WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, says that while men should be proactive in getting regular prostate cancer screenings, he does not believe the issue will get to the point where...
WESTERN BUREAU: Several Jamaican doctors, who got their training in China, are alleging that they cannot secure placements here in Jamaica for their internships despite making multiple applications. To compound their frustration, they said efforts...
WESTERN BUREAU: Daine Macklimore, a versatile jack-of-all-trades who has garnered experience in various fields from hospitality to tiling over the past 20 years, is returning to his old youthful passion of recording music, an avenue he revisited...
WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Jacobs, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), says strong support from the nation’s parent-teacher associations (PTAs) is crucial in assisting the principals of schools to provide...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay-based Fresh Bread Ministries International [FBMI], a nondenominational church, has formally launched a new scholarship fund to assist a selected ward of the state in St James, as part of its 25th anniversary...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL EMPLOYEES and groups affiliated to the Western Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA) maintenance services department were honoured for their contributions to the region’s health sector at the authority’s Maintenance Week 2025...
WESTERN BUREAU: The murder trial of music producer Linval ‘Shab Don’ Thompson and his co-defendant Tajay Clarke failed to get going on Tuesday, as Thompson was not taken to the St James Circuit Court. Presiding High Court Justice Andrea Pettigrew-...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Health Services is reporting that 10 per cent of the parish’s 279 schools are not in full compliance as it relates to maintaining proper public health standards, based on a vector control inspection done in August....
WESTERN BUREAU: St Andrade Sinclair, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says poor communication was responsible for last Thursday’s outcry by pharmacy interns, who were reportedly sent home after just one day on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has indicated that residents may rear animals within the city’s limits but they must do so in a way that does not disrupt their communities and only after securing permission from the St James...
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Eron Samuels, head of the St James Police Division, has promised to provide an official update to the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on the long-delayed construction of a new police station in Granville. The...
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...
