HORACE HINES Observer writer MONTEGO BAY, St James — The room was heavy with emotion at the launch of this year’s staging of Montego Bay’s premier fund-raising road race when Janet Silvera, conceptualiser of the event, announced that it has been renamed in honour of Jill Stewart, the late wife of Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals…
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MoBay City Run renamed in honour of late supporter Jill Stewart
Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer MONTEGO BAY'S annual MoBay City Run has been officially renamed the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, in honour of the late wife of Sandals Resorts International’s executive chairman, Adam Stewart, who was a major contributor to the programme before her passing in 2023. The announcement of the programme’s renaming took place yesterday…
Read moreWestern Jamaica Students Awarded $3.5 Million in Scholarships
Western Jamaica Students Awarded $3.5 Million in Scholarships
Read moreMoBay City Run distributes more than $3.5m in scholarships
MoBay City Run distributes more than $3.5m in scholarships
Read moreMontego Bay City Run Scholarship Fund Assists Students in the West
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Project Manager of the MoBay City Run organizing committee, Ashley Anguin ( fourth left), with students ( from left) Selcia Johnson, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College; Shanique Corbett, University of Technology – Western Campus; Rayon Fray, University of the West Indies - Western Jamaica Campus; Roma Rajwani Mt. Alvernia High School; and Rushell Samuels Montego Bay Community College. The students collected cheques on behalf of their schools at the MoBay City Run Scholarship presentation, which was held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James on Wednesday (September 19).
Four tertiary institutions, one secondary school and students in Montego Bay, St. James, have been offered scholarships and donations amounting to $4.5 million, through the Montego Bay City Run Scholarship Fund.
A sum of $1.3 million has been disbursed to the University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus; $700,000 to the Montego Bay Community College; $700,000 to the University of Technology, Western Campus, and $200,000 to Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College.
Mt. Alvernia High School has received $500,000, which will go towards the school’s building fund.
The remaining $1.1 million has been given as scholarships to individual students attending high schools.....
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