Bryan Miller/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Mark Malabver.
January 30, 2026 by Bryan Miller

CRY FOR DEANS

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has reiterated his call for every school in the island to have a dean of discipline, expressing disappointment that both the…
The Venture Gutter in Lucea, Hanover.
January 28, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Comprehensive cleaning plans for Lucea’s Venture Gutter

WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he will be collaborating with Hanover Western Member of Parliament Heatha Miller-Bennett to develop a comprehensive cleaning plan for the Venture…
The container house being lowered into place in Pell River, Hanover.
January 27, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Homeless Hanover family happy with new container home

Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on October 28 last year, 44-year-old Theresa Diana Wedderburn of Pell River, Hanover, and her husband and five children, were among the scores…
Andrea Purkiss.
January 17, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Purkiss unhappy with the treatment of tourism workers post Hurricane Melissa

Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on tourism, says she is deeply troubled by the way workers in the tourism industry have been treated since…
Heatha Miller-Bennett.
January 17, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover’s Miller-Bennett launches roof replacement initiative

Western Bureau: With several of her constituents still without roofs on their homes, some nine weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament…
Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), speaks to the media while Sheenique Johnson, corporate services director, looks on during an NSWMA press briefing on new operational measures to expedite debris rem
January 13, 2026 by Bryan Miller

HMC offers to assist NSWMA in clearing garbage backlog

WESTERN BUREAU: With the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets seemingly struggling to address the massive pile-up of garbage across Hanover in the aftermath of…
Nish
January 10, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Domestic disputes rising simultaneously with unemployment in Hanover, says police commander

Western Bureau: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, is expressing concern over the simultaneous rise in domestic disputes and unemployment amid job losses in the hotel sector…
A section of student dormitories at Knockalva Polytechnic College after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
January 7, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover schools reopen under trying circumstances

WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers across the parish of Hanover reported for duty in full force on Monday as the 2026 Easter term officially began although student turnout was below normal at most schools. The…
File photo.
January 5, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover trash heap

Western Bureau: With the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa, higher-than-normal levels of household waste and other debris have been produced across the island, awaiting clearance by the state-run…