Sunday, April 28, 2024
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

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

 Decked out in their Easter bunny headpieces, the Sandals and Beaches Negril team members travelled to schools in Savanna-La-Mar to gift students school supplies and snacks. Welcoming the Easter holiday, students from both the Laura Daley Early Childhood Institution...
(From left) Diving couple Norman and Tracy Krobath proudly celebrates their diving milestones with Sandals Negril’s scuba instructor Sangha Spencer who led their excursions.

“Dive partners for life” is exactly how Sandals Negril's first-time guest Norman Krobath sums up his relationship with his wife Tracy. The couple, who has spent years travelling around the world, recently undertook their 300th and 150th dive respectively,...
Rachel McLarty as Director of Communications and PR at Sandals Resort International

Sandals Resorts International recently announced the appointment of Rachel McLarty to Corporate Director of Communications & Public Relations, overseeing the company's corporate communication efforts and public relations initiatives for the Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts brands throughout the Caribbean....
Dawn Smith, General Manager of Sandals Royal Caribbean, representing the Sandals Foundation, showing off a section of the newly refurbished computer lab at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica in Montego Bay.

With the aim of strengthening the employability of teen mothers in today’s digitally-driven world, the Sandals Foundation last Friday handed over a newly outfitted Computer Laboratory to the Women’s Centre Foundation of Jamaica, Montego Bay Branch. The computer lab will...
Great Shape! Inc. volunteer dental hygienists conducts a dental procedure at a 1000 Smiles Dental Clinic in 2019.

Through a partnership with the Sandals Foundation, the Great Shape! Inc. 1000 Smiles clinic, the world's largest international humanitarian dental project, has provided free dental care to over 300,000 Caribbean nationals since 2003. Following a two-year hiatus caused by...
(From left) Executive chef at Sandals Negril, Delroy Haye hands over the coveted trophy to the members of the winning team, Monique Thomas, Iona Robinson and Dannese Jones; also present for the hand over was Sandals Negril hotel manager, Melissa Clarke.

In an effort to continue its practical development and team building goals, Sandals Negril team members from the food and beverage department were put to the ultimate test by way of a cooking competition. The month-long event dubbed Make...

To mark World Earth Day, The Fisherman's Co-operative Beach in Montego Bay received a much-needed facelift when Sandals Foundation ambassadors from Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Resorts International and Sandals Royal Caribbean Resorts on Monday. Over 700 pounds of garbage and...
Shane Smyle, a Physiotherapist from the Board of Supervision in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development checks the blood pressure of a homeless man on World Homeless Day at the Drop-in Centre in Black River.

Theodore Roosevelt once said “This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” It was with that thought in...

The Westmoreland Cricket Association (WCA) recently hosted the inaugural launching of their 2022-2023 Cricket Competitions, including the Primary and All Age School competition, at the Paradise Cricket Ground in Westmoreland. In attendance were students and chaperones from 18 participating...

Team members from Sandals Resorts Montego Bay region have launched the resort’s Mentorship 2.0 programme at the Flanker Primary and Infant School by sharing special sessions with the school population inclusive of Grade 6 students who will be sitting...