Carlton Cowell of One Stop Computer in Jamaica hands over an AOC Breeze Tablet/handheld compter to Sicourney Jackson the 14 year old winner of the Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors Competition 2012 - at the Inaugural Autism and Disabilities Banquet
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BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at Large, Jamaica Gleaner Western Bureau Thursday, May 03, 2012
LUCEA, Hanover Jamaica —
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has allocated $7 million to undertake much-needed repairs on the Rural Agricultural
The much anticipated celebrations for Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence will be dramatically downsized, according to Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna. The Minister confirmed that the budget has been drastically reduced from
Monday, April 30, 2012 - Updated: 2:24 AM
BY NADINE WILSON Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, April 30, 2012
EXACTLY four years after it was launched to help children diagnosed with autism, the Maia Chung Autism and Disabiliti
Do you eat enough fruit throughout the day? If you are like most of us, then you are most likely falling short. Doctors recommend that an average adult consume at least two cups of fruit per day with no more than one cup of that coming from juice.
A man runs along Havana's waterfront. Cubans increasingly are divided over the path their nation is taking. A 19-year-old summed up his future: “The only option is to leave the country. But we aren’t allowed to do that.” Responded a woman, 76: “Peopl
“I believe that Autistics should still be treated with the same level of respect. They have the same rights that any normal person has and even though they have a disability, it doesn’t mean they are not capable of anything. They deserve to be trea
Pope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader and fellow octogenarian Fidel Castro in Havana. The photo was provided by the Vatican's newspaper. (L'Osservatore Romano / European Pressphoto Agency / March 28, 2012)
HAVANA — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesda
For some time, Merlana Boissiere worked out of the marketing department of Sagicor planning and preparing for the company’s annual awards ceremony. She never knew that one day she’d be the recipient of one of those awards. Last year Boissiere, a cus
RADA staff members share the elements of a healthy lifestyle with participants at the opening ceremony for RADA’s Wellness Day 2012. From left are: Kadia Wedderburn, Celia Miles, and Kelisha Morgan.
The inaugural staging of the Rural Agricultural Deve
Kevin Turner of UK-based Company Chameleon answers a question during a Q&A session after their performance at Rites at the Little Carib Theatre on April 1. Also pictured are, from left, Lou Lyons and Muhammad Muwakil of Freetown Collective, Anthony M
Ladies and Gentlemen we have found our awardees for this year's Autism and Disabilities Competition!!!!!!
Again we have managed to motivate some of Jamaica's young people to get involved in caring for the less fortunate at a really young age!
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We need your help to fund our outreach to the Autistic and the Disabled ...we feed people who can't work, we help with wheelchairs, we help with diagnostics if we have your help financially, we earn no money so we have to beg you to help us. Please d
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday April 04, 2012 – Guyana’s mining and quarrying sector is booming, recording growth of 19.2 percent in 2011 with a 17.7 percent increase in raw gold declarations, according to a government report.
This marks the highest l
Esdelle has been the leader of a Caribbean Jazz group called Chantal Esdelle and Moyenne since its conception in 1998. Together they’ve played regional and international jazz festivals such as the Havana International Jazz Festival, Grenada Spice, t
While many parents would prefer it if their children pursued careers in medicine, law or science, they are encouraged to nurture their young one’s gifts and provide the necessary encouragement for them to excel in the field of their choice. Heartene
“I miss the rhythm of the place,” says Trinidad-born writer, Nathalie Taghaboni, after having lived in Canada since she was 15. “Not just the music, eh? The rhythm. It’s in the walk and talk of the country.” When Taghaboni writ
For Garcia-Brooks, General Manager, Marketing and Communications at Republic Bank, the area of Communications is just the right niche, a place she has settled in after exploring many other career options, including information technology, advertisin
(L-R) Leon, Michael "Mr. Brightworks" Stephens, Beres Hammond, Bob "Mr. BET" Johnson (photos by gburkeimages.com)
By: Richard Johnson - The Jamaican Observer
MANY people find it hard to believe he's not Jamaican — or, has Jamaican roots. When Leon ar
Three nestings were recently monitored by members of turtle conservation and advocacy group, Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) Tobago, as part of SOS’s annual turtle census initiative, implemented in collaboration with the Tobago House of Assembly Departme
