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Nwa paving the way

See related pictures on pages 2 $86M Road Safety Enhancement Tips for Increasing Hurricane Season Programme Coming ... p

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Charting new paths

Groundbreaking Ceremony at Facey Square in Troja St. Catherine on June 15, 2023

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Fern gully facelift

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Working in the eoc

A Publication of the Communication and Customer Services Department ... Paving the way Volume 53 Issue 78 December 2025 A Volunteer’s take on EOC operations that was taking place islandwide

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NWC

Update jps power supply issue impacting operation at martha brae treatment plant, trelawny

Contact: Community Relations Department - Western Division 876 - 952 - 1640 - 1 | 876 - 727 - 8069 Customer Care 888 - CALL - NWC (888 - 225 - 5692) Conne ct with NWC: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website Download the NWC Mobile App today! Google Play | App Store Attention: News Editor April 16 , 2026 Update JPS POWER SUPPLY ISSUE IMPACTING OPERATION AT MARTHA BRAE TREATMENT PLANT, TRELAWNY Water supply to some customers in Trelawny, St. James and St Ann , continues to be impact ed, due to JPS power supply issu e at the Martha Brae Treatment Plant in Trelawny

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NWC

Jps power outage to impact water supply to sections of westmoreland

Contact: Community Relations Department - Western Division 876 - 952 - 1640 - 1 | 876 - 727 - 8069 Customer Care 888 - CALL - NWC (888 - 225 - 5692) Connect with NWC: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website Download the NWC Mobile App today! Google Play | App Store Attention: News Editors April 14, 2026 JPS POWER OUTAGE TO IMPACT WATER SUPPLY TO SECTIONS OF WESTMORELAND C ustomers in Bluefield s , Whitehouse, Mt Edgecombe a nd surrounding areas , are ad vised that they will experience a disruption in their water supply on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 , du e to schedul ed JPS power outage, which will impact operation at the Bluefields and Mt Edgec ombe facilities in Westmoreland. The N a tional Water Commission i s advising customers that th e ir water supply will return as soon as power is restored to the facilities

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NWC

Blocked intake impacting operation at roaring river treatment plant, westmoreland

Contact: Comm unity Relations Department - Western Division 876 - 952 - 1640 - 1 | 876 - 727 - 8069 Customer Care 888 - CALL - NWC (888 - 225 - 5692) Connect with NWC: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Website Download the NWC Mobile App today! Google Play | App Store Attention: News Editor s April 8, 2026 BLOCKED INTAKE IMPACTING OPERATION AT ROARING RIVER TREATMENT PLANT, WESTMORELAND Customers in Shre w sbur y , Llandil lo , Darliston and surrounding areas in Westmoreland , served by the Roaring River Treatment Plant , are advised that the intak e leading to the facil ity is blocked due to heavy rain fall . The team is curre ntly clearing the blockage at the intake and full operation will resume at the facility as so o n as condition imp r ove s

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GHN launches global campaign to support primary education initiative
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GHN launches global campaign to support primary education initiative

Kingston, Jamaica—United States (US)-based Global Humanity Network Inc (GHN) has launched a global fund-raising campaign to support its flagship education initiative, Beyond the Backpack, aimed at removing barriers to learning for primary school students across Jamaica. The organisation is appealing to individuals, corporate partners, philanthropic groups, and members of the Jamaican diaspora to support what it describes as a long-term, structured response to educational inequity

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UK Diaspora Volunteers Partner with CIB to Deliver Post-Hurricane Aid in Westmoreland
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UK Diaspora Volunteers Partner with CIB to Deliver Post-Hurricane Aid in Westmoreland

UK Diaspora Volunteers Partner with CIB to Deliver Post-Hurricane Aid in Westmoreland By: Serena Grant, May 1, 2026 Listen Jamaican Diaspora Share Photo: Serena GrantChief Executive Officer of the Coconut Industry Board (CIB), Shaun Cameron (right), and representative of the Croydon, United Kingdom (UK)-based volunteer group, Dr Andrew Brown, present a cheque to Principal of Unity Primary in Strathbogie, Westmoreland, Dawnette Hall-Beharie, on Tuesday (April 28), in support of post-Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. Photo: Serena Grant Volunteers from Croydon in the United Kingdom, alongside representatives of the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), unload clothes, stationery and other donations at the Cokes View Primary School in Waterworks, Westmoreland, on Tuesday (April 28), in support of post-Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

