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Smile! Colgate Mobile Dental Unit Comes to Union Gardens
Colgate is a household name that I grew up with. It simply means “toothpaste.” When it comes to dental health awareness, there is no doubt we can’t start young enough. Here is the latest on Colgate’s...
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St. John Jamaica’s C.N. Powell: Sixty Years of Service, Teaching – and Saving...
” I was always afraid of blood.” Mr. C.N. Powell leans back in his seat a little, and chuckles. I am sitting at a table with him in the headquarters of St. John Jamaica on Camp Road, while CEO Alison...
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Climate Change in the Caribbean: Talking, Planning and What NOT to Be Doing...
Earth Day came and went very quickly. A tremendous crowd of political leaders signed the Paris Agreement, and some fifteen countries (including five Caribbean islands) have already ratified it. I...
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Growing Bigger, A Strange MoBay Story, and No More “Demon” Talk! Jamaica on...
It’s been a very busy week for me, with lots of good things happening – as always. But the undercurrent of crime (murders) is very disturbing. I just heard the news of the deaths of two American...
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Digicel honors life of former employee with new Centre of Excellence in Portland
The beautiful parish of Portland, about which I have written so often, and surrounding areas, benefited recently from the opening of a wonderful new facility for children with special needs in the...
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Downtown – The HeartBeat of Kingston: A Guest Blog Post by Darine BenAmara
Darine BenAmara is a French woman, who is currently working in the downtown Kingston area. She describes herself as “passionate about international relations, international development and feminism.”...
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Managing our Solid Waste: Solutions to the Problem of Plastics and Styrofoam
Now is the time for action! Two years ago I went on a boat tour with JET, prior to the annual beach clean-up. We were filled with horror. Kingston Harbour, including the mangroves, is literally clogged...
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Apply for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is a prestigious program for mid-career professionals. There are 55 Jamaican alumni of the program in a range of different fields, who are now contributing...
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An Update on Jamaica’s Concerns About Its Nationals at Trinidad Airport
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith provided this update today. She also noted that the issue will be on the agenda of the upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in...
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Christine Staple-Ebanks: A Mother’s Love, and Her Support System
Motherly love is an extraordinary and almost indefinable thing, isn’t it? Whenever we humans encounter it – whether in our own kind or even among animals – we wonder at it. It embodies a fierce and...
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Sterile Mosquitoes On the Way, LNG Power, Questions About Conch: Jamaica on...
It’s hard to believe that the month of May has begun and is well under way. In just a few weeks, the dreaded hurricane season will be here. For the last two years Jamaica has been fortunate – untouched...
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Vegetable Matter
Our household is going green. I write a lot about environmental issues, but it’s not quite that kind of green. Nor is it anything political! We are going green in the area of health and beauty. Dear...
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All Relevant Planning and Environmental Agencies Knew About the Royalton...
The collapse of a section of the Blue Diamond Royalton Hotel in Negril in the early hours of yesterday morning raises many issues and a multitude of questions. Local Government Minister Desmond...
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Negril Chamber of Commerce: Investors Can’t Just Do As They Please at...
Here is a press release from the Negril Chamber of Commerce regarding the collapse of the Royalton Negril hotel building. The Chamber has been following the issue of the former Grand Lido Hotel very...
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Fulbright Graduate Study Scholarships in the U.S. – June Deadlines!
Here are details of two graduate scholarship opportunities, from the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica. PLEASE NOTE TIGHT DEADLINES!! THE 2017-2018 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The U.S. Embassy is pleased to...
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Jamaica, Sunday, May 15, 2016: One Point Five, Men in Hard Hats, Thumbs Down...
It has been a very busy and somewhat turbulent week – rather like the weather, which is sunshine in the morning and rain in the afternoon, with a bit of thunder and lightning thrown in. We are...
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This Week Is National Fibroid Awareness Week – And This Is Important
“Get informed. Take Control. Tell a Friend.” This was the advice given by Lisa-Ann Ogilvie, Founder of Caribbean Woman Addressing Uterine Fibroids and Project Manager at The Caribbean Events Group. We...
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Spring Is Busting Out All Over!
Well, the song is June Is Busting Out All Over, from the gorgeous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel… It’s a rousing, jolly song, with a macho sort of chorus kicking things off and a lot of...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith Reports to Upper House...
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has been traveling quite a bit lately. Today she gave a thorough report to the Upper House on what she has been doing, and...
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Vere Technical High School are Katalyxt’s Winning Youth Innovators!
I feel so sorry that I missed the final event of the Katalyxt Youth Innovators Awards; I always closely follow the progress of the competition, which lasts throughout the school year. Sponsors were the...
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