Art & Leisure

"This is fun, a lot of fun," said a group of 10 students in unison as they gathered around a table with artefacts.What is the fun element, one might ponder. These students from The Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired were about...

On Friday, April 27, the National Council for Senior Citizens at 11 West King's House Road in St Andrew, was the venue for the opening ceremony and private viewing of 'Golden Designs: A Seniors' Art Exhibition'.It was the first of two events planned...

There are many everyday objects that are very sentimental to Jamaicans. One such object is a lamp that has illuminated the darkness of many Jamaican households in time gone by.Known more popularly as the Kitchen Bitch, it is also referred to as the...

Mastery in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) is reflected in a student's ability to not only apply content knowledge in mathematics, social studies, English language and science but to demonstrate proficiency the 4C's creativity, communication,...

Living in your Shadow Oh how handsome they were Always wearing a smile She is deaf and blind And he treats her like a child.Aren't they adorable?Isn't she sweet? She is all he wants her to be Obedient, understanding and SILENT.She always seeks...

The struggle to grasp basic concepts of the English language is that much harder for estimated 7,500 persons who have some form of hearing challenges. For them Jamaican sign language (JSL), the native language derived from American sign language, is...

We continue our journey as we chart the course of Jamaica's history through the artefacts. Today we focus on Tuscan oil jars, or 'panya' or Spanish jars as they are more commonly called have become synonymous with Jamaica's heritage and have become...

The British Council will organise the second annual Boys In Education Week from April 30 to May 3, under the theme: Supporting a Nation of Champions.After getting positive reviews for the inaugural staging, this year's event will focus on boys,...

In a world driven by technology, philosophy struggles to find relevance. Misconstrued and misrepresented, it is still considered an exercise in rhetoric and abstruse reasoning. But as St Hope Earl McKenzie so well articulates, philosophy, if rightly...

Seven finalists from the Rita Marley Foundation (JA) 2018 Public Speaking Competition & 2017 Essay Competition recently met Professor Stephen Vasciannie...

I wish I had had the opportunity to reading Esther Tyson's Ah Suh Me See It, Ah Suh Me Say It before serving as a minister of government. Yes, I would read her columns in The Sunday Gleaner as they appeared, but the impact of her commentary on the...