WESTERN BUREAU: TRADE UNIONIST John Levy says the push by Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) to increase its workforce to 75, 000 within the next two years, amid the threat of artificial intelligence (AI), highlights the need for union...
WESTERN BUREAU: TOURISM, AGRICULTURAL technologies, sports and educational exchanges are among the likely benefits from the twinning of the city of Montego Bay, St James, with the Grecian city of Sitia, which was formalised at the official signing...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Works Agency (NWA) says there is no guarantee that flooding will not recur in the city of Montego Bay, but is cautiously optimistic that should there be heavy rainfall, work done will contain the high volumes of water....
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE NUMEROUS commitments by state officials, talks are yet to commence for the acquisition of the next-door property owned by the Jamaica Railway Corporation, for the long-awaited expansion of the Montego Bay Transportation...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is awaiting a proposal from the Retirement Development Trust to make representation to the government for funding to complete the development of the former squatter community. This follows a...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, has pushed back at suggestions that the fines in the new traffic act...
The Jamaica Police Federation says rank-and-file members are now restive after welfare support was slashed for personnel on duty during the coronavirus lockdown, with a single meal per day for patrolling cops while others fended for themselves. The...
