Western Focus

Many of us are afraid to think about dying, but some embrace our mortality as we all know death is inevitable. Only persons who commit suicide get to choose how they go, but what if we could all could choose? what would be your choice?A former...

The Dairy Development Board of the Ministry of Agriculture, along with its private-sector partners, recently took its milk promotion campaign to western Jamaica, where their representatives provided fresh milk to antenatal mothers at several of the...

Over the years, several key stakeholders in Jamaica have commented on the potential impact of crime on investment in the country. Here are some of those quotes from The Gleaner Archives.Godfrey Dyer chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund - June...

The 2016 SOS Children's Village Rose Hall Football Camp was held in Montego Bay, St James, recently and featured 93 youngsters from the SOS Children's Village facilities in both Barrett Town in St James and in Kingston.The week-long programme...

It's good to be back after an unavoidable break; my sincerest apologies to our readers and followers of this etiquette column. As I focused on our etiquette summer camps, it became more apparent to me that etiquette has become a lost art.As much as...

Two Rotarians, one each from the Negril and Lucea Rotary Clubs were officially designated as Paul Harris Fellows, during a joint meeting of the clubs at the Grand Palladium hotel in Lucea, Hanover, recently.The designations went to Lillie Barrows of...

The national Policy Framework and Procedures Manual for the Divestment of Government Lands, which was published in 2015 by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, provides guidelines for how the sale or lease of Crown land is to...

There is the general perception that women spend more time, money and effort optimising their appearance. There are many industries that capitalise on this. It seems at times that even health may be sacrificed in the process. Is this the case with...

Wester Bureau:Lucea's mayor Councillor Wynter McIntosh says the Hanover Parish Council will be writing to the National Water Commission (NWC), requesting that the commission conduct leak checks on its main pipeline, which runs along Seaview Drive in...

It's summertime and with that comes the young folks out and about doing their thing. I'm all for having fun and enjoying your summer, but what I'm not for is anyone participating in any behaviour that devalues them or their growth, not to mention...