Published:Friday | January 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMCorine La Font
Some persons are self-motivated while others need that extra bit of encouragement at times. it depends on the situation to get people to take action. For example, impending disaster forces people to take action, while money may be a subtle...
Published:Friday | January 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Messam
Exams anxiety is as common as the cold in many students, and many undergo it periodically. "I really get anxious whenever the exam cycle approaches," remarked Peta Gaye Brown, a student at the University of Technology (UTech).You can recall how you...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC):Issues related to regional developments and challenges in the field of education will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of ministers of education to be held here.The Ninth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education ...
The House of Representatives, last Tuesday, January 10, started debate on legislation to give the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) university status.The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2016 was piloted by Minister of Transport and Mining...
Published:Friday | January 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMAmitabh Sharma
"When you draw the string to shoot an arrow, you are not merely drawing the string, you are looking at discipline, balance, and control," said Jonathan Greenland, director, National Museum Jamaica (NMJ). "That is the best way to look at life from...
From the coastlines and mangroves to ponds, lakes and rivers, waterbirds are an ever-present part of Caribbean landscape. They include majestic seabirds, gregarious ducks, elegant egrets, and a host of wading birds that make these islands a seasonal...
Published:Friday | January 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMAlaina Watts
Early one Saturday morning in December, I hurried to the Forestry Department and was greeted by a sea of colours - ceramics, paintings, jewellery, and functional art under white-roofed tents.It was the annual Potters Fair organised by The...
Schools, students, teachers and parents across the island can now gain access to the entire digital library of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information free of cost through the MOEYI Digital Library website- https://www.bookfusion.com...
Published:Friday | January 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMAmitabh Sharma
It is a labour of love, expanding the horizons of learning, taking the flight of imagination beyond the confines of the four walls, yet being on the terra firma much. Three young volunteers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel:Jerusalem, a hilly composite of the ancient and the ultra-modern, may be the spiritual, religious, historical, and administrative capital of Israel, and Tel Aviv-Yafo, a pulsating Mediterranean seaside municipality, is the...
A NEW YEAR A new year!It's like fresh clothes for restless Father Time.No need for baleful minds To lure some idle hands to find Work that the Devil carefully devised To rip some hearts with pain And conjure salty rain, from grieving eyes.A new year!...
Hi Karl,I trust that my letter finds you in great spirit.It's quite possible that you know me. Funny ..., I sometimes wonder if you even do.Perhaps deja vu ... of sorts.You see, Karl, my name is Id, one of three sons to Sigmund Freud. I have been...
CHIN UP JAMDUNG Poor likkle Jamdung It a get big mash up Wid di whole heap a shoot down, lick down an chop up!An some a di culprit noh run Dem stan up Like dem willin an waitin fi go chillA lock up Aahi! Di blood roun di place everyday Sick wi stomach Wi...
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has commenced a series of professional development sessions for teachers. This is to provide additional support to a select set of schools as they prepare their Grade 11 students to sit the 2017...
More Jamaican students now have the opportunity to access new occupational studies degree programmes under the direction of the Centre for Occupational Studies, an agency of the Ministry of Education.An occupational degree is an industry-driven...
The results of the 2016 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) reflected a welcome resurgence by students of Holy Childhood High School with Samoya Cochrane copping an impressive five...
Published:Friday | December 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMCorine La Font
It's the first day of a New Year and I am superexcited! Aren't you? If you're not, I would suggest changing gears and starting your year being grateful that you are alive to see another day and another year. Not many have made it over.You may have...
Published:Friday | December 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMMichael Liedtke
SAN FRANCISCO. California:While merrily chirping, dancing and posing for selfies, a robot named Pepper looks like another expensive toy at a San Francisco mall. But don't dismiss it as mere child's play.Pepper embodies the ambitions of SoftBank...
Published:Friday | December 30, 2016 | 12:56 PMPaul Messam
Booker T. Washington, American educator, once said, "I have learnt that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."This resonates in the...
National Museum Jamaica is presenting the exhibition entitled 'The Spirit of Budo: The History of Japanese Martial Arts' from January 9, 2017, to March 18, 2017, at the Institute of Jamaica, Water Lane Gallery.'The Spirit of Budo: The History of...
Published:Friday | December 23, 2016 | 8:26 AMRuth Howard
If you were to walk through a graveyard, what would you think of? Possibly the fear of the unknown might give you goose bumps and make you break into a sweat.But here is someone who sees untold stories, histories, and mysteries to unravel. She is on...
Published:Friday | December 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Messam
When you observe yourself in the mirror, do you see a person you like? Do you see someone with talents and good qualities you appreciate and whose shortcomings you have learned to appreciate? To put it plainly, how do you see yourself? Are you a...
