Western Focus

Western Bureau:In a bid to help protect locally produced onion and scallion from the debilitating Beet Army Worm, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is providing support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the national Beet Army Worm Management Programme.

Western Bureau:Dittie Guise, SMG's general manager of the Montego Bay Convention Centre (MBCC), has been awarded Black Meetings & Tourism Magazine's 2013 APEX Award for Distinguished Service.

WESTERN BUREAU:A St James woman, who was arrested last December after the police found 110 pounds of ganja at her mother's house where she was staying at the time, had her bail extended to May 16 when she appeared in the Montego Bay Resident...

Western Bureau:With limited job opportunities outside of the sugar industry, 18-year-old Donald Collins Jr of Darliston, Westmoreland, has decided to create his own employment. He has established a computer-repair business to meet the technological needs of residents of his community.

Western Bureau:Fearing that their community might be targeted in the bid to hunt down and extradite lottery scammers to the United States, residents of Granville in St James have embarked on a drive to change the negative image of their community.

The St James Parish Council and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) have joined forces in an ambitious plan to get residents of North Gully and Green Pond in St James to buy into and be partners in the multifaceted North Gully Maintenance Programme.

A St James man, who reportedly hit his babymother with a stick, was ordered to seek counselling when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday .

After years of experiencing an inconsistent supply of potable water, residents of New Roads, Westmoreland, are now heaping praise on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has played a pivotal role in the rehabilitation of the New Roads Water-Catchment Facility.

With the demand for early childhood education becoming increasingly pronounced, the New Town Early Childhood Institution in St Elizabeth has now joined the growing list of schools poised for upgrading.

While not professing to be a golfing enthusiast, Montego Bay's Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, who was at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in Montego Bay on Sunday for the inaugural staging of the 'Swing for Charity' Golf Tournament, believes golf should be a central plank in local sport tourism.

WESTERN BUREAU:Hewitt Johnson, the main suspect in the January 9 murder of St James taxi operator Jeffery Nam, was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Western Bureau:While major crimes such as murders and shooting are trending down in St James, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Andrew Lewis,...