Reading by age 2: How a mother taught her baby

posted by Focused on February 3, 2010 @ 3:34 pm in MEDIA

Today’s edition of the Gleaner highlights the amazing story of 20-year-old Mesha-Gay McKenzie. She started teaching her then-six-month-old daughter how to read with the aid of a DVD, flash cards and books. Many people laughed at her initially but McKenzie’s daughter, now 2 years old, can

Under-23 Programme: Good news for Jamaican football

posted by Focused on January 14, 2010 @ 2:29 pm in MEDIA

Today's edition of the Gleaner brought good news in the form of the announcement that Jamaica's Under-23 football programme is set to begin this year. "What's so special about this?", one might ask. Well, the main benefit is that young players who don't make the senior Reggae Boyz team will still be able

Higglers cut out the middleman

posted by Focused on December 13, 2009 @ 6:57 pm in MEDIA

I came across an interesting article in Today's Gleaner. It sheds light on a growing trend: higglers (Jamaican Informal Commercial Importers) going straight to China to buy goods. Traditionally, higglers would buy goods in places such as Panama and Florida. Although the trip to China is much longer, it

Jamaican AIDS support group gets more recognition

posted by Focused on December 2, 2009 @ 11:16 am in MEDIA

Today’s online edition of the Jamaica Gleaner highlights the achievements of an organization called Jamaica Aids Support for Life (JASL). JASL works in different communities across Jamaica, part of their aim is to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS do so with dignity. JASL is actively involved

Glen Mills' dedication to Jamaican athletics

posted by Focused on November 9, 2009 @ 7:19 am in MEDIA

                Today's edition of the Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica's oldest daily newspaper) contains an interesting article about athletics coaching legend Glen Mills. It highlights the fact that he has been turning down lucrative

Determined women

posted by Focused on November 6, 2009 @ 4:09 pm in MEDIA

                          Media around the world gave Jamaican athletics a lot of attention over the past two summers. One can argue, however, that the male athletes received a lot

Jamaica College Aviation Course

posted by Focused on September 6, 2009 @ 9:50 am in MEDIA

       While surfing the net this morning, I came across some refreshing news. The online version of the Gleaner published an article shedding light on how Jamaica College is introducing an aviation course to its students. This course is the first of its kind to be offered