[OPINIONS]:::The Western Mirror Is A Winner

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
[POSTED BY::: Frank L R Manborde] 
I read with much interest Mr. Robert Dalley's two part article titled 'Robert Dalley's Winners of 2009 that was published in your Western Mirror recently. Mr. Dalley named and commented on his six personality winners for last year. His two part article was put together in a creative and intellectual way which made a great read for me.

Farmers Benefit From Support Services

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Pepper farmers in St. Elizabeth stand to benefit from the establishment of a hot pepper processing facility in Hounslow in the parish.

[SAV SUSS]:::BANGARANG!

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Many Jamaicans have a fear of lizards. What is the cause of this dread? They usually start in childhood. Fear may be learnt from another person. Many children grow up seeing their mothers screaming and reacting hysterically to lizards.

Young Professionals Reach Out

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Recently, a group of young professionals in Hanover handed a basket of food and toiletries to a needy family in the Parish.

Sustainable Tourism Update - ...baby steps, moving forward

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010

Jamaica's tourism (or any other industry) will only be truly sustainable when all of its costs - including costs to the society and the environment - are fully and honestly counted, and recovered from those who reap the benefits. Environmental costs have at least been recognized, though up to now there has been only a little recovery.

Support for small hotels still strong

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Small hotels represent a third, or just under 10,000 of Jamaica's hotel room stock, and de­spite the all inclusive concept, have contributed significantly to the growth of the hospitality sector over many years.

'We need help to help' - NGO's

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
These are the cries from the different Non-Government Organizations (NGO's) that gathered at the Breezes Trelawny Hotel on February 16 in an effort combine their ideas to find ways to alleviate the stress that their charities are under at present.

CCRIF and CIMH to launch excess rainfall model for new insurance policy

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) are launching their Regional Rainfall Model on Thursday, 25 Febru­ary, 2010 at CIMH in Husbands, Barbados.

[Entertainment]:::Kaydonica ready to rise

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Singer Kaydonica recently visited the second city and presented members of the Gully Embassador football team with balls towards their upcoming season.

[Entertainment]:::Vybz Kartel for Brit-Jam

No. 59 Friday, February 26, 2010
Vybz Kartel the ladies favourite is currently one of the most popular dance­hall artiste across Jamaica, with strings of hits will be appearing for the first time in the second city since the start of the year.

BOGUE DELAY

MONTEGO BAY, St James -- MOTORISTS will have to put up with the headaches of the Bogue main road longer than anticipated, as the $1.4 billion upgrade work being undertaken by Surrey Paving and Aggregates Ltd, in a bid to ease traffic congestion, will miss next month's completion date.

FALMOUTH DOCTOR, WOMAN ON ABORTION RAP

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — POPULAR Falmouth doctor Kenneth Enyi and a Trelawny woman are booked to appear before the Falmouth Resident Magistrate's Court next Wednesday, to answer allegations of illegally terminating the pregnancy of a 13-year-old student last year.

DESIGNATED AREA STATUS FOR FALMOUTH

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Trelawny North, Senator Dennis Meadows, has welcomed plans by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to have the seaside town of Falmouth declared a Designated Area.

TAPS ON TOP! SMALL TRACK CLUB CREATES BIG UPSET

IF coach Andrew Henry appeared shocked that his team, TAPS Track Club, created one of the biggest upsets at Saturday's 32nd Milo Western Relays at GC Foster College in winning the Men's 4x200m race in a new meet record, maybe it's because he was.

Rural farmer, businessman resurrect 1985 agricultural proposal

A rural farmer and businessman who approached the World Bank in 1985 with a proposal to modernise and mechanise subsistence farming as a solution to the issue of hunger, have resurrected the model in the hope that the Jamaican government will buy into it.