WESTERN BUREAU: St Elizabeth-based churches, the St Albans Anglican Church and the Bethlehem Moravian Church, are the joint beneficiaries of a J$2.6-million donation from the now-defunct Mavis Fraser-Davis Trust. The funds are to be used to assist...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the growing concerns about garbage collection in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is calling for initiatives to educate residents on how to better manage and dispose of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the entrance to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in downtown...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than four years after fire destroyed the Granville Police Station in St James, there is still no clear picture as to when the promised replacement facility will be constructed. Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has so far delivered mental health care to roughly 2,000 residents of St Elizabeth following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the record Category 5 storm that tore through the parish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, says some sections of the facility have been restored to pre-Hurricane Melissa functionality following repairs. Fray’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck has cautioned Jamaicans that it is far better to avoid criminal convictions than to rely on the recent passage of the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of S James, is warning justices of the peace (JPs) in that parish that he will personally seek to have them decommissioned if he finds out they have brought the office into disrepute. Speaking at a...
WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa tore roofs from homes and shattered windows last October, centenarian Vera Brown – partially blind, deaf and almost entirely non-verbal – rode out the Category 5 monster in an outdoor bathroom, emerging not just...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is urging the relatives of criminals to persuade them to give up their illegal guns, saying that by doing so it could bring Jamaica’s annual murder count, which is now...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is warning justices of the peace (JPs) not to witness signatures being made by people they do not know, or they might land themselves in hot water on criminal charges for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Trevon Clayton and Latoya Hemmings, the two senior municipal corporation employees who were allegedly caught smuggling 20.5lb of cocaine through the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, were given a new court date when...
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets (WPM) currently has 16 government-issued garbage trucks, four tipper trucks, and seven supplementary units to service its coverage area across western...
WESTERN BUREAU: In August last year, Ethlyn Clarke suffered a major health scare. Two months later, she survived the brutal assault of Hurricane Melissa, so, when she celebrated her 100th birthday on January 20, she was full of gratitude to God for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in several St James communities continue to grapple with uncollected garbage and increased rodent activity weeks after Hurricane Melissa, prompting an extended response from the St James Health Services aimed at reducing...
WESTERN BUREAU: Normality has returned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, following last week’s protest by disgruntled nurses and doctors, who went public in drawing attention to the poor working conditions and the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid concerns about uncollected garbage and the capacity of St James’ Retirement waste disposal site to handle increasing waste from across western Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa, some environmental stakeholders are declaring that...
WESTERN BUREAU: In response to dislocation caused by Hurricane Melissa, William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny has resorted to tents to ensure students continue their lessons while repairs are under way. The school, which suffered an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherika Lewis, acting chief public health inspector for St James, has urged the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Local Government and private businesses to join forces in the parish’s rodent eradication drive. Speaking at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Healthcare professionals in western Jamaica got to receive support services for themselves last Friday, when the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) hosted a special fair at the Pier One entertainment venue in Montego Bay, St...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Eron Samuels, the commanding officer for the St James Police Division, is dismissing suggestions that the house in which a four-year-old was killed on New Year’s night was deliberately targeted...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherika Lewis, the acting chief public health inspector for St James, says the recently launched waste removal initiative by the health department is not intended to replace or supplant the collection efforts of the National Solid...
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) is remaining steadfast in its bid to play a pivotal role in the ongoing Help the West initiative, which is designed to help the western parishes that were severely impacted by...
WESTERN BUREAU: As businesses in western Jamaica continue restoring their operations following Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) President Jason Russell says business operators must work together to boost...
WESTERN BUREAU: School administrators are urging the Government to introduce special insurance coverage for schools and their most valuable assets to better protect the education sector from future disasters, following the extensive damage caused...
