Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

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

Transformational trainer/facilitator, performing arts specialist, poet/writer and life coach Fabian Thomas will host the launch of his first self-published book, New Thought, New Words: a collection of gratitude verses, affirmations and spoken word in the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1), at the University...

Team members from the Sandals Resorts Montego Bay Region today cleared over 500 pounds of garbage from a section of the beach and sidewalks in the neighbouring White House community, as part of the company's continued community assistance and...

Complete regional integration remains elusive. Since the collapse of the short-lived West Indies Federation in 1962, there have been several attempts to unify the Caribbean. In sports, it’s the West Indies cricket team, which for many years has been...

Over 180 pounds of garbage was collected and removed from the Whitehouse community in Montego Bay by Sandals Foundation Ambassadors and Sandals Earth Guardians from the three Sandals Resorts in the second city, along with students and teachers from Flanker...

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....

Miami-based Reggae/Dancehall-fusion upstarts Kapital Stone and Kheemo have teamed up on the Reggae fusion track, ‘Dem Vex’, produced by Dj Denson. The track is an anthem dedicated to believing in one’s self in the face of naysayers.  “It’s about...

Nickless achieved his 1,000th night stay the week of April 22, to become the first member of the Sandals Select Rewards programme to reach this level.

In a noble attempt to help nonprofit and goodwill organisations gain more media exposure, Live Well Jamaica now offers training and mentorship workshops in media and marketing techniques. Since its inception in 2017, Live Well Jamaica has dedicated its blog...
(From left) Broughton Primary School students Amari Whyte, Rodger Williams Anise Anderson and Jordan Subaxon were elated to receive fans for their classrooms donated by the Sandals Foundation.

In continuing its support of local schools and ensuring they are more conducive to learning, Sandals Foundation Ambassadors from Sandals and Beaches Negril Resorts recently donated fans to the Broughton Primary School in Westmoreland. The donation, according to the...

"Thank yu and God bless yu all!," was the wish of Mrs. Hazel Barton to Sandals Foundation volunteers from Sandals South Coast as they existed her yard in Brighton District, Bluefields, Westmoreland. The loveable 96-year-old, who is being cared...