Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
April 16, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

T&T PM accuses CARICOM of ‘backroom operation’ over Barnett reappointment

WESTERN BUREAU: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has launched a scathing attack on the leadership of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), accusing the regional body of operating…
Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation, addressing the corporation’s monthly meeting on April 9.
April 15, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

PNP councillor joins call for children’s hospital in west to be named after Simpson Miller

WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), has served notice on the corporation that he will be tabling a resolution to have…
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April 14, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Catherine Hall residents want back their health centre

WESTERN BUREAU: While most of the public health centres in western Jamaica have been returned to full service since the passage of Hurricane Melissa six months ago, residents of Catherine Hall in…
Ziping Chen (left), chairman of LCH Development Limited, presents a cheque valued at $1 million from the Chinese Community in Montego Bay to Dave Scott (right), principal of Howard Cooke Primary School. Sharing in the occasion are (from second left) Veroni
April 14, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Chinese community donates $1m to Howard Cooke Primary’s recovery

WESTERN BUREAU: The Howard Cooke Primary School in Montego Bay, which had its furniture, equipment and vital records destroyed when mud, debris and floodwaters associated with Hurricane Melissa…
Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, CARICOM chair.
April 13, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Summit snub

WESTERN BUREAU A diplomatic dispute within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has intensified after Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) stayed away from an emergency meeting convened to address concerns it…
Dr Garfield Badal (right), a consultant paediatric surgeon at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, collects a cheque from Dwight Crawford, deputy mayor of Montego Bay, and Barbara Grizzle, president of the Kiwanis Club of Providence, Montego Bay, valued at $2.7
April 10, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Kiwanis Club of Providence comes good for western cancer patients

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Cancer Support Group, the Oncology Ward at the Cornwall Regional Hospital and the Jamaica Cancer Society were among the major beneficiaries at Wednesday’s award…
The statue of of retired track and field superstar Usain Bolt in Water Square in Falmouth, Trelawny.
April 9, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Grange: Bolt statue ready, dedication date to be announced

WESTERN BUREAU: Sport Minister Olivia Grange says the official dedication of the statue honouring Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt in Falmouth will take place once a new date is finalised. Speaking…
Shantell Hill-Afonso (right), marketing manager at Sunshine Snacks, presents an assortment of snacks to Audley Feare, principal of Aberdeen High School in St Elizabeth. Sharing the moment are (from left) Marilyn McDonald, manager of community renewal at th
April 9, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

JPS powers $10m extra-lessons programme for western students

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has launched a $10-million extra-lessons initiative to assist students who will begin sitting the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and the Caribbean…
William Knibb Principal Linvern Wright.
April 8, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

‘SHAMELESS’

WESTERN BUREAU: Linvern Wright, the principal of William Knibb High School, says governments over the years have failed to provide adequate sports facilities for athletes in western Jamaica, leaving…