WESTERN BUREAU: Ricardo Chambers left his car at a community garage in John’s Hall, St James, on Saturday morning before heading to work. However, he did not imagine that the next time he would see the vehicle would be on a video, being washed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Life will never be the same for the two children shared by Kayann Sterling and Horace Campbell after both parents died in separate incidents during the summer holiday. However, Molly Campbell, the children’s maternal grandmother,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Where is four-year-old Shakeil Patterson? That is the question resting on the heart and mind of Trecia Thomas as she frantically searches for her grandnephew, who went missing in Friendship, Westmoreland, on Sunday afternoon....
WESTERN BUREAU Member of Parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth South Western, Floyd Green, is supporting the frustrated cries of Parottee residents, who are calling for faster restoration efforts in their community amid damage left by Hurricane Beryl...
WESTERN BUREAU: “She was the life of the party” said Ann Marie White as she described her daughter, entertainment coordinator Judy Levy, one of four persons who perished in a horrific motor vehicle crash along the Braco main road in Trelawny this...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ambitious 23-year-old Cornel Fisher, a first-generation Jamaican, is hoping to become the next town supervisor for Greenburgh, New York, in the United States. Fisher launched his campaign just last month and is already looking...
WESTERN BUREAU: While grateful that the passage of Hurricane Beryl did not dampen its CoralCarib project in Portland, Anna Ebanks-Chin, marine conservation programme manager at Nature Conservancy, is hoping that more Jamaicans will play a role in...
WESTERN BUREAU: An appeal by Trelawny yam farmers for exporters to increase the amount they pay for their tuber has seemingly not attracted the desired response as consumers in Canada are of mixed views on the request. “Jamaican yams are something...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the government is making a conscious effort to blunt the spread of yam rust disease, which is negatively impacting farmers in Trelawny and other farming areas. “We have seen what diseases have...
WESTERN BUREAU: “This is a double blow,” was how yam farmer Robert Powell described the assault on his two south Trelawny farms by Hurricane Beryl and the destructive yam rust disease. “This yam was supposed to be ready by next month, but as you...
WESTERN BUREAU: Plans are currently being activated by the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), under its MoBay STEP-Up programme, to rid the streets of St James of unsightly derelict vehicles and other nuisances. Montego Bay Mayor Richard...
WESTERN BUREAU: Aneisha Whyte’s frustration is mounting. She was contracted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) to work during the 2022 population and housing census as a supervisor in St Ann. However, Whyte says that she is yet to be...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Catherine Hall multipurpose stadium in Montego Bay was ignited with excitement on Monday as patrons danced and sang the night away at the annual Reggae Sumfest Street Dance. Music was delivered by some of Jamaica’s hottest...
WESTERN BUREAU: There seems to be confusion regarding the next move for Trelawny businessman Rushane Taylor, who was served a cease-and-desist notice from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation earlier in May. Taylor is the owner of two Trelawny-based...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of St Ann’s Bay Michael Belnavis says despite facing challenges, his municipality “managed” amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The mayor was providing a report on the recovery efforts in St Ann last Friday morning. Belnavis...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of St Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, says service providers are to blame for the “lack of adequate communication” being faced amid hurricane recovery efforts in St Ann. Belnavis was responding to comments made by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Meat spoilage. That was the main complaint voiced by frustrated residents across sections of Trelawny on Monday afternoon. The residents all told The Gleaner that they have been without electricity since Wednesday, and while they...
WESTERN BUREAU: “Hurricane Beryl has treated us badly.” This was the declaration of Karen Francis, principal of the 142-year-old Westwood High School in Stewart Town, Trelawny, on Monday. During a visit to the school on Monday afternoon, Francis...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sheldon Moreland’s worst fear became a reality on Wednesday evening during the passing of Hurricane Beryl. Moreland, 25, told The Gleaner that he was frightened after seeing the roof of his board dwelling in Zion, Trelawny, lift...
WESTERN BUREAU: Courtney Walcott’s four-acre farm in Zion, Trelawny, was once fruitful and promising. However, he lost everything during Wednesday’s passing of Hurricane Beryl. Walcott explained that his papaya, plantain, and banana plants were all...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alethia Hylton and her two children are now homeless. Their home – a board structure in Zion, Trelawny – was badly damaged after a coconut tree fell on to the structure during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday afternoon....
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the flood-prone community Zion in Trelawny are already waving a white flag while they anxiously await Hurricane Beryl’s passage over the island on Wednesday. Their main concern is that the flat swampy lands, which house...
WESTERN BUREAU: Fisherfolk in St James are bracing for the effects of heavy rainfall and windy conditions associated with Hurricane Beryl. At the Montego Bay Fishing Village along Howard Cooke Boulevard in the Second City, fisherfolk were observed...
WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers and past students at Herbert Morrison Technical High School in St James paid tribute to late lower school vice-principal Tammi-Terrelle Smith, remembering her as a true visionary and dedicated educator. Smith died at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Government has so far earmarked $9 million to assist local negro yam farmers in their fight against the yam rust disease. Green was speaking to The Gleaner on the sidelines of the 10th...
