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Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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A former school teacher, Mark Linehan, chief executive officer of Digicel Jamaica, grabs the attention of these little ones at the Bailey's Basic School in Riverton Meadows, Riverton City, in the Jamaica Teachers' Association-led 'Read Across Jamaica' initiative. With more than 50 staff volunteers, Digicel Foundation visited more than 25 schools across Jamaica on Teachers' Day, May 5, to read to students and present teachers with gifts from Digicel Foundation. - Contributed
Main Events' Solomon Sharpe talks with Prudence Higgin-Thompson, executive officer, Jamaica Public Service, at the Flow Jamaica booth at the Jamaica Public Service Science Expo at the National Arena on Friday, April 30. - Contributed
Paula Bullings, sales representative for Flow Jamaica, assists Kingston College student Shamar Dacres with surfing the Web at the Jamaica Public Service Science Expo at the National Arena last Friday. - Contributed
Devon Howell, payroll supervisor of Caribbean Cement Company, performs stand-in teaching duties at Windward Road Primary and Junior High in Kingston on Teachers' Day. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
These Cocker Spaniel puppies would make a great Mother's Day gift. Friends of Something Extra can lead you to their kennel, so send us an email at lifestyle@gleanerjm.com. - Contributed
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, who dresses for spring, walk from the Oval Office as they attend a celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. - ap
Donovan Brown of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North receives books from Joylene Griffiths-Irving (left), director of public and corporate affairs at Scotiabank, as well as Christine Rochester (second left) and Simone Hull (right), also of Scotiabank, at Emancipation Park on Tuesday. The occasion was the Rotary Clubs of Jamaica's Race to Literacy book drive, which broke the Guinness world record for the most books collected over seven days. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Ann-Marie Vaz, wife of Information Minister Daryl Vaz, gets comfy as she reads for children during Teachers' Day at Peniel Tabernacle Basic School in Waterhouse, St Andrew, on Wednesday. - Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
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Good thing there is a reading week. Between a strike and the celebration of Teachers' Day, only corporate Jamaica was available for the children!