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Already a wearer of many hats, publicist Susan Smith is now stepping into a new world, officially debuting as an author with the release of her first book, “Little Black Girl.” The story’s main character is 5 year old Kayra-Rose, named after Susan’s own infant daughter. “The book is about self-love and instilling confidence in …

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that more coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are expected in the island this week. “We will see vaccines coming in every few weeks or, at least, every month going into the New Year,” he said, noting that the shipments will add to the approximately 1.1 million doses of …

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The Ministry of Health & Wellness will be establishing more mobile vaccination sites as part of its community-based intervention aimed at significantly increasing the number of Jamaicans inoculated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Portfolio Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention forms part of efforts to deal with the third wave of the virus …

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In an effort to combat the spread of misinformation around Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) online, a group of civil society organizations hosted a three-day training with fifteen social media influencers. The training took place at a Trelawny-based hotel from Wednesday, July 28 to Friday, July 30. Kandasi Levermore, Executive …

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Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is encouraging parents to become familiar with their children’s various developmental stages in order to better understand what they are going through and to be more patient with them. “We need to be guided by what is normal at different stages of our children’s development and try to put ourselves …

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Starting this week we will be exploring some of the Caribbean’s culture with things unique to them. Feel free to email us at caribbeanglobe@gmail.com if you have any interesting stories to share.  Jamaicans are a set of people who really don’t like to waste anything. Well, I am speaking of those in the country anyway. Growing up …

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Forty years ago Bev Shea was attending the Bible School in Ottawa (Ontario) where I was teaching. He loved to sing. After more training in New York City he was given an audition at one of the radio stations and was offered a contract. He asked that he might sing Gospel songs. He was told …

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The hymn, “Almost Persuaded,” was suggested to P. P. Bliss after hearing a sermon by Mr. Brundage, who, as he finished his discourse, said, “He who is almost persuaded is almost saved, and to be almost saved is to be entirely lost.”  In the Scripture, King Agrippa said to apostle Paul: ‘Almost thou persuadest’ me to …

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By Joan Wilson One year has passed and another has begun and it is my hope that it will catch us all trying to adopt a new attitude. Thinking back, many are wondering how they made it over from 2018 to 2019 as it was filled with stressful situations, confrontations, trials and a whole lot …

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