Fear is false evidence appearing real. This can come from a number of places like your mind working overtime and others' experiences and fears influencing you. No matter the influence, the end result is the same: you don't get a move on with your...
Published:Friday | May 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMLaura Butler
It is ironic to be writing about finances as I have had my own share of challenges, but I know of so many people who are faced with this obstacle. It is for this very reason I thought it important to share. The key is to avoid falling into a bad...
The Third International Conference on Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean will be held in Montego Bay at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa under the theme 'TVET for Sustainable Regional Development'.TVET, by way of...
We think we know loveWe think we have seen it allUntil we have known himThe creator of the heartThe truth of our existenceThe only love that mattersThe love of God.True love is not evident by sightThe blind will say, then how do you...
Published:Friday | April 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMDavid Soutar
As a child of the '80s I belong to a generation raised by television and video games. Like many children today, I sat on my living room floor, legs crossed, glued to the television, watching cartoons, mainly produced in Japan and Korea but dubbed in...
Published:Friday | April 28, 2017 | 10:26 AMAmitabh Sharma
Life, for some of us, as we have come to experience it, has all the ingredients of a journey, which at every step unravels the unknown, intertwined with twists and turns and unexpectedness.The story of Amanda delves into some of those mysteries,...
TOPES de COLLANTES, Cuba:Every two years, bird educators, scientists, and conservationists from the Caribbean and beyond gather for BirdsCaribbean's International Conference. This year's conference takes place in southern Cuba from July 13-17. More...
Published:Friday | April 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMGen Clacken
If you are in the classroom and you are still using PowerPoint to support your delivery, then you are generations behind the kind of dynamic and multifaceted tools available online today.This April, approximately 85 million users across the world...
ATLANTA (AP):Private colleges that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities would lose state funding for scholarships and research under a new Georgia law.Republican Gov Nathan Deal signed the measure on Thursday, April 27.The measure is...
"I have visited many countries around the world," said Mitsy Beaumont-Daley, senior legal officer, Ministry of National Security, Jamaica. "However, India was the most interesting, amazing, and incredible of them all."A great endorsement for the...
Book: 'Returned Exile: A Biography of George James Christian of Dominica and the Gold Coast, 1869-1940'Authors: Margaret D. Rouse-Jones and Estelle M. AppiahCritic: Dr Glenville AshbyThe spirit of repatriation beckons the wounded soul; it is a...
The tradition of clubs and uniformed groups on school grounds has proved to be of great benefit to students in many different aspects of life. Over the years, the numbers of clubs and uniformed groups have grown exponentially.The Ministry of...
It came as no surprise when I told my parents that I wanted to study foreign languages at the University of the West Indies (UWI). My father, an educator specialising in physics and mathematics, and my mother, a career civil servant in the financial...
Published:Friday | April 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMLaura Butler
In a competitive, aggressive, and demanding business environment, it is important to prepare yourself as early as possible to achieve your goals. A huge part of being able to accomplish anything is the belief in yourself and your dreams, thus...
The quest for knowledge begins with the chalk and blackboard - drawing lines and shapes, expounding concepts, forming sentences, solving riddles and puzzles - the boundless learning process, the flight of imagination and reasoning going beyond the...
GratitudeThere were ten of you stricken with leprosyYou saw clean men so you were filled with jealousyYou cried out to Jesus for your healingBecause you wanted to be free of that feeling.He heard your cries and decided to cleanseSo you could all see...
I RememberedI rememberedThe day you held my hand andWhispered in my earYou told me of your journeyYou told me of your careYou told me you had to goInto the wildernessTo be ridiculed, tested and triedIn that holy spaceI rememberedThe day you kissed...
Book:John Hearne's Short Fiction Author:John Hearne Editor: Shivaun Hearne Critic:Dr Glenville AshbyAfter decades of obscurity, John Hearn is being rediscovered. And for good reason.There is an enduring element to existentialism, and Hearne has always...
Published:Friday | April 14, 2017 | 7:46 AMGen Clacken
As teachers embrace their 21st-century role of 'guide on the side' and move away from the traditional posture of 'sage on the stage', the capabilities of new and emerging technologies are making that role shift easier and more effective than ever....
Published:Friday | April 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMDave Rodney
A Jamaican student, Savion Wilson, 17, was recently named mayor for a day in the New Jersey city of Plainfield.Savion Wilson, an Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (FAAAS) student, on March 23, stepped into the shoes of Plainfield Mayor...
This is a typical scenario: a candidate shows up for a job interview, professionally attired and displaying all the professional deportment necessary for securing the job, but interviewers become distracted when attention is drawn to the candidate's...
Published:Friday | April 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMSophia Findlay
Toronto, Canada:The University of the West Indies (UWI) organised its 8th annual Toronto Benefit Gala on Saturday, April 1, at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto, with over 450 guests in attendance.The event was hosted by CBC-TV news anchor Dwight Drummond;...
Published:Friday | April 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Messam
Lavern Whyte-Gottshalk is the principal of the Evelyn Mitchell Infant School in Brandon Hill, Clarendon. The school was formed by the merging of four basic schools in the area.Whyte-Gottshalk says that she is driven by the fact that she loves...
