Western Bureau: Everything is now in place for the formalisation of the twinning of the resort town of Negril, in western Jamaica, and Zanzibar City, in the United Republic of Tanzania through a sister city arrangement. With Negril jointly shared...
Western Bureau: Annissa Spence, the acting parish disaster coordinator at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), has been nominated by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to represent Jamaica at an upcoming international...
WESTERN BUREAU: Andrea Purkiss, who defeated two-term Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Dave Brown to win the Hanover Eastern seat for the People’s National Party (PNP) last Wednesday, plans to make a name for herself in the political...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Labour is taking steps to make life easier for the nation’s senior citizens by establishing satellite offices across the island which are designed to bring its services closer to persons who are now having...
Western Bureau: A decision by well-known Hanover charity, the Tryall Fund, to adopt the Hopewell Health Centre, has been hailed as a game-changer in the public-private adopt-a-clinic programme. Addressing a ceremony to announce the adoption of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a heartfelt tribute to community elders, 30 senior citizens from Jericho and surrounding areas in Hanover were honoured by the 2025 Jericho Reunion Planning Committee (JRPC) during a grand awards dinner at Sky Beach Restaurant in...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a show of generosity, the residents of Oceanpointe, one of the newer residential communities in Hanover, have donated approximately 1,000 backpacks with school supplies and offered five scholarships valued at J$20,000 to needy...
WESTERN BUREAU: Human trafficking, now globally recognised as a serious and pervasive criminal issue, has taken on a new and concerning dimension – its emergence in the world of sports. As law enforcement agencies around the world join forces to...
Western Bureau: For the second time this year, Hanover Charities, which has been providing students from the western parish with scholarship and educational grants worth millions of dollars over several years, has come good for yet another group of...
Western Bureau: Disgruntled Jamaicans are being promised that their long-standing complaint that they are being denied access to beaches - especially those that form parts of hotels and other private properties - will be a thing of the past if the...
Western Bureau: Dave Brown, the member of parliament for Hanover Eastern, is urging the 104 students who graduated from the Hopewell-based Bethel Primary School in his constituency recently, to set their sights on building on what they were taught...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Lennox Wayne Anderson-Jackson was officially conferred with membership in the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) in a public installation ceremony at Rusea’s High School in Lucea on Thursday. Anderson-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Acting Superintendent Oniel Henry, the head of the Hanover division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is concerned about a crumbling bell tower on the grounds of the fire station, fearing it could collapse at any time. Speaking at...
Western Bureau: The Hanover Police Division, which is on a mission to reclaim safest parish status, is now enjoying a major reduction in murders and crime overall, based on Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) crime statistics up to July 10. “As it...
Western Bureau: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels has rejected claims by Wade Mars, the executive director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TDPCo), that suggested inaction from his Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) office was...
WESTERN BUREAU: With over 50 emergency shelters in place in Hanover, and shelter managers identified, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) main concern at this time is the slow pace at which the National Works Agency (NWA) is addressing drain...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Malcolm Heights, Seaview Drive and Central in Lucea, Hanover, now have a new reason to strive for sporting excellence as the newly improved Lords playing field and multi-purpose court was officially reopened on Thursday...
Western Bureau: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the parish of Hanover, which has seen a significant increase in its hotel room stock over the past decade, is poised to see more hotel rooms, including a casino facility. Bartlett said the new...
Western Bureau: With weather forecasters predicting an active 2025 hurricane season, and the lack of proper drain cleaning in Lucea, the Hanover parish capital, residents are raising concerns about conditions they say are tailor-made for flooding....
WESTERN BUREAU: With daily traffic congestion still stifling traffic flow through the town of Hopewell, in Hanover, Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, is again promising a bypass road to fix the perennial problem. Speaking at a Jamaica Labour...
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid a notable decline in crime across the island since the start of the year, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling on Jamaican fathers to actively steer their sons away from criminal activity, emphasising that the risk-to-...
WESTERN BUREAU: The promise of Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, for 50 streetlights to be allocated for installation each year over the next two years, to each councillor islandwide, has been ridiculed and described as a big joke by...
Western Bureau: Despite an assurance from the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) that the parish is in a state of readiness for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, Shermaine Anderson-Gayle, president of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, has written...
Western Bureau: Custos of Hanover Lennox Anderson-Jackson says challenges in agriculture, such as fluctuation in market conditions, evolving global standards, along with changing environmental conditions, have made the task of modernising and...
Western Bureau: Buoyed by the substantial decline in murders and shootings in Hanover since the start of the year, the parish’s custos, Lennox Anderson-Jackson, is among the many residents who are hopeful that the parish will reclaim the ‘safest...
