WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness says the Government is unable to resolve the housing crisis confronting the country on its own. Acknowledging the gravity of the shortage of adequate housing solutions within the island, Holness said...
WESTERN BUREAU: MISPLACED VALUE has been cited by Prime Minister Andrew Holness as the reason why Jamaicans are not generally appreciative of improvements to civic infrastructure such as monuments. Holness made the observation while delivering last...
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE WERE more empty chairs than occupied ones at the Jamaica 60 Independence civic ceremony in Lucea, Hanover. The event, which was staged jointly by the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) and the Jamaica Cultural Development...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH SEVEN businesses now illegally occupying the eastern section of Old Steamer Beach in Hopewell, Hanover, the Hopewell Citizens Association (HCA) and the Hanover Parish Development Committee (HPDC) have raised their voices for...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE RESIDENTS of Lucea, Hanover, are bracing for more flooding as the course of the Riley River under the Riley Bridge, at the eastern entrance to that town, is completely blocked once again by bamboo coming from upstream. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE 2022 Emancipation/Independence Jamaica 60 celebrations drawing closer, plans are in high gear in Hanover to ensure that residents in the parish get their fair share of the once-in-a-lifetime celebrations. Parish manager of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The operators of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Hanover will know if they have to close the facility come September 23, when a judgment is to be handed down in the case brought against them by the health authority. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Woodsville and its adjoining communities in Hanover have resorted to using the old bridge which had been ordered closed by the National Works Agency (NWA) since the middle of April, as there is still no clear word on...
WESTERN BUREAU: There is growing concern about an increase in the number of Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites in communities across the parish of Hanover. Chief Public Health Inspector (CPHI) in the Hanover Health Services, Patricia Hall...
WESTERN BUREAU: TWENTY STUDENTS, 11 boys and nine girls from primary and preparatory schools in western Hanover, who aced their Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations were awarded for their excellent work. At a ceremony staged by the member of...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Parish Development Committee (PDC) has joined the national cry for noisy motorcycles roaming the roads of the country to be silenced. In a report tabled at the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC),...
WESTERN BUREAU: Boasting a 95 per cent readiness in the event of a major disaster striking the western parish up to two weeks ago, the Hanover Disaster Preparedness Committee has been hard hit after a fire gutted its storage facility, which was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Questions are being raised as to why Lucea, the Hanover capital which is frequently choked with traffic congestion, was not selected to site the first traffic lights to be installed in the western parish. Infrastructure for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Dr David Stair is hoping that the leaked footage of a medical examination of murder accused Rushane Barnett will lead to a policy addressing how justices of the peace (JPs) treat with sensitive recordings so they do...
WESTERN BUREAU: ONGOING CRIMINAL activities across the island have led to an increase in the amount of victims from those attacks, with some needing professional help to get over their traumatic and sometimes harmful experiences. To this end, the...
WESTERN BUREAU: REGIONAL DIRECTOR on the Jamaica Tourist Board, Odette Soberam-Dyer, is advising parents and guardians not to allow their children’s lives to be dominated and ruled by electronic devices, as there are good and bad sides to the use...
WESTERN BUREAU: MARIEKA SHAW, a 21-year-old medical student at The University of the West Indies from Haughton Gardens in Lucea, has been crowned the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2022, topping a field...
WESTERN BUREAU: The fruits, vegetables and meat market, located in the town of Hopewell in eastern Hanover, was officially reopened on Thursday, June 23, after being closed for several months for reconstruction and expansion works to be carried out...
WESTERN BUREAU: The learning environment at the deep-rural Chamber’s Pen Primary School in western Hanover is slated for major improvement in a few months, as a contract was signed and refurbishing work scheduled to start immediately at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: SOCIAL AND infrastructural improvements slated to take place in Chambers Pen, Hanover, under a $300-million investment to transform it into a model community are set to begin in a matter of days. Rural Development Minister Desmond...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE of the two missing guns from a villa at the five-star Tryall Club in Sandy Bay, Hanover, for which taxi operator Balfour Hutchinson was arrested and charged, has been rescheduled for mention on Tuesday, July 26. The case...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) Eastern Hanover constituency machinery is presenting itself as being ready for any eventualities if either local government or general elections are called in the months ahead. A combined...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Damion Crawford is calling for a special minimum wage to be introduced in the hotel sector, similar to what is in place for security guards. Crawford, who was addressing a combined People’s National Party (PNP) divisional...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVEN STUDENTS from Hanover were presented with grants totalling $205,000, provided by the Board of Supervision for exceptional academic work in their external examinations over the last two years. Keshanae Tomlinson and Dayana-Lee...
WESTERN BUREAU: TRAVERSING THE main street in the Hanover capital of Lucea should take less than two minutes under normal circumstances. However, on any given day, it will take motorists up to half an hour, and sometimes more, to travel the 400-...
