Western Focus

WESTERN BUREAU:The Social Development Commission (SDC) conducted a two-day training of data collectors last week under the CHOICE (Caring, Healthy, Organised, Inclusive, Cohesive, Empowered) Communities programme being piloted in the Chester Castle and Cacoon Castle communities in Hanover under the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

WESTERN BUREAU:The technologically savvy Ricardo Hood is turning his creativity into income through graphic designing and information technology (IT) networking skills, which have helped him to run his business.

WESTERN BUREAU:A US$100,000 Community Health Awareness for Adolescent Reproduc-tive and Maternal Care (CHAARM) project was officially launched at the Falmouth Public Hospital in Trelawny last week against the background of the parish's 39 per cent teenage-pregnancy rate.

WESTERN BUREAU:The Western Regional Health Authority will celebrate International Medical Laboratory Professionals Week with a series of activities at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, beginning tomorrow.

FALMOUTH, Trelawny:A total of seven young women will be vying for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Trelawny Festival Queen title this year.

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man who allegedly robbed a vendor of $2,500 was offered bail when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Forget partying at nights! The Red Stripe Day Party in Falmouth saw patrons like Annika Robinson turning out for a day of great entertainment.

The Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court has issued subpoenas for five prosecution witnesses to be present at court on June 4 in order to give testimony in relation to a 2,000-pound ganja case dating back to 2011.

It is no secret that men visit the doctor less often than women. In fact, men visit the doctor about 20 to 30 per cent less than women. Many reasons have been put forward for this phenomenon.

While there have been improve-ments in the care given to homeless people since the occurrence of what was dubbed the Montego Bay Street People Scandal in 1999, leading health-care givers in the parish are still not satisfied with the level of support now in place.

The Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court issued an order on Monday that a Cuban national, who had overstayed his time in Jamaica by just under four years, should be deported.

First Choice Masters made a winning start to their 2013 Gas Pro Western Masters Football League campaign on Sunday when they clipped fellow Zone 'A' contender Challengers 1-0 in the first game of the competition's season-opening double-header at the Herbert Morrison Technical High School grounds.