Western Focus

Spot Valley High are setting the early pace with some fantastic football as they use the St James FA Sandals/ATL U-20 league as preparation for this year's LIME daCosta Cup. So far, they have won all three games to lead Zone A with maximum nine points.

As the debate continues over whether geniuses are born or made, 11-year-old Kourtnie Stephenson, a student at the Catherine Hall Primary School in Montego Bay, is showing a little bit of both. Based on her academic prowess, there is no doubt that with natural ability and application, much can be achieved.

Mayor of Falmouth Councillor Garth Wilkinson (second left) along with University of Technology (UTech) professors Geraldene Hodelin (centre front row), principal of the university's Western Campus, and acting president of the Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship, Gosett Oliver, along with some of the transition students at the closing exercise of the UTech Academy in Falmouth recently.

There are some insects that pose a nuisance, or even a danger, to us. We, therefore, have strong motivation to control their numbers. We usually do this by poisoning them. Improper use of these poisons can also poison us if we misuse them.

A St James man who stoned a woman for disposing of his mattress was given two years probation and ordered to get psychiatric treatment when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Outgoing principal of the Rusea's High School in Hanover, June Thompson, has weighed in on the ranking of the parish of Hanover as the "worst parish in Jamaica to educate your child" by educatejamaica.org.

Western Bureau:The annual Flow/CUMI (Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill) 5K Run/Walk and a 10K returns to the lavishly beautiful Tryall Golf Course in Hanover for its fifth staging on September 21, 2013, with more than 400 people expected to take part.

HOPEWELL, Hanover:The retirement celebration in recognition of the service of outgoing Hanover Resident Magistrate George Burton was held at the Round Hill Hotel in Hopewell recently.

Fifty-nine students in the East Central St James constituency were on Tuesday made beneficiaries of scholarships worth more than $5 million.

WESTERN BUREAU:The Hanover Fire Department's Third Annual Life Safety Camp for children got under way at the Lucea Primary School on Monday morning.

WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of the Sherwood Content district in Trelawny, the hometown of sprint kingpin, Usain Bolt, are still discontented that the immediate environs, including the home of his family, are still without running water.

WESTERN BUREAU:A homeless man who was arrested after reportedly cursing and throwing stones at a group of courtesy officers was let off with a warning when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.