WESTERN BUREAU: Warning that insurance alone is not enough to safeguard businesses from disaster, Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Jason Russell is urging entrepreneurs to strengthen their financial preparedness and build...
WESTERN BUREAU: Finance Minister Fayval Williams is urging tertiary students to become ambassadors for Jamaica’s student loan programme, saying outdated perceptions about the scheme could be preventing many potential recipients from accessing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mark Hart, chairman of the Montego Bay Free Zone Company, has endorsed the Government’s long-term plan to relocate business process outsourcing (BPO) operations from the coastal Freeport peninsula to purpose-built facilities along...
WESTERN BUREAU: A major clean-up operation at the mouth of the South Gully is bringing renewed focus to proper waste disposal and regular drainage maintenance as Montego Bay prepares for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. The work is being carried...
WESTERN BUREAU: The United States (US) has indicated it is satisfied that its US$22-million hurricane relief support is helping Jamaicans recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, with a strong focus on health and mental health...
A major expansion in access to Jamaica’s regulated cannabis industry is under way, with new permit regimes aimed at bringing more small and traditional farmers into the legal framework. The reforms, now formalised in the Jamaica Gazette, are...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Government’s proposed Beach Access and Management Policy has drawn sharp criticism from the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), which contends that the framework entrenches, rather than dismantles, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to embrace environmental stewardship and resilience as the country embarks on the Restoration, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) National Programme, an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Anthony Taylor, principal of St Mary’s Preparatory School, says his institution will tighten safety measures around bun-eating contests but will not remove the activity from its sports day programme unless parents or the Ministry...
WESTERN BUREAU Shane Munroe, chief executive officer of MBJ Airports Limited, has signalled a major push to help restore normal school operations across western Jamaica, as several institutions continue to grapple with the lingering devastation...
WESTERN BUREAU Ramiesh Williams shot his way to glory, triumphing in commanding fashion to seize the title of overall champion at the prestigious fifth annual David ‘Dawg’ McMorris Memorial Cup, staged at the Negril Tactical Shooting Range. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hundreds of students across western Jamaica are poised to benefit from a part of MBJ Airports Limited’s $30-million donation to education, which will also see funds going towards the rebuilding of schools damaged during the passage...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is warning that education without application is unproductive, arguing that too many qualified persons are failing to translate their academic achievements into meaningful economic contributions. “...
WESTERN BUREAU: Robert Taylor, director of probation and aftercare, says Jamaica’s probation service is currently supervising more than 2,000 non-custodial offenders across the island. Taylor made the disclosure in highlighting what he indicated...
WESTERN BUREAU Robert Taylor, the acting director of probation aftercare in the Department of Correctional Services, is urging the Government to grant aftercare probation officers a remote-inducement allowance, noting that several other categories...
WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Brigadier Radgh Mason, the commissioner of corrections, says a new rehabilitation programme for sex offenders, aimed at giving those individuals a chance to change their behaviour and making it easier for them to reintegrate...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school since the passage of Hurricane Melissa last...
WESTERN BUREAU: A newly retrofitted probation office, which was officially commissioned into service in St James yesterday, forms a part of the Government’s continued push to strengthen rehabilitation within Jamaica’s correctional system. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kenneth Brown, superintendent of roads and works at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC), has voiced disappointment over the condition of Independence Park in Black River, warning that the once vibrant recreational space...
WESTERN BUREAU The Chinese business community in Guadeloupe has donated hurricane-relief supplies valued at US$80,000 ($12.5 million) to the St James Municipal Corporation in a show of support for vulnerable residents affected by Hurricane Melissa...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, says that despite the growing use of digital platforms as communication tools, post offices and postal agencies remain relevant – particularly for older residents who are not proficient with new...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Flanker, St James, were in a buoyant mood yesterday as they welcomed the reopening of their postal agency, which was out of service for a protracted period to undergo a J$3.5-million renovation, courtesy of the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kevin Richards, the newly installed chief commissioner of the Scout Association of Jamaica, says the movement must confront growing challenges impacting young people while building on the legacy of those who previously led the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alexander De Croo, a senior official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Under-Secretary-General, has indicated that international partnerships are helping coastal communities such as Galleon...
WESTERN BUREAU: Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, the chief scout of Jamaica, is calling for young Jamaicans to embrace the principles of scouting, not just in uniform but in their daily lives. Addressing the Annual Public Meeting of the Scout...
