Western Focus

The trial of two St James men, who were arrested in 2010 in connection with a drug-smuggling operation between Jamaica and Canada, has been set for November 4 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

The annual Hanover Charities awards presentation took place at the Round Hill Hotel in Hopewell, Hanover, last week Wednesday.

Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen 2013, Nickiesha Bernard, presents Karen Knott Banhan of the Little London Primary School with the Most Outstanding Drama Teacher award, during the Westmoreland Evening of Excellence event staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission on Sunday evening.

Amelia Stewart's 28 goals propelled Jamaica Teachers' Association (West) to a 33-16 win over Firestars in the Montego Co-operative Credit Union Business House Netball League at Montego Bay Boys and Girls' Club on Saturday.

Island Special Constabulary Force commanding officer for Westmoreland, Commander Jonathan Boyd, says the parish's forest reserves are suffering from massive deforestation caused by persons who are engaged in illegal lumbering and ganja farming.

WESTERN BUREAU:Head of the School of Public Health and Health Technology in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Winston Davidson, says the bed capacity situation in the four major government hospitals in western Jamaica is now "assuming crisis proportions".

WESTMORELAND:Twelve-year-old Jeffieca Woodley was crowned Miss New Horizon Preparatory 2013 during a coronation ceremony at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Sunday.

HANOVER:The management of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) in Hanover has blamed hillside bamboo shoots and overgrown trees for the frequent power outages being experienced by customers primarily in the western section of the parish.

LUCEA, Hanover:Medical Officer of Health for Hanover, Dr Marcia Johnson-Campbell, has appealed to residents across the parish to keep their environments free of containers and other items which could facilitate the breeding of the aedes aegypti...

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who allegedly beat another man during a confrontation in October 2012 was offered bail in the sum of $250,000 when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

WESTERN BUREAU:The 2013 Talents of Palladium champion Steve 'Switchblade' Watkins will be the man in control at the Stiletto II Lingerie and Pyjama Party at the Jockey Factory Complex in Lucea tonight.

The Hanover Co-operative Credit Union (HCCU) staged its 35th annual general meeting at the Jockey Factory in Lucea last week Thursday, with more than 500 members from across the parish in attendance.