Western Focus

Kiwanians have been charged to rally together to rid Jamaica and the rest of the world of maternal and neonatal tetanus, which killed nearly 60,000 newborns globally in 2010 alone.

WESTERN BUREAU:The Railway Gardens Basic School, located in the heart of the city of Montego Bay, was presented with approximately $70,000 worth of school supplies on Tuesday, courtesy of the Le Antonio Foundation.

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who allegedly threw stones at his neighbour and then attacked him with a knife, in July, was offered bail when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU:A Westmoreland couple who reportedly conned two bus drivers out of J$2 million, last year, had their case deferred to October 13, following their appearance in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU:Close to 600 men from St James and neighbouring parishes came out for prostate screening at the third annual Prostate Cancer Screening Day, held by the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East at the Montego Bay Civic Centre last Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU:Minister of Labour and Social Security Derrick Kellier has urged the nation to take greater interest in and do more to protect the country's senior citizens from societal ills, which afflict them in their twilight years.

Probably all of us have had fever at some point or another. It is especially common in children and is one of the most common reasons why a parent or guardian carries a child for a doctor's visit.

The case against three St James men, who are charged in connection with the theft of a woman's cell phone in May, was set for trial on October 21 when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Some community leaders in sections of the North West St James constituency are claiming their political representatives have been virtually absent and are calling on them to make their presence felt.