Western Focus

WESTERN BUREAU:Westmoreland is yet to garner enough funds to prepare and complete a Local Sustainable Development Plan in keeping with a pledge made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, in 1992.

WESTERN BUREAU:If you think dancehall deejay LA Lewis' flamboyance was enough, wait until you meet Savanna-la-Mar's Ted 'Mr Universe' Brown.

WESTERN BUREAU:The preliminary enquiry into the 2012 murder of Salt Spring, St James, resident Rodell Hall failed to get off the ground due to the absence of a number of witnesses from the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU:A Westmoreland couple who reportedly conned two bus drivers of $2 million last August had their case deferred to April 8 when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of Bunker's Hill in Trelawny are expressing dissatisfaction over the poor state of roads in their communities and what they say is the failure of the member of parliament, Patrick Atkinson, to address the issue.

WESTERN BUREAU:The Montego Bay Sports Complex in Catherine Hall was buzzing with activities on Wednesday during the first staging of the Montego Bay Agro-Tourism Farmers' Market Initiative, designed to garner new markets for local farmers and other entrepreneurs.

WESTERN BUREAU:The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has called on the Hanover Parish Council to assist it in preventing the manifestation of illegal mini-dumps in the parish.

WESTERN BUREAU:Montego Bay deejay Ryme Minista says his fans can expect him to ignite the Mandela Green Entertainment Centre in Green Island, Hanover, when he performs tonight at the Rock Top reggae band's album launch.

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WESTERN BUREAU:The Hanover Pre and Preparatory School celebrated Girls and Fathers' Day under the theme, 'Girls on a Mission, Striving for Excellence' at the school's premises in Lucea recently.

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who reportedly stabbed a man to death in Lilliput was offered bail in the sum of $450,000 when he appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

WESTERN BUREAU:Two St James men who were arrested in 2010 in connection with a drug-smuggling operation between Jamaica and Canada were given a new trial date when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.