BY HORACE HINES Observer writer [caption id="attachment_3405" align="aligncenter" width="200"] BARTLETT...it’s doing good for others while also helping yourself by promoting health and wellness.[/caption] Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has endorsed the upcoming Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, which he described as a form of voluntourism. voluntourism is the act or practice of doing volunteer work as…
Read moreAsafa Powell supports Jill Stewart MoBay City run
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/24/asafa-powell-supports-jill-stewart-mobay-city-run/ [caption id="attachment_3371" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Former 100-metre-medal holder Asafa Powell. (Kathy Willens/The Associated Press)[/caption] ST JAMES, Jamaica — Former two-time world record holder Asafa Powell has announced his participation in the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run set for Sunday, May, 5, as he urged citizens to support the charity effort. Powell, who set the 100m world…
Read moreMayor Wants More Persons to Be Enrolled at the Tertiary Level
[caption id="attachment_3323" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo: Okoye HenryMayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon (centre) interacts with Founder and chairman of Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera (left) and Executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International ,Adam Stewart, during the launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run at Holiday Inn Resort in Rose Hall, St. James…
Read moreTertiary education crucial to nat’l productivity, says MoBay mayor
Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging Jamaicans to see the pursuit of education as a social responsibility while touting tertiary education as the means by which the nation’s level of productivity and growth will improve. Vernon issued the challenge in his keynote address during Wednesday’s press…
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