Publicly scorned and treated as less than human by nurses, government workers certified to care for and exercise empathy towards the sick, Nacia Davis, who had been diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) some two years earlier, knew...
Wisdom comes through experience, and Carlton Stewart understands fully the terrors of the have-nots, having had what he referred to as a personal encounter with poverty. It is for this reason, especially, that he went on to establish the Live To...
Having executed some groundbreaking work with the Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR), which is now being implemented by the Mona Office for Research and Innovation, climate data...
YALLAHS, St Thomas: Known for his delectable pan chicken, efficient service and notable sanitisation, ‘Bogle’ or, for some, ‘Rasta’, is one of the most sought-after chicken vendors in the popular jerk centre in Yallahs, St Thomas. The proud man...
PROSPECT, St Thomas:Service before self may seem an unfair request to many, but to Shanese Watson, high achiever and philanthropist of Prospect, St Thomas, the mission is greater than the 'me'.Having realised that literacy and unemployment were the...
MORANT BAY, St Thomas:At least one councillor in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation has responded with stark objection to the announcement that yet another sum of money is to be slashed from the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project, which...
Having followed all the rules outlined by society to ensure success, Travis Burke of Prospect, St Thomas, was left a bit discouraged when he was unable to land a job in his field of study.The young man had completed high school and enrolled at the...
Previously, Clatin Williams spoke about the importance of knowing your child's love language, a mechanism that has been helping him to maintain a healthy relationship with his now eight-year-old son.In addition to unconditional love, Williams told...
What began as only an item on her vision board has come to pass and Shanique Shand can now enjoy the satisfaction of being referred to as a published author.Like many children who weren't extroverts, Shand found pleasure and release in sharing her...
Fresh down the aisle and still celebrating a union bound by God, the relationship between Christopher and Amoy Lawrence is a testament to other Christians that God sponsors what He supports.When the two received the holy confirmation that they were...
SEAFORTH, St Thomas:Whosoever said that the best teachers teach from the heart not the book must have known Caroline Victoria Miles, visual-arts instructor at Seaforth High School in St Thomas.With some 26 years of experience and excellence in...
PROSPECT, St Thomas:Steadfast on the journey to becoming one of possibly three palaeoclimatologists in Jamaica, taking into account his lecturer and one other classmate, is Kadane Coates of Prospect in St Thomas.The 25-year-old explained that...
BATH, St Thomas:Addressing the recent news that one of the parish's few remaining major factories, Serge Island Dairies, is to be closed, the St Thomas Festival Queen 2018 Shameika Harris shared concerns that the livelihood of many will be at risk....
The University of the West Indies' (UWI) oldest campus at Mona in St Andrew is now under new leadership.After almost five years at the helm, Professor Archibald McDonald yesterday made way for Professor Dale Webber as the new campus principal....
People’s National Party (PNP) councillors in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation on Tuesday hit a roadblock in their attempt to remove newly appointed Mayor of Morant Bay Michael Hue. Hue was appointed last week, following the sudden...
Thirty-one year-old Odaine Keyes, the St Thomas man charged with the Boxing Day 2016 murder of his girlfriend in Arcadia has pleaded guilty. He is to be sentenced in the St Thomas Circuit Court on March 21. Keyes' girlfriend...
The two people charged in connection with the murders of Jamaican-Canadian couple Melbourne and Etta Flake in Retreat, St Thomas were further remanded when they appeared in court Monday. Twenty-five-year-old Fabian Skervin and...
Councillors in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation are raising concern about the increase in murders in the parish and the ability of the police to respond. Speaking at yesterday's monthly meeting of the corporation, councillor for the...
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."- Matthew 6:33Love is a beautiful thing, especially when done the godly way.The story of affection shared between AndrÈ Taylor and Jody-Ann...
If God really gives His hardest battles to His strongest soldiers, as they say, then Anna-Kay Clayton is nothing short of a lieutenant.Having surmounted financial hurdles and conflict at home to earn good Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...