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Automated Banking Machines (ABMs) in Operation Following Passage of Hurricane Melissa
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Automated Banking Machines (ABMs) in Operation Following Passage of Hurricane Melissa

Bank Name Parish Street Address Machines in Operation Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Westmoreland 19 Great George Street 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Westmoreland Great George Street 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Westmoreland Negril Square 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Westmoreland Norman Manley Boulevard 1 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Westmoreland Norman Manley Boulevard, Negril 1 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Hanover Princess Hotel 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Hanover Fiesta Hotel, Lucea 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited Hanover Willie DeLisser Boulevard, Lucea 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited St. James 1 Port Avenue, Fairview 4 Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited St

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Morgan says criticism of SPARK ‘self-serving and inconsistent’
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Morgan says criticism of SPARK ‘self-serving and inconsistent’

Kingston, Jamaica—Minister with responsibility for Works Robert Nesta Morgan says criticism of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement (SPARK) road rehabilitation programme appears ‘self-serving and inconsistent’. Minister Morgan was responding to public comments by Westmoreland Eastern Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell, regarding the condition of the Cave to Kentucky road and wider concerns about SPARK implementation in the constituency

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JCF to Intensify Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Westmoreland
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JCF to Intensify Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Westmoreland

Jcf to Intensify Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Westmoreland By: Serena Grant, May 1, 2026 Listen National Security and Peace Share EmailWhatsAppXFacebook Photo: Serena Grant Operations Officer for the Westmoreland Division, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jordaine Allen, gives remarks during the recent monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar. The Full Story Domestic disputes and interpersonal conflicts have emerged as the leading causes of murders in Westmoreland, prompting the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to intensify conflict resolution interventions across the parish

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PNP’s Campbell calls on Morgan to repair Cave to Kentucky road
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PNP’s Campbell calls on Morgan to repair Cave to Kentucky road

Westmoreland, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, Dr Dayton Campbell, has expressed his support for residents of Cave who are protesting the “deplorable, near impassable” conditions of the Cave to Kentucky road. Noting that the road was approved under the Government’s own SPARK road rehabilitation programme but remains undone due to what he described as reckless budgetary mismanagement, Campbell said the people of Westmoreland Eastern have had enough

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Western Water Resilience Project to Improve Access to Potable Water
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Western Water Resilience Project to Improve Access to Potable Water

Western Water Resilience Project to Improve Access to Potable Water By: Okoye Henry, May 1, 2026 Listen Water Share EmailWhatsAppXFacebook Photo: Okoye Henry Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr

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Caribbean utility crews help JPS push through final phase of Melissa restoration
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Caribbean utility crews help JPS push through final phase of Melissa restoration

Jamaica Public Service says backing from Bermuda and St Lucia utilities has driven recovery into its closing stage, with under 3,000 customers still awaiting reconnection after Hurricane Melissa.

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Seprod Foundation, Mercy Corps and Home Depot deliver farm recovery kits to Hurricane Melissa-hit growers
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Seprod Foundation, Mercy Corps and Home Depot deliver farm recovery kits to Hurricane Melissa-hit growers

Forty agricultural recovery kits were handed out to farmers in Crawford, St Elizabeth and Seaford Town, Westmoreland on April 15 and 16, helping communities still rebuilding from last October's Hurricane Melissa.

St. Elizabethnews
Image plus targets growth after flat year
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Image plus targets growth after flat year

Image Plus Consultants Limited (IPCL) has agreed to acquire the only private MRI and bone densitometry provider in central Jamaica, while simultaneously removing its largest north coast competitor — a double move the Junior Market-listed imaging company is betting will finally translate years of heavy investment into stronger earnings. The company has reached an agreement to acquire the assets and brand of Island Radiology, which has branches in Mandeville and Ocho Rios and an agency in Santa Cruz

St. Annnews
No longer a pipe dream
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No longer a pipe dream

Montego BAY, St James — Plans by the Government to significantly reduce the water woes facing several communities in western Jamaica moved a step closer to reality on Wednesday with the arrival from overseas of potable water pipes and fittings in Freeport, St James. The pipes are to be used for the planned Western Water Resilience Improvement Project-Phase 1 (WWRIP-1)

St. Jamesnews
Partnership pays off
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Partnership pays off

Savanna-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — In a major boost to the health-care sector in this parish following the devastation of last October’s Hurricane Melissa, the Issa Trust Foundation has donated $17 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital. Handed over during a ceremony at the hospital on Tuesday, the donation marks the renewal of a long-standing partnership between the hospital and the foundation, which is the charitable arm of Couples Resorts

