Western Focus

Several communities in western Jamaica are to benefit from free eye-care services from October 8 to 12, 2012, as the Sandals Foundation partners with the Great Shape iCare project for the fourth year.

The perennial flooding that has plagued residents of Petersfield, Westmoreland, and its neighbouring communities for decades, is expected to be a thing of the past following recent dredging work in the affected areas.

MONTEGO BAY, St James:Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson spent Wednesday distributing school supplies to the kindergarten and primary school students at Somerton All-Age and Infant School in St James.

WESTERN BUREAU:A woman whose babyfather cut her on her neck after she attacked his girlfriend will return to court on October 23 as the complainant in her case failed to turn up

FALMOUTH, Trelawny:Cornwall Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, which became a major thoroughfare after several traffic-management changes were made to the town to facilitate the cruise-shipping business, is earmarked for rehabilitation.

MONTEGO BAY, St James:Residents of St James will get their dose of Band Fever when the third concert in the series unfolds at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay on Saturday, October 6 at 2 p.m.

WESTERN BUREAU:Charity and nation building knows no bounds with a group of young persons in Montego Bay, who are intent making a positive contribution to the lives of others.

WESTERN BUREAU:Montego Bay's Mount Alvernia High School has revitalised its long-dormant sixth-form programme, with 36 students currently registered for the courses offered under the school's curriculum.

WESTERN BUREAU:Life has not been the same for communities in the sugar belt of Hampden Estate in Trelawny since the mills of the factory stopped producing sugar almost a decade ago.

Having obtained a pardon after being charged for murder for which he spent 24 years behind bars, including 14 years on death row, 53-year-old Lyndene Champayne now has a message for all those involved in a life of crime.

A number of local and international agencies will be collaborating to host the Jamaica Soccer Cup Tournament in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, between August and July 2013.