WESTERN BUREAU: Despite ongoing efforts to get the National Identification System (NIDS) fully operational as soon as possible, Bishop Conrad Pitkin, chairman of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), says NIDS will not be...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, who is also the island’s chief scout, says the transformative influence of the scouting programmes orchestrated by the Scout Association, which is being driven by committed adult...
WESTERN BUREAU: Enid Brown and her family are now in a celebratory mood as their wish for a new home was realised last Thursday when they were given the keys to their $10.5 million two-bedroom house, courtesy of the Ministry of Local Government...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mikael Phillips, the opposition spokesman on transport and mining, has criticised the steps being taken by the ruling Dr Andrew Holness-led Government with regard to the deployment of Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Conrad Thomas, the pastor of the Salt Spring Baptist Church in St James, says the community has the potential to be vibrant but is being held back by socioeconomic issues that need to be tackled and fixed. According to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Having signed a sister-school initiative with Japan’s Iwami High School, the administrators at Little London High School, Westmoreland, are now anxiously looking forward to seeing what benefits will come their way from the deal. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former People’s National Party (PNP) vice-president, Dr Karl Blythe, who served four terms as member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, has rejected a recent Nationwide/Bluedot poll suggesting that the ruling Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU: Danree Delancy, mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, has announced that the parish’s Little London High School has signed a sister school relationship with Iwami High School, which is located in the city of Tottori Prefecture in Japan....
WESTERN BUREAU: Pius Lacan, president of the Westmoreland Justices of the Peace Association (WJPA), has pledged to use his tenure to streamline the functions of justices of the peace (JP) in the parish, which will include bringing inactive members...
WESTERN BUREAU: After a prolonged dispute between the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), a path has now been cleared for work to commence on the construction of the highly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western business leaders and Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson have given mixed reactions to former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson’s statement on what he calls an unprecedented level of crime currently affecting Jamaica. This...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes believes there is an urgent need for a new hospital in Westmoreland, noting that overcrowding at health facilities across the parish is putting a severe strain on resources and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says he is ready to take to the street in protest, should a law be passed under the proposed republic system of government, which would allow a simple majority in the House of Representatives...
WESTERN BUREAU: Overseer Cassel Dunkley, head of the St Catherine-based Church of God in Christ Jesus Apostolic of Jamaica, is urging Jamaicans to unite behind the country’s latest anti-human trafficking initiative. This initiative aims to protect...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor Richard Vernon is calling on the youth of St James to embrace climate action and take the lead in climate change mitigation efforts. During a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Vernon recognised...
WESTERN BUREAU Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, state minister in the Ministry of National Security, is urging students at Unity Primary School, in Westmoreland, to promptly report incidents of bullying to their principal, guidance counsellors, or a trusted...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jessica Davidson, president of the Rotary Club of Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland, says the seven individuals who were chosen as this year’s honourees by the club exemplify the Rotary motto of, ‘Service Above Self’, which they...
WESTERN BUREAU: Government Senator Charles Sinclair has expressed deep concern over the growing disrespect for Jamaica’s national symbols, emphasising that they represent the nation’s heritage and identity. Delivering the main address at the Rotary...
WESTERN BUREAU Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte, the member of parliament for St James West Central, is calling for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to step up and tackle the urgent...
WESTERN BUREAU Gary Sadler, the executive vice-president of sales and industrial relations for Unique Vacations, the worldwide representatives of Sandals and Beaches Resorts, says Jamaica is the envy of the world in the hospitality sector. “What...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland Custos Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin has expressed concern over the potential negative impact of US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan on Jamaica, particularly given that the first phase targets individuals...
Western Bureau: Renowned publisher Lloyd B. Smith, who is also a former president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says work is under way to establish the Sam Sharpe Institute of Public Affairs and Caribbean Thought (SSIPA-CT)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Educators and students from several high schools in Westmoreland are clamouring for the Jamaican electorate to vote directly for a president who will become the head of state under a republic system of government. This movement...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Janice Allen, the People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker candidate for St James Central, has got high marks for a recent town hall meeting she staged, which focused on the high cost of electric energy and her party’s plan...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the resort town of Negril, which has been plagued by a perennial shortage of water, is to get a transformative US$221 million water supply system early in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This, he...
