Western Focus

A United States national who entered Jamaica using a fake passport last month was given a deportation order when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Gerald Lee, secretary/manager of the St James Parish Council, says the municipal authority will have to drastically increase the number of cases it brings before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court in the parish if it hopes to be granted its own municipal court.

The curtains will come down on the inaugural Montego Co-operative Credit Union Western Business House Netball League this afternoon with the championship game and the third place play-off at Montego Bay Community College, starting and 3 p.m.

Following the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at least three Jamaican expatriates have shown interest to invest in their home country.

The 2013 staging of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) Western Primary Schools Athletics Championships is now history, but meet director Albert Ferguson is very excited about the qualities displayed by the athletes.

WESTERN BUREAU:The Negril Resort Board has taken the Westmoreland Parish Council to task for being delinquent in the implementation of at least two projects in the tourist town for which the board has secured funding.

LUCEA, Hanover:Eighteen-year-old Yolanda Ellis walked away with the Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2013 title last Saturday night.

Bar operators in sections of Westmoreland are grappling with what they say are huge financial losses as a result of burglars who prey on their establishments at nights, usually after the closure.

WESTERN BUREAU:The education landscape in western Jamaica is swiftly adapting to technology as an increasing number of schools in the region are poised to benefit from the use of new software aimed at boosting the teaching/learning process.

WESTERN BUREAU:A Haitian who was arrested in January for illegally entering Jamaica was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court on Monday until his national status is verified.

Westmoreland is reporting a 24 per cent reduction in major crimes between January and May this year when compared with the corresponding period last year, according to commanding officer of the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Carol George McKenzie.