Western Focus

1978:Prime Minister Michael Manley tells hotel workers and community leaders in Montego Bay that "this Government will not, under any circumstances, permit casino gambling in Jamaica".

Western Bureau:Fabio Pittaluga, the senior social development specialist at the World Bank, says the new platform for employment is online.

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WESTERN BUREAU:Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has said that support for entrepreneurs should be a key factor in the quest to improve the country's economic status amid the ongoing global economic crisis.

They say what you don't know won't hurt you, but most of us realise that those are the things that have the best chance to do just that.

WESTERN BUREAU:A Kingston man who pleaded guilty to using expletives to a policewoman during a confrontation along Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay on November 3 was fined $6,000 in court on Monday in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

The multi-award-winning attraction, Dolphin Cove, has joined the Negril-based online distribution channel Let's Do It In The Caribbean.com. By joining Let's Do It In the Caribbean.com, Dolphin Cove is now part of an umbrella group of over 50 websites which market and promote the Caribbean and the diaspora by providing personalised interactive listings.

While Hurricane Sandy was quite kind, leaving residents with a huge fishing bonanza, hurricanes have generally not been kind to the Whitehouse Fishing Village in St James, as dating back to the 1951 devastation by Hurricane Charlie, the community has had many horrifying experiences.

Celebrated actress and broadcaster Leonie Forbes is of the view that greater effort needs to be made to document the lives and achievements of outstanding Jamaicans so youngsters can have better access to information about the nation's top achievers.

The students of Riverside All-Age School and Clare's Basic School in Hanover are the latest beneficiaries of the Hanover Co-op Credit Union Limited's annual school project.

Western Bureau:Strike Force became the third qualifier for the semi-final round of the Premier League phase of the 2012 J. Wray & Nephew-sponsored White Overproof Rum Western Domino League when they brushed aside Tornado 300-242 in their quarter-final clash in Duncans, Trelawny, on Sunday.

Western Bureau:The Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, last Friday benefited from the generosity of the western Jamaica arm of the Salvation Army as the charitable organisation presented the hospital with just over $2 million in medical...