WESTERN BUREAU: The Mt Alvernia High School, Mt Alvernia Preparatory School, and Chetwood Memorial Primary School have jointly received a cheque for $1 million, provided by the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run charity organisation, in recognition of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is calling on Jamaicans to support the country’s arts culture, which he says is both crucial to Jamaica’s tourism and entertainment sectors and for the uplifting of societal structure. Vernon made...
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY’S First Dance Studio, which has been on a mission to uphold local arts and culture in western Jamaica since 2013, was on Monday presented with a $350,000 donation to help finance their operations. The donation, which was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Nekeisha Burchell, who has been elected the first female member of parliament (MP) for St James Southern, following her win in Wednesday’s general election, says she is determined to be a role model in leadership for women and girls...
WESTERN BUREAU: Rainy weather on Thursday put a damper on some planned victory celebrations in western Jamaica following Wednesday’s general election. The parades and motorcades fizzled as only a few supporters of successful candidates turned out...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has extended an open invitation to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters and undecided voters to throw their support behind his party when they go out to vote on Wednesday....
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang says the Government might need to review the approval process for funds to be acquired from the Public Investment and Appraisal Branch (PIAB) for community-level projects, saying that, without...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says that, following the Government’s latest offer of a two per cent wage increase to teachers in the first year of a four-year period, he is looking forward to further...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leon Cunningham, the Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) candidate for St James Southern, says he’s undeterred by the challenge of facing the more established Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and People’s National Party (PNP) candidates in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite a brief health scare earlier this year, philanthropist Janet Richards did not allow that potential hurdle to stop her yearly drive to provide back-to-school necessities for children in St James, which she did this year at...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says she will be making sure that the measures her ministry is now instituting to ensure students are able to read at their grade levels are strictly enforced in the nation’s schools. Speaking...
WESTERN BUREAU: With the perennial problem of indiscipline still plaguing the nation’s schools, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says there is a need for greater parental involvement in the crafting of disciplinary policies, especially for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says $628 million has been allocated for the ministry’s school maintenance programme for the 2025-2026 school year. According to her, 202 schools that are currently suffering from termite...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) will be paying close attention to today’s meeting with union groups at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), where stakeholders are slated to discuss salary-related issues. During her...
WESTERN BUREAU: The 1092 Palms residential complex, which had its groundbreaking ceremony near the Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James, last Friday, is expected to enhance the physical appearance of the community, as well as boost property...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mark Malabver, the new president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is urging the Ministry of Education to provide greater support for the nation’s educators amid their ongoing salary dispute with the Government. The JTA,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two men were arrested in Lilliput, St James, yesterday (Friday) by the newly formed Area One Police Division’s Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) after they were found with 2,000lb of unstamped beef and pork, which is believed to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says the ability to entice foreign investors to pump funding into the western city is dependent on the ability to maintain a low crime rate, which the St James capital has been able to do since the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thirty-year-old Theodore Grizzle of Falmouth, Trelawny, is in need of urgent help. He needs to have bone marrow transplant surgery done in the United States by the end of September and is relying on public support. Grizzle’s surgery...
WESTERN BUREAU: St James businessman Clive Anthony Brown never expected any reward for simply cleaning a gutter in his community, yet that humble act resulted in two children’s lives being saved in 2023, earning him recognition on Independence Day...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Knockalva Polytechnic College in Hanover, which is now steeped in preparation for its October 24 Founder’s Day celebration, is expressing gratitude to the stakeholders who assisted in its recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane...
WESTERN BUREAU: Anthony Lawrence, the chairman of the Knockalva Polytechnic College, in Hanover, is calling for the Government of Jamaica to implement policies that will allow the country’s farmers to integrate modern technology into their farming...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon this week heaped praise on the St James police for the dramatic reduction in murders in the parish. Since the start of the year, St James has recorded 34 murders in comparison to the 83 murders...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Content district and surrounding communities in St James can now engage in nighttime sporting activities after the installation of solar-powered floodlights at the Content Community Centre. The lights, which are...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says the implementation date for the city’s new traffic management plan will be announced once ongoing discussions between the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and key stakeholders conclude....
