Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Dr Shanelle Dempster-Peart (left), regional dental surgeon, and Dr Janique Baldwin-Miller, regional psychiatrist, both of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), at the opening of the Junction Child and Adolescent Wellness Centre and the Junction De
17 Oct, 2026 0

Junction facility to restore smiles and address mental health

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Janique Baldwin-Miller, regional psychiatrist at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), says the opening of the Child and Adolescent…
Tameya Brown, Salt Spring author, poses in front of a giant backdrop featuring the cover of her debut book, ‘A Touch of the World but More of Christ’.
16 Oct, 2026 0

Tameya Brown turns pain into purpose with debut book

WESTERN BUREAU: At the age of 11, Tameya Brown experienced a deeply distressing violation of her innocence by someone her family knew and trusted. Now as an adult, the Salt Spring, St James, native…
Heroy Clarke (right), the sole nominee for the Jamaica Labour Party’s deputy leadership of Area Council Four, receives the party’s symbolic bell from outgoing deputy leader J.C. Hutchinson after his nomination at Sunday’s Area Council Four meeting at
14 Oct, 2026 0

Clarke says local polls key to JLP’s fourth-term bid

WESTERN BUREAU: Heroy Clarke, the sole nominee for the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leadership of Area Council Four, said the road to a fourth term in government runs through the 2028 local…
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (centre) cuts the ribbon to open the Child and Adolescent Health Centre at the Junction Health Centre in St Elizabeth on Thursday. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are Sean Brissett, parish manager for
12 Oct, 2026 0

Tufton: Stop punishing, start understanding struggling children

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says today’s children are growing up in a far more challenging environment than previous generations as smartphones, social media and…
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton interacts with healthcare workers from the Southern Regional Health Authority during an appreciation gala last week.
12 Oct, 2026 0

SRHA staff applauded for heroic service

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has heaped praise on healthcare workers attached to the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), particularly those in St…
Live Soil technology.
09 Oct, 2026 0

Hope for drought-stricken farms

WESTERN BUREAU: FarmLinkr CEO Shelly Heaven is confident that a locally developed soil technology can help to address the worsening water challenges in agriculture as it allows farmers to grow crops…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon addresses a World Habitat Day 2026 conference hosted by Community Management and Development (COMMAND) in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday.
08 Oct, 2026 0

MoBay mayor pushes for greater local gov’t powers

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is calling for a significant strengthening of local government, including greater fiscal decentralisation and enhanced planning powers, as the city…
Attorney-at-law Gloria Brown of Brown, Findley and Company.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Attorney calls for land court to address mounting disputes

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Gloria Brownand is calling for a specialised land court to tackle Jamaica’s growing backlog of property disputes, arguing that cases involving the country’s most…
Senator Floyd Morris.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Morris calls for informal settlements to be upgraded

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Floyd Morris, the opposition spokesman on housing and sustainable living, is proposing that at least 30 per cent of the $11.4 billion annually extracted from the National…