Western Focus

WESTERN BUREAU:Pressed by the desire to help early childhood students in his community, 22-year-old André Cleghorn from Canterbury in Montego Bay has launched a fund-raising campaign to raise $100,000 to reopen the Canterbury Basic School in Montego Bay in September.

WESTERN BUREAU:Business leaders in western Jamaica are calling for an amnesty on property taxes, arguing that efforts must be made to ensure compliance, rather than putting additional burden on those who obey the law.

WESTERN BUREAU:With additional sponsors and a different venue, the KoKo Beenz fashion show, slated for Saturday, May 11, at Donway Village in Montego Bay, is expected to sizzle.

WESTERN BUREAU:Two St James men who got into a fight during a dispute over a parking spot were instructed to go to mediation when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

There are few things than can cause distress to a caregiver more than a crying baby that won't be consoled.

The star-studded Jamaica Brazil created history in the 2013 Gas Pro Western Masters Football League last Saturday, when they swamped Queen of Spain 15-0 in their Zone B fixture, the largest margin of victory in the history of a competition spanning three decades.

Chairman of the Coral Gardens Committee, Ras Iyah-V, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force continues to operate contrary to its own policies and seems to be caught in a time bubble from the 1963 incident at Coral Gardens when Rastas were being denied the legitimacy they deserved.

Two persons who were arrested for possession of 1,075 pounds of ganja during a police raid in January had their bails extended when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

From party promoter to artiste road manager to co-owner for an internationally based radio station, 23-year-old Orville Barnes, of Negril in Westmoreland, is not slowing down in his quest to make a mark in entertainment.

Bishop Devon Williams and his wife, Pastor Rita Williams, from Florida, came to Jamaica to support the Praise Awards at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Celebrated American gospel singer Reverend Dr Shirley Caesar was noticeably absent from the Praise Awards red-carpet gala event at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, last week.

Sprint king Usain Bolt has recommended that young, up-and-coming athletes from schools in Trelawny and other western parishes should stick to training as much as possible on grass surfaces as opposed to chevron tracks.