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Nigel Campbell, a bus operator along the Maroon Town to Montego Bay route.
21 Sep, 2026 0

DETOUR DRAIN - PPV operators pay heavy price for Spring Mount breakaway

WESTERN BUREAU: Public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in Upper St James say the prolonged closure of the Spring Mount main road is putting them under serious financial strain. Commuters are paying…
Hilltop Luxury Bar and Games Room, located metres away from a breakaway in Spring Mount, St James.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Bar owner fears prolonged access crisis could force closure

WESTERN BUREAU: The prolonged disruption caused by the Spring Mount Main Road breakaway is threatening economic life in the area, with at least one business operator projecting that continued…
People’s National Party General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell kisses his wife, Shaydia Campbell, to loud cheers during the party’s Annual Conference in Westmoreland on Sunday.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Campbell accuses Gov’t of political resentment against Westmoreland

People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell on Sunday tore into the Government’s response following Hurricane Melissa, claiming that the Holness administration is deliberately…
People’s National Party President Mark Golding makes his way through a sea of Comrades on his way to the stage at the party’s 88th Annual Conference in Westmoreland on Sunday.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Golding: More tourism dollars must stay in Ja

WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding says western Jamaica must get a bigger share of the wealth generated by tourism, with more of the industry’s benefits remaining in local communities. But…
The Jamaica Labour Party has condemned the conduct of People’s National Party members during Tuesday’s heated parliamentary sitting, calling for sanctions against Opposition MPs Mikael Phillips and Angela Brown Burke over what it described as unparliam
21 Sep, 2026 0

Legislative agenda under pressure as Parliament resumes

With half of the parliamentary year already completed, the Government’s legislative agenda may have to go into overdrive if many key proposed laws announced in the Throne Speech earlier this year are…
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (right) converses with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Ryan Parkes during the Tourism Workers Pension Fund 2026 Annual General Meeting at the Montego Bay Convention Centre last Friday.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Bartlett: Pension enrolment could become condition for tourism licensing

WESTERN BUREAU: The hospitality sector could eventually be required to enrol workers in the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme (TWPS) as a condition of licensing under an expansion being proposed by…
Kevin Coke, electrical technology teacher and founder of the Montego Bay-based GENR8 3D Limited.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Teacher opens STEM lab to support damaged western schools

WESTERN BUREAU: With some schools still repairing hurricane-damaged laboratories, electrical technology teacher Kevin Coke has made his STEM laboratory available to students in western Jamaica to…
From left: St James Ministers Fraternal members Reverends Howard Nelson, treasurer; Godfrey Francis, secretary; Glendon Powell, chairman; and Rehamah Forrester, vice-chairman, at a press conference at Burchell Baptist Church in Montego Bay on Wednesday.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Church leaders welcome plans for burn unit at CRH

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Glendon Powell, head of the St James Ministers Fraternal, is hailing the development of a burn unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay as a major step…
Recipients of WINDALCO’s 2021 International Scholarship who returned to Jamaica in August after completing engineering degrees at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk Russia.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Eighteen Jamaican students return from Russia with engineering degrees

Eighteen Jamaican students are now back in Jamaica after completing engineering degrees at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The students were awarded fully funded scholarships…