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Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

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

Women helping women, is a new social media campaign that launched officially, October 29th, 2021. It is a campaign focused on the self-realization journey of women between the ages of 20-25 specifically. But according to Dr. Jhanille A. Brooks,...

The patriotic screams of support and jubilation filled the air at the Sandals Resorts Montego Bay regional finals for the talent search competition dubbed Encore which was held last Wednesday, August 2nd. Eight Models, singers, dancers and other showmen...

The people are Jamaica’s greatest resources; resilient, innovative and bursting with creativity. As things and times change and evolve, people have found ways to add to the ever-changing local (and by extension international) creative scene. They have found new...
Director of Nursing Services, Matron Maria Stampp (center) has given over 37 years of service to the nursing profession. She is joined by her colleagues; Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Ingrid Stephens (left) and Nurse Anaesthetist, Andrea Wright who have both served for 28 years. All three nurses were honoured by Sandals South Coast during a Nurses Week activity recently.

With up to three decades of service given to the nursing profession and the people of Jamaica, it is little wonder that Sandals South Coast hand-picked 11 longest-serving nurses at the Black River Hospital for special recognition during Nurses...

The definition of a business no longer revolves around just making money but what you also do with that profit, what you do to make the economy better and those around you. This was the major takeaway from the...

It is said that when schools, communities and organizations work together to support learning, students tend to stay in school longer, do better and enjoy school more. The Cove Primary School was one such institution to benefit from a partnership...
Participants of the Y’s Menettes summer camp were excited to learn and engage in activities with representatives from the Savanna-la-Mar Fire Brigade.

In an effort to promote community building, Sandals and Beaches team members recently distributed toys, crafts, and school supplies to a summer camp being hosted by the Source Savanna-la-Mar community resource center and the Y’s Menettes Club of Westmoreland....

The University of the West Indies has signed a contract with geo-data specialists, Fugro Geoid SAS valued at US$1.9 million to conduct LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Data Collection and Processing for Jamaica and Haiti. The signing...

If someone asks you what you’d want as a birthday present, what would your answer be? Perhaps you’d ask for the latest gadget. But that is not the case for 12-year-old, Simon Fazio. In fact, it has long been...

The Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) on Monday, November 26, 2019, hosted its annual silent protest and concert to end violence against women. The event was in collaboration with its partner AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). The event which was...