MANCHESTER: Residents of Manchester central could begin to see an improvement in their water supply in coming months, following the completion of a water system project in the sections of the parish where the demand is highest. Minister without...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: From modelling internationally and gracing the cover of one of the largest magazines focused on black excellence, to creating and positioning a brand that empowers, educates and elevates, Carmen Althea Laing is living true...
MANCHESTER: “And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them, and they were smitten before...
Mandeville, Manchester: When her mother lost her job and ventured into small farming, chicken rearing and a range of domestic jobs to ensure that her children completed college, Gaynelle Powell-Scarlett knew then that any success she would later...
“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” Psalm 127:3. It started out with little Kennedy Sewell showing an interest in becoming an author after meeting one at her school and later learning that her mother...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Councillors at the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC) continue to chastise the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for their absence from meetings, inaccessibility and what they believe is a constant show of disrespect to...
As a little girl, Tashanya Traile, enjoyed simple childhood pleasures in the small community of Gibraltar on the outskirts of Moneague in St Ann. She rode her bicycle through rows of bananas plants, read the newspaper aloud to patrons at her...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester A MULTIGENERATIONAL household with matriarchs who were strong, entrepreneurial, independent and fearless in their pursuits to make things happen laid the foundation for the powerhouse that is Summer Bryan-James. From...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him. The Lord is the strength of His people; He is the saving refuge of His anointed.”...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: IMAGINE WITNESSING your mother, one of the closest persons to you, battling several illnesses and then losing that battle despite your efforts over the years to ensure her medical treatment and other basic needs are met....
ASIA, Manchester: “But now, this is what the LORD says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;...
NEWPORT, Manchester: “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.”...
Publicist, television producer, author and recent mom Susan Smith was dealt many blows that sought to floor her confidence and caused her to question her existential right in this world. Because of the colour of her skin, she was made to feel...
ALLIGATOR POND, Manchester: The year began with Kerryann Wickham – Powell making sure her plans to advance her life were on track and that her seven-year-old son was manoeuvring the virtual space well for online school, among other things. But...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: There are those who crumble under the pressures of life and then there are those who despite overwhelming challenges choose to remain positive, viewing the problems as just part of their journey and not their entire...
“And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” Luke 14:14 MIZPAH, Manchester: AS CHRISTIANS get ready to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his...
THOUGH HE grew up in a solid Christian home with parents who were firm in their beliefs and principles, Rayon Daley strayed from these teachings as a teen and found himself becoming more engrossed in the secular world as he got older. It took near-...
MAY DAY, Manchester: “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 IN AN effort to empower...
MOUNT PLEASANT, Manchester: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2...
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” – Eckhart Tolle As she evolved into her consciousness, Akeel O’Connor realised that life as she knew it...
FROM AS far back as she can remember, Akeel O’Connor’s experience with spirituality never quite looked the way everyone else’s did, and she never quite understood what she was being led to until she surrendered to the transforming process. Born...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: IT TOOK one introduction, facilitated by her brother, for Shenae Parker-Phillips to start noticing Damaine Phillips, a man who had the qualities she envisioned her future husband would possess. But little did they know that...
THERE IS often a hope within each individual, that the events that colour their lives be without trauma and that the light at the end of the tunnel, through which they must travel, be quickly reached. But for persons like Ayana Dean, who almost...
MANCHESTER: “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” Matthew 24:24 AS DETAILS of bizarre events masked as religious...