July is watermelon month! Summer is in full swing. It’s hot and muggy, time to seek out a cold and refreshing summer treat. It’s time for some watermelon. We’ve got exciting news. You get to spend the whole month of July celebrating and enjoying...
Pandemonium pandi’moniem Definition: Uproar; utter confusion; chaos Origin: Greek Part of speech: Noun Sentence: As soon as the teacher left, pandemonium broke out in the class.
This book was birthed, says the author, Sophia Erskine, out of her relationship with God and her need to communicate with Him for inspiration, direction, guidance, and sustenance. Prayer has become her daily bread. Testimonies of the Miraculous...
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth,” wrote Leo Tolstoy in War and Peace. These words sum up life and everything else in it. But then words hardly matter when guns start blazing. It happened between 1939 to...
We all get it, summer is here and it suuuuuuuper hot. Instead of trying to quench your thirst with drinks full of sugar, food colouring and artificial flavours, try this healthy and delicious drink option. INGREDIENTS 4 cups sparkling water 3...
ESPIONAGE es·pi·o·nage Definition: The practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company. Origin: French Part of speech: Noun Sentence: He was...
Today is international sunglasses day! Though it is unknown how it all started, we here at Children’s Own approve this the shadiest day, but for your eyes. Summer is in full swing. The sun is high in the sky. It’s blindingly bright. A pair of UV...
June 27, 1859 The song Happy Birthday to You was first sung. June 27, 1972 Atari Inc is founded. Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers.
Huawei has announced its support for the fifth annual staging of Seeds of the Future programme, with students from The University of the West Indies and The University of Technology, Jamaica participating. Huawei Jamaica has partnered with these...
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University appointed Dr Sarah Clunis as director of academic partnerships and curator of African Collections. She starts on August 30, 2021. Clunis, originally from Kingston, Jamaica,...
These poems are reminders of how great and important fathers are in our lives. Meeting Ground hopes you fully experience the journey in the bouquet of poems. Happy Father's Day to our strong and beautiful fathers. A special shout-out to my dad,...
It is morning Jamaica! Please wake up. Please Jamaica just listen up! The demons are at your gate Your sons and daughters are dying Your babes and suckling are crying If you are not awake soon They may not live to see Noon Several have tried to...
It was lunchtime at the Ocho Rios resort, and Latoya was having a telephone conversation with a total stranger that was not on her ‘today’s things to do’ list. The female voice on the other end of the line had a Kingston inner-city accent, and...
Ever wondered where that one swanky smartphone or the ‘outdated’ tablet or laptop ends up when they are replaced by their versions 2.0? Most of them end up in landfills across the world. It is estimated that the world produces as much as 50 million...
An excerpt of Jamaica’s Wild Orchids – A Photographer’s Journey by Denis Valentine Shortly after joining the Jamaica Orchid Society over three decades ago, I recognised the need for high-quality photographs of our Jamaican orchid species....
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP): The Black Wall Street Market is nowhere near Black Wall Street. The original Black Wall Street vaporised 100 years ago, when a murderous white mob laid waste to what was the nation’s most prosperous black-owned business...
Three Jamaican galleries will showcase a selection of work from 25 Jamaican and Caribbean artists to a global audience with their participation in the inaugural online Atlantic World Art Fair, on the world’s leading commercial art platform, Artsy,...
“Believe in yourself Remove perceived obstacles Creative mind freed.” From rhythm and rhymes to haiku, to just plain speaking, Wayne Smith, on his debut anthology of poems One Voice for Many Hearts, touches the heart with his words of...
An experience shared by Kristen Lobban When we first heard about the pandemic and online school, most of my classmates were excited and we only thought it would be two weeks. Little did we know, we would spend the rest of Grade Five studying...
A narrative by Brianna McFarlane At the beginning of the lockdown, like everyone else, I thought it would be temporary and fun. I was so excited to stay at home because I didn’t have to wake up so early, and I felt that a lot of school pressure...
A narrative by Abigail Martin and Abraham Martin We are so excited about Child Month! We have a month for ourselves to celebrate! I really believe that children are the future and that we should be nurtured, guided, and protected. As we...
