Western Focus

One hundred at-risk youth in Mt Salem, Montego Bay, are to be trained under a joint project being initiated by the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and Member of Parliament for West Central St James Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams.

Vendors in the Cleveland Stanhope Market in Lucea and shop owners in the Municipal Car Park who sell food and other items are peeved that the Hanover Parish Council's public toilet facilities in the town are closed on Sundays.

Kendra Johnson (left), regional public relations manager for Sandals Resorts in Negril, presents the second-place prize to Christian Miller of Little Bay All-Age School during a Sandals Foundation Marine Awareness Month activity at the institution on Tuesday. The Sandals Foundation Marine Awareness month is observed each year in April.

Emma Dibbs defeated Stephanie Franz in straight sets to win the Montego Bay Junior Tennis Championship Under-16 girls title, 7-5, 6-3, at Hilton Rose Hall.

There is always a debate about whether size matters.

WESTERN BUREAU:The hearing for two St James men who were arrested in connection with an international drug-smuggling operation in 2010 failed to begin on Monday due to the absence of representatives from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions...

WESTERN BUREAU:Caveen Reddie of the Animations Department was crowned winner of the Miss Beaches Negril Resort and Spa 2014 title last Friday night.

WESTERN BUREAU:Mannings School copped the vendor display award at the annual Westmoreland Curry Festival, which was held on the grounds of the institution on Sunday.

Karrie WilliamsGleaner WriterWESTERN BUREAU:Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has reiterated his call for Jamaicans to instill better parenting practices, as he says improper parenting is to be blamed for many of the current ills facing the...

HANOVER:Members of staff of the Lucea Health District of the Hanover Health Department have undertaken an initiative to assist persons in need in Lucea and its environs.

Everything you do in life involves taking risks. Some of these risks are small, while others are large. To live comfortably, we have to constantly do risk-benefit analysis to decide on what actions to take and which to avoid. This is especially important for medical interventions.

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, kept residents of Maroon Town and surrounding communities in a celebratory mood last Thursday night, when he hosted the second staging of Maroon Town Nite Out.