Westmorelandnews
Beaches Negril welcomes US radio stations
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Beaches Negril welcomes US radio stations

Negril, Westmoreland — This year’s hosting of US radio stations by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Sandals Resort International (SRI) has taken on even greater significance as the country’s tourism sector faces headwinds from the impact of the war in the Middle East even as it recovers from last October’s Hurricane Melissa. “We’re coming out of a Category 5 hurricane which did dampen and slow what we could do

Westmorelandnews
Gradual reduction in mosquito breeding in Westmoreland
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Gradual reduction in mosquito breeding in Westmoreland

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, says the parish is seeing a gradual reduction in mosquito breeding, as intensified vector-control measures continue to yield results. Providing an update at the recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar, Morris reported that the parish’s aedes index has declined

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Gradual reduction in mosquito breeding in Westmoreland
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Gradual reduction in mosquito breeding in Westmoreland

Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, says the parish is seeing a gradual reduction in mosquito breeding, as intensified vector-control measures continue to yield results. Providing an update at the recent meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar, Morris reported that the parish’s aedes index has declined

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Sav Hospital receives $17m donation to boost healthcare delivery
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Sav Hospital receives $17m donation to boost healthcare delivery

Western Bureau: A significant boost to healthcare delivery in western Jamaica is in prospect, as the Issa Trust Foundation has facilitated a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at roughly $17 million to Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital. The donation, made in collaboration with the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF) and several international partners, is expected to strengthen patient care and support healthcare workers across the western region

Westmorelandnews
Gov’t targets yam recovery with $100m investment
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Gov’t targets yam recovery with $100m investment

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is targeting the recovery of the yam industry with a $100 million investment. Portfolio minster Floyd Green said the support is part of a broader strategic response to the agricultural industry, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa

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Gradual Reduction in Mosquito Breeding in Westmoreland
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Gradual Reduction in Mosquito Breeding in Westmoreland

Gradual Reduction in Mosquito Breeding in Westmoreland By: Serena Grant, April 30, 2026 Listen Health & Wellness Share Photo: Serena GrantChief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris. The Full Story Chief Public Health Inspector for Westmoreland, Steve Morris, says the parish is seeing a gradual reduction in mosquito breeding, as intensified vector-control measures continue to yield results

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$100-Million Yam Recovery Programme
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$100-Million Yam Recovery Programme

$100-Million Yam Recovery Programme By: Vanessa James, April 30, 2026 Listen Agriculture Share Photo: Danielle MyersMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers the main address during the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Recovery and Investment Forum held at the Ministry's Playing Field in Hope Gardens, St Andrew, on Tuesday (April 28)

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Bike Taxi Operator Charged Following Brazen Gun Attack
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Bike Taxi Operator Charged Following Brazen Gun Attack

Bike TAXI OPERATOR CHARGED FOLLOWING BRAZEN GUN ATTACK Twenty-three-year-old Tafari Campbell, otherwise called ‘Taf,’ a bike taxi operator of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has been charged with Assault at Common Law and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon with Intent to Injure following an incident in his community on Saturday, April 25. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar Police are that at about 1:10 p.m., Campbell allegedly attacked a man with whom he had an ongoing dispute

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Hermitage Dam to Be Upgraded
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Hermitage Dam to Be Upgraded

Hermitage Dam to Be Upgraded By: Latonya Linton, April 30, 2026 Listen Sectoral Debate 2026/27 Share Photo: Adrian Walker Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda, makes his contribution to the 2026/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28

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Snappaz gets reprieve
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Snappaz gets reprieve

Montego BAY, St James — Owner and operator of Snappaz Restaurant Milton Russell is breathing a lot easier now that the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) has given an assurance that it intends to work with him and other residents of Whitehouse as it regularises development within the community. Russell has come a long way since February when he instructed his lawyer to appeal a court order instructing him to demolish the eatery he has spent years building

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Jill Stewart MoBay City Run set for landmark 10th staging
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Jill Stewart MoBay City Run set for landmark 10th staging

The Jill Stewart MoBay City run is set to make a high-energy return for its 10th staging, with the promise of miles on the road plus a healthy mix of philanthropy, fitness, and entertainment. Chairperson of the organising committee Janet Silvera highlighted the event’s expanding place in the wider western Jamaica community and pointed to an increase in participants and sponsors as an indication of the event’s growing impact and credibility

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