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SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, E...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation which had given clearance for the staging of a grand market in the town of Lucea in the lead-up to Christmas has had an about-face, calling off the event as a COVID-19 precautionary measure. The decision was taken following a meeting with Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton on Tuesday, during which the dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases in Western Jamaica was discussed. Prior to the meeting with Tufton, Councillor Easton Edwards of the Lucea division, and Superintendent Sharon Beeput, the police commander for the parish, had bo...

WESTERN BUREAU: SAVANNA-LA-MAR MAYOR Bertel Moore and Westmoreland’s Custos Reverend Hartley Perrin have both joined the call for an additional fire station to service the hilly terrains of Westmoreland Eastern alongside an upgrading of the road networks, which would give easier access to emergency vehicles and citizens. “Westmoreland needs to have more fire trucks and more fire stations. When you look at the Bethel Town area, for which we are fighting vigorously to get a sub-station, there is a definite need for such a station in the parish,” said Moore, who is also the chairman of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the COVID-19 scrutiny being placed on Westmoreland, the nation’s new epicentre for the coronavirus, could be extended to other parishes as part of a major push to control the outbreak. Describing Westmoreland as “ground zero now”, Tufton said any decision to exert greater control by way of quarantines rests on the trajectory of the numbers of new COVID-19 cases and the threat a spike presents to hospital capacity. “The belt from Hanover, St James, into Trelawny, St Ann, also represents points of concern for us, an...