Western Bureau: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, says that for this year, his team would be paying greater attention to traffic management with a view to preventing the increasing number of traffic accidents, which has...
Western Bureau: Citing the strain on its limited resources, the Hanover branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging individuals making crank calls to its emergency number to end the practice that could potentially cost persons their lives...
Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were destroyed, still being housed in shelters....
Western Bureau: Heavy rains that lashed sections of Hanover this week took a heavy toll on the parish, causing major flooding in the OceanPointe Housing Development and land slippage in other areas, including some that were impacted by Hurricane...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has reiterated his call for every school in the island to have a dean of discipline, expressing disappointment that both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he will be collaborating with Hanover Western Member of Parliament Heatha Miller-Bennett to develop a comprehensive cleaning plan for the Venture Gutter, which runs through the town of Lucea and...
Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on October 28 last year, 44-year-old Theresa Diana Wedderburn of Pell River, Hanover, and her husband and five children, were among the scores of impacted families that were left homeless....
Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on tourism, says she is deeply troubled by the way workers in the tourism industry have been treated since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which caused...
Western Bureau: With several of her constituents still without roofs on their homes, some nine weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament (MP) for Hanover Western, has started an...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets seemingly struggling to address the massive pile-up of garbage across Hanover in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the Hanover Municipal...
Western Bureau: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, is expressing concern over the simultaneous rise in domestic disputes and unemployment amid job losses in the hotel sector in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa....
WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers across the parish of Hanover reported for duty in full force on Monday as the 2026 Easter term officially began although student turnout was below normal at most schools. The start of the term came amid challenging...
Western Bureau: With the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa, higher-than-normal levels of household waste and other debris have been produced across the island, awaiting clearance by the state-run National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA...
Western Bureau: Against the background of a 54 per cent reduction in murders in Hanover for 2025 compared with 2024, as well as a 53 per cent reduction in shootings over the period, the Hanover Police Division has started 2026 in a similar manner...
Western Bureau: Buoyed by the significant decline in major crimes this year, currently the lowest in 25 years, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says he will be launching a Social Harmony Programme in 2026 which he hopes will assist in keeping the rate...
WESTERN BUREAU: The atmosphere at the Chester Castle Health Clinic in Hanover was sombre on Thursday as the Americares Field Clinic and its team of volunteers concluded their tour of duty, bringing to an end weeks of service to the community in the...
Western Bureau: The garbage collection woes, which has been plaguing Hanover over recent times, has intensified since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, leaving business operators and residents frustrated as garbage continues to pile up around them...
Western Bureau: Wynter McIntosh, the councillor for the Chester Castle Division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), is appealing to individuals, organisations and the Government to provide building material and other items to assist the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has estimated more than $800 million in damage to roads and public infrastructure across the parish arising from the passage of Hurricane Melissa over a month ago. During Thursday’s monthly...
Western Bureau With Hurricane Melissa leaving severe damage to Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, a collaborative effort between hospital staff, Project HOPE and the SAMU corporation has established a functioning field hospital to help meet...
WESTERN BUREAU: The former home of Dr David Stair, late custos of Hanover, located in the Pondpiece area of Hopewell, has been burglarise,and one of three motor vehicles parked in the garage was stolen. The break-in was discovered on Saturday, when...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the parish of Hanover listed in the Ministry of Health and Wellness report confirming 11 cases of leptospirosis in western Jamaica since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, concerns are mounting about the large amounts of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament Andrea Purkiss has sharply criticised the level of government assistance reaching her constituency following the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa across western Jamaica. She...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Andrew Nish, head of the Hanover Police Division, says the cops in the parish remain committed to serving the public despite personal property and some work facilities sustaining damage during Hurricane Melissa. “...
WESTERn BUREAU: Teachers and students from five high schools and one teacher’s college got a chance to see the concept of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) being used practically during a recent tour of Grand Palladium Hotel...
