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Hanover horror - Mother and son chased and murdered

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:Criminals continued their deadly trek through the once-quiet parish of Hanover last Friday, leaving a 45-year-old mother and her 24-year-old son dead in their wake.Juliet Grant and her son, Romario Daley, became murder victims 30 and...

Police nab 10 alleged gangsters in Hanover raids

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:Ten men described as major players in the three criminal gangs operating in Hanover are now in custody after they were arrested in the targeted raids the police have been conducting in the main crime hotspots in the eastern part of...

Hanover is blessed, says relieved Lucea mayor

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:Mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels is affixing a divine intervention to the fact that Hanover escaped the full fury of the recent flood rains, which devastated several parishes across the island last week.A relieved Samuels, who is also...

Inside the Municipal Corporations | Roadblock enters second month in Lucea

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:The decision by residents of Big Well Lane in Lucea, Hanover, to block the main road leading into their community in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting, which left five persons injured, is now in its second month and is now proving...

Hanover water crisis hitting hard

Published:Thursday | April 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:More than 2,000 residents from several adjoining communities in eastern Hanover have been looking up to the skies with glee and thankfulness for the rains over the last week. Their scrounging around for the precious commodity - water...

Health concerns about Hanover’s water

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:The Hanover Health Department is again expressing concern about the water quality in the parish's minor supply systems, which it says continues to show a lack of proper chlorination, among other health concerns.Speaking at the recent...

Hanover cop reported for social media mischief

Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 1:28 PMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:The Hanover Municipal Corporation has lodged a formal complaint to the top leadership of the Hanover police over allegation that a sergeant assigned to the division has been using social media to spread disparaging remarks about...

Lucea lock-up in an unhealthy state, but…

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western BureauThe unhealthy and unsanitary state of the lock-up at the Lucea Police Station, in Hanover, is now a source of much concern and has now attracted the attention of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HPC).Devon Brown, the Councillor for...

There is no ‘amusement’ in death – Lucea mayor

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2017 | 11:27 AMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:Lucea's mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, wants the authorities to stop categorising permits that are granted to hold wakes as amusement licences, as, according to him, there is no amusement in death.Samuels' concern comes against...

Legitimacy of Hanover PDC being questioned

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2017 | 11:58 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:The legitimacy of the current executive of the Hanover Parish Development Committee (PDC) is being questioned, as the group's annual general meeting (AGM) is said to be more than one year overdue.The matter of the committee's failure...

Hanover on fire ... More than 100 per cent increase over last year

Published:Friday | April 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:With more than 200 bush fires and 16 houses going up in flames in Hanover in the first three months of 2017, the parish's fire brigade, with its limited resources, is facing a challenge.This year's figure represents a 100 per cent...

Road repairs on track in Hanover

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:The J$10-million road-rehabilitation project, which is now taking place along the Haughton Grove to Miles Town roadway in Hanover, is said to be approximately 40 per cent complete.Some 5,000 square metres of roadway will be...

Hanover bleeding – 21 murders in three months

Published:Saturday | March 25, 2017 | 2:10 PMBryan Miller

Murder and mayhem continued in the once quiet parish of Hanover last Friday night as gunmen struck, leaving three persons dead.This moved the number of murders in the parish since the start of this year to 21, a staggering increase compared to the...

Hanover doing great with property tax collection

Published:Friday | March 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:With the third of four planned mobile property tax collection initiatives now on in the parish, Hanover is once again poised to extend its noble tradition as one of the top parishes when it comes to compliance.Following Friday's stop...

Tryall Fund trains early childhood practitioners

Published:Sunday | February 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:Some 21 early-childhood practitioners from six early-childhood institutions in Hanover were given a refresher session in the 'Success by Six' programme at the Sandy Bay Basic School last week.The session was funded by the Tryall Fund...

Lucea mayor turns down vehicle offer - Samuels says municipal police has greater need

Published:Friday | February 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:Despite the fact that approval was granted for him to get a vehicle, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, the mayor of Lucea, has decided against taking up the offer, asking instead that a vehicle be given to the enforcement arm of the...

Plans in the works for CCTV for Lucea

Published:Wednesday | January 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:With criminal activities, especially shootings, now competing with neighbouring St James for the top spot on crime in western Jamaica, Easton Edwards, the councillor for the Lucea division in the Hanover Municipal Corporation, is...

Put service above self, DPP implores JPs

Published:Monday | January 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has called for persons not to accept the position of justice of the peace (JP) for the sake of the title alone, but instead, they should be prepared to give service above self in...

Wellness fair successfully staged in Lucea

Published:Friday | January 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:Approximately 200 persons from across Hanover were in attendance on Friday for the fourth Wellness Fair of the Hanover Poor Relief Department, which was staged in collaboration with the Hanover Homelessness Committee.The activities...

Health inspection finds Hanover lock-up unsatisfactory

Published:Friday | January 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:As was the case with the lock-up at the Freeport Police Station, in Montego Bay, St James, recently, health officials in Hanover have declared the parish's main lock-up in Lucea to be in an unsatisfactory condition and have ordered...

Transport Ministry targets 'bikers’ out west

Published:Friday | January 20, 2017 | 3:18 PMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:Transport Minister Mike Henry, personnel from his ministry, the Island Traffic Authority, and the police met with several motorcycle operators in Orange Bay, Hanover, last week as part of an outreach programme aimed at encouraging...

'Please check on our lock-up too'

Published:Monday | January 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:With the lock-up at the Freeport Police Station, in Montego Bay, St James, closed because of health concerns, councillors in the Hanover Municipal Corporation want the Hanover Health Department to carry out checks to determine the...

Let's take back our parish! Hanover Christians march against crime

Published:Tuesday | December 27, 2016 | 1:11 PMBryan Miller

WESTERN BUREAU:With a view of dispelling the argument that the Church is doing nothing to assist in eradicating crime from the Jamaican landscape, a handful of Christian believers took to the streets in Green Island, western Hanover last Friday, in...

Golden agers reflect on early 1900s Christmas

Published:Sunday | December 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMBryan Miller

Councillors in the Hanover Municipal Corporation, on December 15, approved an expenditure of $600,000 to go towards the municipal Christmas tree-lighting ceremony and children's treat, which is set for today in the parish capital, Lucea.Chief...

Lucea Mayor expresses concern about crime

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2016 | 5:36 PMBryan Miller

Western Bureau:The crime situation in the parish of Hanover, in general, and the capital town of Lucea, in particular, was the subject of the opening remarks of chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea Sherridan Samuels as he...

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