Thursday, October 22, 2026
Wha Gwaan

Wha Gwaan

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

Negril, Westmoreland: Hanover’s homeless, registered poor and temporarily poor residents got a pretty good start for the New Year after benefiting from products and services provided to them at the Hanover Parish Council’s Poor Relief Health Fair. An annual event...

Owen–rand Live is the first staging of an annual event under the banner or guidance of Music-intry ideas Productions . This first staging, slated for Saturday March 25 starting at 7pm, is a free event to announce Owen-rand as...
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...

On July 25th, Sandals Resorts in the Montego Bay region, and its philanthropic arm the Sandals Foundation partnered with USAID COMET II & the Social Development Commission (SDC) to execute the second phase of its Entrepreneurship training dubbed “...

The disabled population in St. Elizabeth will have increased access to vision and hearing screening among other health services as well as climate change information when the Nathan Ebanks hosts its first Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair,...

Last year Canada surpassed the US in additional air lift to Jamaica, with some 42,000 new air seats added for the winter tourism season. While the Jamaican government remains keen in their pursuit of additional airlift from key markets, Sandals...

The Women’s Centre in St Ann are recent recipients of a sizeable donation of feminine hygiene supplies, courtesy of the Sandals Foundation and the Pack for a Purpose program. Regional Public Relations Manager in the Ochi region, Lyndsay Isaacs presented...

In less than a week, philanthropist, Sandals team member and Sandals Foundation Ambassador, Johuan Shaw worked alongside his colleagues in raising over JA$200,000.00 which will go towards building education and preparing students across the island for the new school...

Teachers and students at the Harrison Memorial High School in Montego Bay started the new school year with a brand new drip irrigation system that will improve the learning experience for students pursuing agricultural studies in the Caribbean Secondary...