WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has indicated that work to install piped medical gas at the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital in Westmoreland is on target for completion before the end of this month. According to WRHA...
WESTERN BUREAU: Scores of persons turned out yesterday as the St James Municipal Corporation tipped its hat to 12 persons and one organisation for their contribution to uplifting and representing the parish. The Independence Uniform Parade, Flag-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis has called on citizens of St James to continue supporting the ongoing state of public emergency (SOE) in western Jamaica. Speaking at yesterday’s Independence service at the Bethtephil Baptist Church in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court yesterday set September 18 as the date for the much-anticipated plea agreement discussions in the case against Marvin Orr and Adrian Morgan, the men charged in relation to the 2014 death of Mario Deane....
WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is taking steps to provide more effective treatment for mental health patients. In an interview with The Gleaner, Regional Director of the WRHA Errol Greene provided an update on several...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has said it is reviewing the current protocols for dealing with any potential cases of the deadly Ebola virus following reports of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Errol...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nichala Facey, the St James man facing a murder charge arising from the death of 74-year-old Evelyn Blair, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, was remanded in custody when he appeared in the St James Parish Court...
WESTERN BUREAU: Science, Energy and Technology Minister Fayval Williams is pledging to bridge the technological gap between Jamaica and the rest of the world by finalising the review of the Data Protection Bill and a report from the Digital...
WESTERN BUREAU: The committal hearing for Norval Bulgin, the man who allegedly tried to solicit the support of a student to poison Carol Walters, the vice-principal at the Montego Bay Community College in St James, was last week rescheduled to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Melissa Harriot, the St James woman who allegedly stole a baby from another woman six months ago at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, has been ordered to stand trial in the St James Circuit Court on September...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nickala Facey, the St James man who allegedly set an elderly woman on fire in April after he failed in his bid to rape her, had his bail application put off until July 24 when he appeared in the St James Parish Court last Thursday....
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday said that the ongoing $3.5-billion restoration work at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay must be seen as the construction of a brand-new hospital...
WESTERN BUREAU: England McCrane, the woman who allegedly conned residents of western Jamaica out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while pretending to be a certified doctor, was on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of J$1 million when she...
WESTERN BUREAU: On the heels of reports of a suspected case of a child dying from dengue fever at the Falmouth Public Hospital and a number of patients also experiencing symptoms of the mosquito-borne virus in western Jamaica, the Western Regional...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Floyd Morris, director of the Centre for Disability Studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI), is calling for the establishment of an international education order that will see governments worldwide providing equal...
WESTERN BUREAU: An alleged quack doctor who reportedly fleeced several residents of western Jamaica out of hundreds of thousands of dollars under the guise that they were being treated by a certified physician will know today whether she will be...
WESTERN BUREAU: St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis says that electronic gadgets, video games in particular, are helping children to build critical skills that could prove useful in the world of work. “Don’t think that utilising the iPad or the...
WESTERN BUREAU: There were scenes of jubilation at several primary schools across western Jamaica yesterday afternoon as school administrators, parents, and students celebrated what they deemed as favourable results in the first sitting of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says that the installation of pipes for medical gas at the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital in Westmoreland is near completion and that similar work...
WESTERN BUREAU: Government senator Charles Sinclair yesterday made good on his previously announced plan to move a resolution that the parish celebrate May 28 as Edward Seaga Day. During yesterday’s monthly meeting of the St James Municipal...
WESTERN BUREAU: The case against three police officers who are facing manslaughter charges in relation to the 2014 beating death of Trelawny resident Kamoza Clarke will now go into a sixth year as the matter was yesterday rescheduled for June 9...
WESTERN BUREAU: The much-anticipated committal hearing for Melissa Harriott, the St James woman who reportedly stole a baby from its mother at the Cornwall Regional Hospital earlier this year, did not take place as was expected Tuesday as the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A bus driver employed to the Montego Bay Community College is facing criminal charges after being accused of hatching a scheme to poison the vice-principal of the Bogue-based institution in the Second City. When Norval Bulgin...
The Williamsfield Health Centre in Williamsfield, Westmoreland, is one of several major landmarks in the rural farming community, which is nestled in the Central Westmoreland constituency. Visitors to the district can easily spot the clinic’s main...
Western Bureau: Scores of residents from western Jamaica, alongside members of the local political directorate and other prominent stakeholders, turned out at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St James yesterday to pay their respects to former...
