Western Focus

The Area One Police will be staging a major concert in Montego Bay, in an effort to strengthen police community relations in western Jamaica.The event, which is to be held to mark the 150th anniversary of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, is scheduled...

The Hanover Parish Library Network recently staged its Basic Computer Training graduation ceremony for just over 25 community members from Lucea and its environs, at its headquarters at Watson Taylor Drive in Lucea.The programme saw the participants...

Do you remember being told as a child that nothing bigger than your elbow should be inserted into your ear canal? Of course, it was with the understanding that this was impossible and was really a way to discourage the practice of ear cleaning. So...

Sports in general and football in particular, has been cited as one of the key catalysts to violence reduction and prevention in Jamaica.In his 2010 GraceKennedy Foundation Lecture, titled Sport in Jamaica: A Local and International Perspective,...

WESTERN BUREAU:Although five years have passed since Member of Parliament for East Central St James, Edmund Bartlett announced plans to develop the community of Dumfries into a satellite town, the area remains stagnant with no development in sight....

WESTERN BUREAU:Several publications, including Vision 2030, Jamaica's National Plan for Sustainable Development which was spearheaded by the Planning Institute of Jamaica, have stated that urban and rural development physical planning approaches...

The sixth staging of The Great Escape Weekend in Negril is set to get under way in Negril this Easter.The events will run from Good Friday through to Easter Monday and will comprise of five parties, the first of which is the Black and Black, an all-...

I have what others call a bad habit: I rarely watch the news. I know, shameful (as I sit here writing for a newspaper.) Here's my explanation. I've discovered that I like to be in control of what I see and hear - mostly uplifting, results-oriented...

Western Bureau:A Technical report prepared by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Centre for Environmental Management, in September 2013, noted that residents are in agreement that the Jamaica National Heritage Trust should seek a nomination of...

Western Bureau:Major rehabilitation work is to be undertaken on the Blenheim Community Centre in Hanover, which has never been used the entire 17 years since it was constructed.The state of the centre was highlighted in a Western Focus article last...

Residents of Blenheim in Hanover say that bad roads, water shortage, and a lack of employment opportunities are squeezing the lifeblood out of the community and its sister districts, Richmond and Cacoon.One resident of Blenheim, who gave her name as...

Eating healthy brings with it many restrictions. In order to increase the variety, which may be diminished when removing unhealthy foods, some new foods may be explored. Quinoa is one such healthy option.Quinoa is grown in South America and was a...