What happened at the teach the teacher workshop
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...
Social Media Influencers empowered around HIV and AIDS Issues
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...
SOCIAL MEDIA: There’s more to the Story
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”...
Is Education Really the Key to Justice & Equality?
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,...
SANDALS TEAM MEMBERS COMMITTED TO SERVING ST ANN
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...
SANDALS OCHI BEACH RESORT ROLLS OUT VARIOUS POP UP INCENTIVE INITIATIVES FOR STAFF
“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...
Creating Opportunities Amidst Crisis: The Entrepreneurial BOOM
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...
SMALL SPACE, LITTLE EFFORT, BIG IMPACT
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 Medisun drops ‘Hands Off’ on the Mash Down Riddim
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....
Delving into the BOOM, talking entrepreneurship with Javette Nixon
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...
