Friday, March 29, 2024
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

Updates on positive developments, events and activities in the island.

Close to one hundred educators across Westmoreland and Hanover are now better prepared to navigate the new blended approach to learning following the completion of the Sandals Foundation coordinated Great Shape! Inc.’s ‘Teach the Teachers’ Workshop. On August 2, seventy-six...

In an effort to combat the spread of misinformation around Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) online, a group of civil society organizations hosted a three-day training with fifteen social media influencers. The training took...

This may translate into aggressive behaviour, lack of emotional expression and high financial status which are all highly regarded and are expected to generate many “likes”...

  Romar Muir is a Jamaican-born Canadian Psychoanalyst and a former Psychology lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Romar has a giving personality and is willing to help others whenever he can. He is an outdoorsy man,...

Team Members from Sandals Ochi Beach Resort are well known for their drive to give back to their communities and just recently, two members of their management and executive teams have ramped up their commitment to serve. Recently, the resort...

“We value our team members, their commitment and their hard work and so we are constantly looking for new and exciting ways to show our appreciation.”  That is what Human Resources Manager, Tameca Sutherland Franklyn said about her resort’s...

As we have entered the 2nd year in the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still experiencing the direct and indirect effects that this disease has had on various business sectors. Despite many businesses having to close their doors or cut...

The Sandals South Coast Resort recently had the sublime pleasure of hosting the founder and chairperson of ‘Pack for a Purpose’, an incredible non-profit which has been changing the face of travel across the world. In 2010, Rebecca Rothney started the...

Grammy-award-winning songwriter and singer MediSun has liberated ‘Hands Off’ a deeply soulful chant against the exploitation of women. The track is the second release off the aptly named ‘Mash Down Riddim’ from the home of Zion I Kings Productions....

In March of 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, with a then over 3 million cases worldwide. Not only has it taken lives, it has changed the way we as humans...