Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer
29 Sep, 2026
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Official urges CARICOM to strengthen regional food economy
WESTERN BUREAU: With the Caribbean importing more than half of its food, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General Dr Wendell Samuel says the situation poses a major threat to the region’s economic…
29 Sep, 2026
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Overhaul Caribbean’s agricultural transportation system, Green urges
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green is calling for an overhauling of the Caribbean’s agricultural transportation system, warning that the region cannot achieve food security if food…
25 Sep, 2026
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Spring Mount access crisis hurts John’s Hall Primary
WESTERN BUREAU: The John’s Hall Primary School is losing students as the collapse of the Spring Mount road in St James disrupts access to the school, with enrolment falling by 84 children as families…
23 Sep, 2026
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Chybar: Let voters, not councillors, choose mayors
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland businessman Moses Chybar wants Jamaica to rethink the way mayors are chosen, arguing that the country’s constitutional-reform debate should examine whether municipal…
22 Sep, 2026
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Escalating domestic violence impacting St James churches
WESTERN BUREAU: Domestic violence is emerging as an increasingly common issue confronting churches across St James, as pastors are routinely called upon to counsel people struggling with troubled…
21 Sep, 2026
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ROADBLOCK TO EDUCATION - Maldon High loses hundreds of students amid road crisis
WESTERN BUREAU: Almost a year after Hurricane Melissa hit western Jamaica, a major road collapse in Spring Mount, St James, has resulted in Maldon High School seeing more than 300 students drop off…
21 Sep, 2026
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Church leaders welcome plans for burn unit at CRH
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Glendon Powell, head of the St James Ministers Fraternal, is hailing the development of a burn unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay as a major step…
17 Sep, 2026
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Adapt or be left behind, administrative professionals told
WESTERN BUREAU: Administrative professionals who fail to adapt to rapid technological change and evolving workplace demands risk being left behind, according to Keron Hall, president of the Kingston…
17 Sep, 2026
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Miller Simpson warns about data drain as J’cans feed foreign AI services
WESTERN BUREAU: Educator Ethnie Miller Simpson is expressing concern that while Jamaica is pumping information into artificial-intelligence (AI) systems at an accelerating rate, the country does not…