Western Focus

The exhaustive search for a reputable skilled tradesman in Jamaica has been made easier by 26-year-old computer whiz Vinton Roberts, who has created the popular tradesmenfactory.com. The business effort is an online directory of tradesmen in Jamaica.

Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited's Flow has committed more than $1 million in cash and services towards the 2012 staging of the Flow CUMI Come Run, a 10K/5K walk and run set for Tryall Club on Saturday, September 22.

The University of the West Indies, Mona, will welcome nearly 800 new and returning students to its annual orientation exercise at the Western Jamaica Campus (WJC) in Montego Bay for the new academic year.

WESTERN BUREAU:An 18-year-old St James woman who allegedly stabbed her 23-year-old babyfather to death last year will return to court in September as her case file is incomplete.Crystal Phillips of an Albion Lane address...

SANDY BAY, Hanover: The Tryall Fund yesterday handed out more than $2 million in bursaries during its third annual scholarship awards ceremony at the Great House, The Tryall Club, in Hanover....

WESTERN BUREAU: Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) has granted scholarship awards valued at $1.1 million to 28 of its employees' children.This year's scholarship presentation was the eighth annual function hosted by...

WESTERN BUREAU: At the enviable age of ninety-nine years, 'Miss Tunn' prides herself on being a true Trelawny woman.The well-respected citizen of Clarks Town remains the foundation of her family. Born Esmerelda Jarrett on July 23...

WESTERN BUREAU: As a 21-year-old college student, Orville Barnes has found that the business of entertainment is a viable option to explore his entrepreneurial skills and he is gradually developing his High Life...

Telecommunications company LIME presented mobile phones, free credit, a LIME Jamaica50 jacket, and a utility bag to eight members of World champion and Olympic 100m silver medallist Yohan Blake's family on Wednesday.

For 26-year-old Jesse Brissett, technology is his playground and he has channelled his entrepreneurial endeavour of web development into a viable entity that continues to earn him points in the business world.

A 21-year-old woman accused of stealing US$36,500 (J$3.18 million) from her Montego Freezone employer will return to court in October as a statement is still outstanding from the prosecution's case file.