NCU announces 10 per cent salary cut effective June 1 Wednesday, May 20, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has announced a 10-per cent salary cut for all its employees effective June 1, 2020 in response…
ASI and EJC Stage First Farmers Market Initiative in Kingston
Adventist-Laypersons Services & Industries (ASI) and East Jamaica Conference staged their first ever Farmers Market on the grounds of the Kingsway High School, 10 –…
Release # 3 COVID-19 Advisory – To Members of Our Churches in Jamaica Union Conference
The Jamaica Union Conference welcomes the decision taken by the Government to allow Churches to resume worship services in their church buildings starting Sabbath, May 16, 2020. Download Release # 3 COVID-19 Advisory We must, however, be wise and approach the reopening of our church buildings for worship service cautiously in light of the fact…
Read MoreWhile Attention Is Focused Elsewhere, Religious Freedom Abuses Continue
Even as the global Covid-19 pandemic dominates news headlines, a major report on religious freedom released in Washington, D.C., United States, provided a sobering reminder that religious persecution and restrictions continue unabated in many parts of the world. The annual report, which tracks both positive and negative trends in religious freedom, was issued April 30…
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North Jamaica Adventists Pour Out Charity To Thousands
In a bid to help ease the suffering sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Jamaica Conference (NJC) of Seventh-day Adventists has been dishing out…
Residents Of St. Catherine, Clarendon And Manchester Get Help From CJC
More than 10,000 residents in St. Catherine, Clarendon and Manchester have been assisted with care packages and other support by the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC)…
Expert sounds caution on homeschooling
With hundreds of parents being forced to explore the option of educating their children at home, a senior education specialist is cautioning that the Ministry…
Letter of the Day | Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic
Navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic will not be an easy feat for us as a nation, as we seek to avoid the catastrophe that has befallen other more developed nations. Much more than we would ever conceive is at risk as we struggle to keep the economy alive. Just before we cast blame and point…
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Western-based Adventists distribute well-needed food supplies to soften COVID-19 blow
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Responding to the economic challenges facing many people in Jamaica, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in western Jamaica distributed over $4…
Lincoln P. Edwards | Gov’t Must Assemble Key Research Institutions
I am pleased that The Gleaner’s editorial of Monday, March 30, 2020, titled ‘Where’s the region’s COVID-19 research?’ has shed light once again on the importance…
