Sunday, May 12, 2024
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

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

(from left) Arianna Whittingham and J’Heneilia Powell from Mount Airy Infant School were clad in their depiction of the Tianos at the school’s recently held heritage day celebration.

In continuing their Heroes Day celebration; Mount Airy Primary and Infant School hosted a day of heritage celebration under the theme “Re-igniting greatness through our heritage.” Students at the institution were also treated to prizes on behalf of Sandals Negril and...
Taxis now frequent the community since the road has been fixed

Up to three years ago, people were moving out of Epworth – a small farming village 8.6km from Ocho Rios in St Ann - due to the deplorable condition of its only access road and the attendant...
Sandals Montego Bay General manager Christopher Elliott handing over a set of netball bibs as part of his company’s sponsorship of the Flanker SDC Community Netball League to Tracy-Ann Davis of the organizing committee while Amalya Stewart looks on. Occasion was the Rally to mark the opening of the competition.

The Flanker Community Netball League tipped off in fine style recently with Providence winning the Opening Rally by defeating Capitol Hill in the finals at the community multipurpose court. The competition, which is organized by the Social Development Commission and...
Debbian Anderson from the Beaches Negril stewarding team posed for a quick picture with her children as they got ready to join in on the fun at the resort’s family fun day.

Over 800 team members from Sandals and Beaches Negril and their families recently benefited from a back-to-school treat and family fun day held by the resorts. The Sandals Negril Sports and Social Club also played their part in making the...
A key part of the assessments done in the twenty communities explored awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and actions being done to incorporate them into community development. Here indigenous people from the Surama Village in Guyana share cards with the 17 SDGs.

Twenty rural community groups in two countries were recently assessed by the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) through its Pilot Beneficiary Group Capacity and Programme Assessment. This intervention, which targeted 12 communities in...

Employees of 24-7 Intouch brought Christmas cheer to the Village Of Hope Ltd. (formerly Hope Hospice) in Albion, Montego Bay on Wednesday, December 21st. As a part of its recently launched program, "Intouch Communities", the Jamaica arm of the company...
West End Infant students Raphael Salmon (second left) and Ajess Thompson (second right) shared they were excited to play with their toys gifted by Sandals Negril’s Monique Munroe (left) and Maxine Henry.

As Jamaica and the world at large usher in the Christmas season, the Sandals Foundation and its ambassadors from Sandals and Beaches Negril, ventured into communities and schools to assist Santa and his elves in delivering close to 1200...
Steven and Christie steal a sweet kiss in the midst of their wedding celebrations.

It was a moment lost in eternity as Steven John Adams (38) and Christie Alysha Chuck (33) stared longingly into each other’s eyes as they waltzed across the lavishly appointed grand ballroom of Sandals South Coast to R&B crooner,...
Sandals South Coast Entertainment Supervisor, Adam Powell shows student leaders from A.Z Preston Hall, UWI (Mona) the latest dance moves during the group’s visit to the luxury-included resort.

Life on campus should be one of the most empowering, fun-filled, insightful times of one’s life, and this semester, just over 300 students of the Aston Preston Hall of Residence, at The University of the West Indies, Mona, will...