Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
In her early years, new Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) President Carmen Johnson had hopes of being a sociologist, but having been steered into nursing, maybe by spiritual means, she is convinced that this is her true calling."I see it as...
Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Tourism interests in Ocho Rios, St Ann, are clamouring to have Seville Heritage Park in St Ann's Bay developed as a world-class attraction, especially in the area of heritage tourism.This and other issues were brought to the fore last Thursday night...
Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Merely three months after Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records opened in Ocho Rios last year, they took the wise decision to participate in The Gleaner's Restaurant Week.Satisfied with what transpired, they returned this year with a promise of even more...
Published:Saturday | October 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has condemned the savage beating of Jamaica's children by some parents while expressing concern for the St Thomas mother captured in a video using a machete to punish her daughter."I've never been one to accept that it...
Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
The structure of the Bethel Basic School in Windsor Heights, St Ann, is in need of urgent repairs as several cracks have developed in the building over the past few months.With the urging of principal Debra Reid-Brown, several artistes, mostly from...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
The celebration to mark its 66th anniversary last Sunday may not have been as elaborate as last year's 65th, but the occasion was just as meaningful for the membership of the Bethel Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church, located on James Avenue in...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
CENTRAL YORK, St Thomas:"I'm blessed and I'm quite fortunate when it comes to getting things, so one day I thought, 'Why not help others, why not give back?' That's how Helping Hands started," Tashana Davidson explained to Rural Xpress on Tuesday....
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
TOWER ISLE, St Mary:After several years abroad, Tanya Isaie returned to Jamaica with a dream of making a significant contribution to her island home.The dream becomes a reality on October 7 when she officially opens Girlz With Goals (GWG) Leadership...
Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
In terms of spirituality, how would you measure up if you are compared to birds? For Isheka Edwards, as it relates to going to church, individuals can be compared to four types of birds - the eagle, canary, buzzard and peacock."The eagle is the type...
Published:Tuesday | September 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
In true York Castle High School tradition, several students did well in the 2017 CSEC examinations, with Jerohn Brown being one of those who excelled.After scoring grade ones in mathematics and English last...
Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
'Free paper bun' isn't usually a good sound for kids on summer break as it means holidays are over. However, for the scores of children who turned out at the Bamboo Primary School in St Ann last Saturday, it was a joyful occasion as they were...
Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Tracing their roots back to Israel Augustus Laing, who was born in 1867 and who later married Leanthe Elizabeth Turner on Christmas Eve in 1899, 25 members of the Laing family, all offspring of the late couple, had a family reunion in St Ann over...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
PORT MARIA, St Mary:Eleven-year-old cancer survivor Shanusca Brown of Trinity in Port Maria knows what it means to be in need. During her battle with leukaemia over the last couple of years, it was the Jamaica Cancer Society St Ann/St Mary branch...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Several residents of Alderton in South East St Ann took to the streets yesterday, protesting for better road condition in their community.The demonstration took place even as member of parliament for the area, Lisa Hanna, toured other sections of...
Published:Wednesday | August 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Dr Coretta Mathie, president and founder of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based Mission of Hope and Grace, recently led a team to Jamaica to make a difference.A nurse by profession, Mathie received her doctorate in business administration and theology,...
Published:Sunday | July 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Two United States residents perished in an early morning crash on Saturday that involved three motor vehicles.The crash, along the Queen's Highway, west of Discovery Bay, St Ann, along Jamaica's north coast, also resulted in three persons being...
Published:Thursday | July 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Chairman of Zion Care International (ZCI) Bishop Craig Brown is challenging the Church in Jamaica to invest in the human capital and do more to help the poor.Brown, who is heading a ZCI medical mission to Jamaica that generally provides medical,...
Published:Sunday | July 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Councillors from both sides of the political divide in the St Ann Municipal Corporation have rejected the $20,000 being proposed by Chairman Michael Belnavis to stage town hall meetings across the parish.At the June monthly meeting, Belnavis...
Published:Saturday | July 8, 2017 | 9:58 AMCarl Gilchrist
The island’s first Parish Justice Centre has been opened in St Ann. A government-owned building, left idle for years along Tucker Avenue in St Ann’s Bay, was renovated at a cost $30 million. The Centre will provide alternative...
Published:Thursday | July 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Fitz Bailey has warned that Jamaica's Vision 2030 initiative is in trouble unless individuals shoulder the responsibility to reduce the level of violence in the society.Children, Bailey said, are being fed a...
Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) top achievement stories are not just limited to success with high scores that are matched with placements at schools of choice.Success is sometimes measured from the depths from which a student has to rise to reach...
Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
"You know that when work is in you, you can't afford to sit down. It is embedded in you to be helpful; that is the school system," is the explanation that retired school teacher, Jacinth Clarke of Coxheath in Runaway Bay, St Ann, gave for her...
Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
GSAT joy in St AnnStudents from schools across St Ann are still celebrating their successes in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT ), where, in most instances, results seem to have improved when compared to 2016.At Ocho Rios Primary, top...
Published:Thursday | June 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
St Ann's Bay, St Ann:On the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the United Deliverance Church of God in St Ann's Bay, overseer, Bishop Marchillion Jarrett, took time out to speak to Family and Religion to share his views on how to make Jamaica a...
