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Please note that the social announcement for the Skymark picnic should have stated that it’s for Skymark members only. Sorry about that - webmaster
As Bobby and Angela Chang are about to relate the story of how their family built Fontana Ltd into Jamaica's most recognisable name in pharmacy, the wife makes a startling disclosure. "There are things about my childhood," she whispers, "that I am going to share with you that I have never told even my children." ... click on "Chang’s Fontana" in the News section.
It has been 50 years since members of the class of 1959 said goodbye to high school life and hello to the real world, so the alumni of both St George's College and the Alpha Academy decided to do it big this year. The class of 1959 of both schools are in the middle of a huge joint reunion which includes all sorts of activities. The festivities started on Thursday and end today ... click on "St.G.C. Reunion" in the News section.
Warwick Lyn, the music producer who helped shape some of Toots and the Maytals' finest work, died May 10 in Miami, Florida, from a cancer-related illness. He was 64 years old. Lyn's older brother, Ferdinand Lyn, told The Gleaner his sibling had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in February. He also suffered from two tumours in his spinal region and had been wheelchair-bound ... click on "Warwick Lyn " in the News section.
The world's fastest man offered running
tips to football's world Player of the Year yesterday as Usain Bolt
dropped in on a Manchester United training session ... click on "Bolt United " in the News section.
Genetically modified (GM) soy accounts for 91 percent of soybeans planted in the US and is rapidly growing throughout the world [1]. The dangerous biotech created science behind the introduction of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) is rapidly mounting and can no longer be ignored by scientists or the public. The biotech propaganda of increasing crop yield and ending world hunger have been proven false, and attempts to skew the simple fact that the sole reasoning for the mass introduction of untested, toxic and dangerous GMOs into our plants, soil, animals and genes is to increase profits at any expense for the large multinational biotech companies. ... click on "GM-Soy" in the News section.
Genetically modified sugar beets, engineered by the Monsanto Corporation to be resistant to its herbicide Roundup, were first harvested in fall 2008. By now, sugar from those beets has likely entered the food stream. Critics of genetic engineering have raised concerns that the modified beets could produce food allergies, threaten wildlife and spread herbicide resistance or other modified traits to closely related species, including chard or table beets.
... click on "GM-Sugar" in the News section.
Last July, I met up with Evelyn Tai and Pat Longmore in Rome. The plan was for us to go to Sorrento for two days and also take in Capri. This area is just overly fantastic. After we overnighted in Rome, we called a taxi to take us to Piazza Signorina to get the bus to Sorrento. Have you ever heard that a taxi driver does not know where to go? Well, this driver picked us up and dropped us off some warehouse looking place and we being so stupid, got out of the cab because he told us we had arrived too early ...this place was desolate. After we asked several people on the road (it was like pulling teeth out of tiger), we realized that the driver had dropped us off at the opposite part of the square ... click on "Europe 2008 " in the Articles section.
Under her mother's tutelage, Barbara Lloyd had already been studying music for six years when, at 11, she decided she wanted to be a professional musician.
So, at 14, she looked forward to further studies with the renowned music teacher, Kathleen Hickling, and to taking her music to another level. After the successful audition, she acquiesced when Hickling told her, "Now, you must be like putty in my hands." ... click on "Barbara Lloyd" in the Articles section.
"The other day Mrs. King and I spent about ten days down in Jamaica . I’d gone down to deliver the commencement address at the University of the West Indies . I always love to go that great island which I consider the most beautiful island in all the world. The government prevailed upon us to be their guests and spend some time and try to get a little rest while there on the speaking tour. And so for those days we traveled all over Jamaica... click on "Knock at Midnight " in the Articles section.
As newly-elected President of Tsung Tsin Association of Ontario, I warmly greet you on behalf of the new Board of Officers serving our 13th. Term of Office. As we celebrate our Silver Anniversary , we ought to reflect on our past quarter century of achievements and the positive effect made within our Hakka community enriching the lives of so many of us; plus, our contribution to the Canadian society as a whole... click on "Enter the Dragon Lady " in the Articles section.
I wish to tell you a story about a benefactor of St. Georges College (established 1850), Winchester Park, Kingston, Jamaica. He is a St.G.C. Old Boy, who has been labouring very quietly with no fanfare and spending significant amounts of his time and personal resources with no advertisement, to ensure that the infrastructure of St.G.C. will continue to be a safe environment for current and future students. He is Carl Chang of the Class of 1962! ... click on "St. G. C. Appeal" in the Articles section.
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