WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representative Dennis Meadows has received overwhelming support to stand as the Peoples National Party (PNP) candidate in the next general elections. In an election that was a yes or no vote,...
Dennis Meadows, the People’s National Party (PNP) aspirant for Northern Trelawny, has called on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to name those members of his administration who are being investigated by the Integrity Commission for ‘illicit enrichment...
WESTERN BUREAU: Many of the persons arrested and charged for possession of identity information, a feature linked to lottery scamming, are benefiting from a loophole in the judicial system which is allowing them to walk free without the case...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a bid to increase its efficiency, the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) will be utilising drone technology in collecting data collection for the remainder of the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which started on June...
Western Bureau: After a protracted period of inactivity, the plan by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to construct 721 housing solutions on 148 acres of former sugar lands at Parnassus in Trelawny appears to be back on the radar. According to...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAVAN GARWOOD, who police investigators had accused of hatching the plot to murder his stepmother, former banker Andrea Lowe-Garwood, was freed in the Trelawny Circuit Court yesterday. Lowe-Garwood was shot dead as she worshipped at...
Ground has been broken for a $205-million, 16-kilometre rehabilitation project for the roadway leading from Jackson Town to Ulster Spring in Trelawny. During a ceremony last Thursday, Everald Warmington, minister without portfolio in the Ministry...
WESTERN BUREAU: BUSINESSMAN KENNETH Grant, who is president of the Trelawny Lay Magistrates Association, has called for justices of the peace (JPs) to be given a stipend for expenses incurred in providing their services. Noting that all JPs are...
Western Bureau: Dr Pauline Foster-Grant, one of the two People’s National Party (PNP) councillors who earlier this year announced that they would not be seeking re-election to the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, is adamant that despite the recent...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is to benefit from a US$20-million federal grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is designed to revitalise Jamaica’s spice industry and ensure its sustainability. Dr Ronald Blake of the Jamaica...
Western Bureau: Reacting to claims by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, Falmouth Mayor Colin Gager and Wayne Palmer, chief executive officer of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, have said they were unaware of an offer by the justice ministry to...
WESTERN BUREAU: SOUTH TRELAWNY businessman Paul Patmore, who has built a reputation for innovation – having created a unique brand of fertiliser that uses rabbit urine as part of the ingredients – is adding his creative spirit into his core...
WESTERN BUREAU The Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) has exceeded its projected property tax revenue by $17M for the financial year 2022 to 2023 its chief executive officer (CEO) Wayne Palmer has confirmed. “Our target for the year ending March...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hampden Community Development Corporation (HCDC), in Trelawny, has launched an ambitious initiative to create an industry out of the bamboo plant, which is quite prevalent in that section of the western parish. Secretary of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) senator, Dennis Meadows, who has been campaigning relentlessly to be selected as the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer for the Trelawny North constituency in the next general...
WESTERN BUREAU: Falmouth Mayor Collen Gager on Monday gave orders to a Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) team to seize goods in the seaside resort town after some vendors disobeyed warnings that vending would not be allowed on the sidewalks. “I...
WESTERN BUREAU: A section of the roof at the Trelawny Parish Court in Falmouth came tumbling down on Wednesday, forcing presiding judge Vaughn Facey and other persons to vacate the courtroom and complete proceedings in a corridor outside. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: It has been more than two years since Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie told a town hall meeting in Trelawny that a new fire station would be constructed in Ulster Spring. But except for a groundbreaking ceremony last June...
Western Bureau: Even though they are no longer occupying hospital bed space, the Government is still footing the bill for the day-to-day care of the social patients, who were moved from the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) to a private facility in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The prolonged drought, which has been plaguing sections of the island, is said to be having a particularly devastating impact on yam and Irish potato farmers in south Trelawny. The area has long boasted high crop yields including...
WESTERN BUREAU: Chief Justice Bryan Sykes believes that Jamaica’s Circuit Court system should undergo changes to bring it up to date with current realities in terms of the cases it is asked to adjudicate on. “The Circuit Court system, as it now...
WESTERN BUREAU: Omega Medical Services, fast emerging as a leading provider of quality healthcare, opened a new multimillion-dollar facility at Champion Plaza on Market Street, in Falmouth, last Friday. The centre, which occupies 2,850 square feet...
WESTERN BUREAU: Trelawny Lay Magistrates Association President Kenneth Grant is becoming increasingly concerned about what seems like an increase in the number of videos circulating showing schoolchildren engaging in acts of violence. “I am...
WESTERN BUREAU: CHAIRMAN OF Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny, Ken Grant, has set an ambitious agenda to improve the quality of healthcare delivered at the institution in 2023. Already, one item on the agenda has been ticked off as a success, as the...
WESTERN BUREAU: For 139 years the Primary School in Troy, South Trelawny, bore the name of the district. This is about to change as it will be renamed Veronica Campbell-Brown Primary, in honour of the national female sprint icon. Minister of...
