Western Bureau: Residents in some rural St James communities want more drain cleaning to be done in their areas, even amid the parish’s general level of preparedness for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Lena Bullock, a resident of Adelphi, wants...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sylvan Reid and Gladstone Bent, the two People’s National Party (PNP) councillors who were disqualified by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday, are preparing to mount a legal...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tempers flared during yesterday’s monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) after the Jamaica Labour Party-led (JLP) majority voted to boot two People’s National Party (PNP) councillors who have missed the last...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE GLOBAL Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) – formerly the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica – is on a mission to boost the stock of personal protective equipment in the public health sector by donating 18,000...
WESTERN BUREAU: PATIENT CARE at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland got a significant boost on Tuesday with a joint donation of several items from the Issa Trust Foundation and Food For The Poor. The items included five patient monitors...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE RESIDENTS and staff of the Mustard Seed Children’s Home in Adelphi, St James, were fed and provided with protective gear on Sunday, thanks to the generosity of two prominent individuals in the western region and an established...
Western Bureau: The family of six-year-old Cory-Ann Palmer, who rescued her one-year-old sister from their burning house in Norwood, St James, last November, was among the recipients of care package delivered by a team from the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Fears emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic have caused concerns about blood donations to spiral at Cornwall Regional, the hospital’s senior medical officer has said. Dr Derrick Harvey made the observation during an interview with...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE A decision has been taken to cut the funding earmarked for the ongoing restoration works at the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH), top stakeholders say the adjustments, which were made in the Government’s 2020-21 Estimates...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is seeking to have a dialogue with Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) about devising convenient ways for residents of the parish to pay their property taxes, following reports that payment...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is urging the councillors of the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to educate their constituents on the facts regarding COVID-19, in light of reports of discrimination against persons in the parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: The poor quality of the customer service at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has added another layer to the inadequacy at the facility, which is undergoing restoration work, despite being the main...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the 2020 ISSA Boys and Girls’ Championship derailed by COVID-19, Petersfield High School in Westmoreland has decided to provide food, including chickens that were being reared for the athletics team, to the more than 280 needy...
WESTERN BUREAU: CLERGYMEN IN western Jamaica are somewhat cautious about how church services are to be conducted during the upcoming two-week trial period announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday evening as part of the effort to ease...
WESTERN BUREAU: David Martin is staging online workshops to help persons learn a new skill in animation and the digital arts as they spend more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martin, a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justices of the Peace (JP) in western Jamaica are not being barred from inspecting police lock-ups and seeing inmates, despite reports suggesting that they have been barred from doing so due to concerns that outside persons could...
