Western Focus

WESTERN BUREAU:At age 84, James Dunbar, popularly known as Jango, is arguably one of the most well-known persons in Ulster Spring, the quiet farming community in southern Trelawny which he has called home since 1954.Dunbar, who served the community...

WESTERN BUREAU:President of the Cornwall Combined Disabilities Association (CCDA), Garcia Burchell, says members of his organisation are still grappling with challenges in accessing education, transport, health care, and other social amenities....

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WESTERN BUREAU:A St. James man, who reportedly held up a woman with a machete and robbed her of her cell phone, had his case set for trial on April 10, when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Nineteen-year-old...

WESTERN BUREAU:It was a fun-filled family affair at Sunday's staging of the Wise Women's Club of Montego Bay's sixth annual Country Fun Day fundraiser, to raise funds for scholarships for tertiary-level students attending the Montego Bay Community...

WESTERN BUREAU: A dilapidated garbage skip at Tryall Gardens in Hanover was the subject of a huge debate in the Hanover Parish Council, which saw one councillor threatening to join residents in a demonstration against the municipality if the matter...

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who reportedly held up a woman with a machete and robbed her of her cell phone was offered bail when he appeared in court on Tuesday.Nineteen-year-old Donovan Davis, a labourer of a Salt Spring address, was brought...

WESTERN BUREAU: Custos of Trelawny Paul Muschett has joined the list of stakeholders in western Jamaica, who are decrying the current conditions of Falmouth as unsanitary, and who are calling for a complete clean-up of the town. "The truth is that...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) kick-started its three-year Mobile Business Clinic initiative for the parish of Hanover with its first two-day event at the Lucea Anglican Church hall last week Tuesday and Wednesday...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Health Department staged a graduation exercise for community health aides (CHAs) in Lucea last week Thursday. Eighteen CHAs, all females, trained under the Ministry of Health's training and certification programme between...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Education's regional Jamaica Day Celebrations at the 238-year-old Rusea's High School in Lucea, Hanover, last week Friday, as expected, was an entertaining and informative affair. The school was selected by the Ministry...