Western Bureau: Residents of Jackson Town and surrounding communities in Trelawny are now more comfortable from a health perspective as the community’s health centre, which was out of service for two years, is now back in service after a J$23-...
WESTERN BUREAU: As was the case when she was leaving Rio Bueno Primary School five years ago, William Knibb High School head girl, Sana-Kay Dilworth, emerged as the top student at her school’s graduation, taking home the top prizes in mathematics,...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says plans are under way to secure 10 computed tomography scanners or CT scan machines to ease the shortage at several hospitals across the island. A CT scan machine is a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three of the four road breakaways between Stettin and Wait-A-Bit in South Trelawny are currently being rehabilitated under the Government’s multimillion-dollar SPARK programme. According to Janel Ricketts, the community...
Western Bureau: Pensioners in Wakefield and the surrounding districts of Deeside, Bunker’s Hill, Friendship, Dromily and Hampden, in Trelawny, are expressing frustration with the current arrangement to access their pension since the closure of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The original plan announced by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to construct 720 houses on 148 acres of former sugar cane lands in Parnassus, near Clark’s Town in Trelawny, has been revised to include more than 100 additional units...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says brighter days are on the horizon for the nation’s yam farmers as his ministry is now putting together a scheme to improve their capacity to produce more as part of overall efforts to improve...
WESTERN BUREAU: When constables Nadia McKenzie and Jerome Stephens decided to help a student from Wakefield Primary School in Trelawny, they could not have envisaged that this small effort would blossom into a vibrant homework club. “We just saw...
Western Bureau: When 11-year-old Jordon Peters, who was selling bottled water on the street of Hague in Trelawny, offered her a bottle of water, free of charge, basic school teacher Marie Evans didn’t immediately realise how much of a life-...
Western Bureau: Eighty-five years after the Hanover-based Knockalva Polytechnical College, formerly known as the Knockalva Agricultural School, was founded, efforts are now being made to revitalise the institution in the hope of restoring it to the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Lenworth Fulton, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), is calling for strong legislative action and government investment in surveillance technology to tackle the ongoing scourge of praedial larceny...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny received a major boost to its emergency response capabilities on Tuesday when the Japanese Embassy donated a fully equipped J$17 million ambulance. The new addition enhances the hospital’s ability...
Western Bureau: Some stakeholders in Trelawny are now breathing a collective sigh of relief as the roadway from Duncans to Clark’s Town, arguably the most challenging roadway in the entire parish, is now being rehabilitated, thanks to a J$19-...
WESTERN BUREAU: After more than five years without a bridge linking their community to Falmouth, residents of Rock are elated that the structure is one of 55 set to be repaired, thanks to a US$100 million grant from the United Kingdom. The Rock...
Western Bureau: When former member of parliament (MP) A.U. Belinfanti announced plans to develop a major water supply project at the Quashi River in Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, in the 1970s, no one could have envisioned that, more than 50 years later...
Western Bureau: With the People’s National Party (PNP) ramping up its campaign ahead of the next general election, which is constitutionally due by September, Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the party plans to unveil several initiatives aimed...
Western Bureau: Reverend Karl Johnson, pastor of the Phillipo Baptist Church in Spanish Town, St Catherine, is proposing that the William Knibb High School in Trelawny be renamed in honour of its founder, the late Reverend Stephen James. James,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Winston Milton, the police commander for Trelawny, says intelligence has indicated that a criminal gang in the parish is on a drive to recruit students to strengthen its network and expand its reach. Milton, who was...
WESTERN BUREAU: William Knibb Memorial High School, the alma mater of track and field legend Usain Bolt, will mark its 64th anniversary with a Founder’s Day Lecture tomorrow in the school’s auditorium. Former principal Anthony Falloon, a noted...
Western Bureau: Tamoy Sinclair, who took up the post of chief executive officer (CEO) at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) on January 1, 2025, was given a warm welcome when she attended her first municipal meeting last Thursday. In welcoming...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents and environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the destruction of the once vibrant mangroves along the roadway from Martha Brae to Market Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, to facilitate the expansion of the resort...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the year draws to a close, several residents of Trelawny are taking the nation’s political and other leaders to task for failing to deliver on numerous promises. In fact, some residents believe they were deliberately misled and...
Western Bureau: Usain Bolt’s home district, Sherwood Content, in Trelawny, was bustling with activity last Sunday when the community came together to celebrate the 105th birthday of Sylvia Bernard-Hall, one of several of its residents who have, in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tears flowed at the William Knibb Memorial High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, on Thursday morning as staff and students grappled with the news of the passing of 16-year-old grade 11 student Rodrique Frank. Rodrique, who was...
Western Bureau: Residents in southern Trelawny, who were anxiously looking forward to the construction of the promised fire station in Ulster Spring, are now wondering if the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has walked back the...
