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Glen Laman |
It was a hot summer in Atlanta this year. Despite the heat many Jamaicans in the ATL braved the heat to enjoy the Jamaican Independence Fun Day in Exchange Park on August 9th.
This was one of several events coordinated by the Union of Jamaican Organizations in Atlanta (UJOIA) , under the auspices of our Honorary Consul to Atlanta, Vin Martin.
It was a lot of fun, especially for the kids who enjoyed "Poppy Show Olympics" featuring lime and spoon races, sack races, donut eating contests and other games which were organized by the St. Hughs Alumnae.
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Soccerfest 2009 was held at the Fletchers Field Rugby Club, 2743-19th Avenue, Markham, Ontario; on Sunday July 19.
The event which has been held at The G. Ross Lord Park in Toronto for many years, had to find a different venue this year as a result of industrial action taken by the employees of the City of Toronto.
Fourteen teams competed for The Alliance Cup. They were: Calabar, Clarendon College, Cornwall College, Edwin Allen, Holmwood, Jamaica College, Kingston College, Kingston Technical, Meadowbrook, Morant Bay, Munro/Hampton, Rusea’s, St. Elizabeth Technical & Titchfield.
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Lily Bartlett Arulpragasam |
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hen Lily Bartlett Arulpragasam, her husband Dr. George Arulpragasam, and their two children Premila and Preethi were invited to Jamaica by the Jamaican government in 1970, little did they know that was the beginning of an abiding love affair with the country, its people and culture.
“My dad was invited by the Ministry of Health to help them establish the dental auxiliary school on Tom Redcam Drive,” said daughter, Premila Bartlett. “There was a dearth of dentists in Jamaica and the government figured that it would be more cost-effective if they trained dental auxiliary nurses in basic dentistry skills and deploy them nationwide.”
In addition to the professional opportunities the country offered, she said, Premila found a more nurturing school environment than what she had left in Sri Lanka.
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TAs a Kingston College man who bleeds purple and white, many times I am taking aback by the fact that a tiny little institution on a tiny Caribbean island can produce so many brilliant and thoughtful leaders.
Not only does this tiny little institution produce leaders, it is their humility that is the embodiment of the "purple spirit".
This tiny little institution has produced its share of winners; however, if one was to take a dispassionate look at what its graduates are winning in, its life in general. Too often, victory is defined in such a narrow sense so much so that it fails to capture the imagination of a captive audience.
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orn into a family as youngest of 4 boys and living with both parents, I was raised in the community of Franklin Town, East Kingston and located in the north east of both KC campuses. I, like all my brothers, attended Rollington Town Primary.
My brother Arthur preceded me at Kingston College and made the Table Tennis team. He introduced the game into our home when I was about 9 years old by getting an old table, which turned out to be an old sheet of ply board, although smaller in size, painted in the style of a standard table.
Starting out at KC in 1968, I was already able to play a bit. I made the squad as a reserve player in 4th form. KC at that time was very strong in table tennis. Senior players of that era included players of national level such as the late Michael Melbourne (also long standing coach at KC) and Glen Bowlin. Other team members included Vernon Fray, Anthony Harris who like my Brother Arthur had a younger brother in school, Michael Harris who also represented KC during
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Dr Garfield Hall |
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Helen Douglas and Keiron Stewart |
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ear Fortis Family,
I was happy and sad to be a part of a function that was hosted by Jeremy Delisser and his lovely wife Kameika at their home.
The purpose of the function was to say thank you and goodbye at the same time to six young men who will not wear the royal Purple & White competitively for KC Track again.
The young men are Andre Peart, Keiron Stewart, Duane Powell, Winston Brown, Kemardo Tyrell and Hansel Parchment. This is why parting is such sweet sorrow but this time it is not because of death.
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Civil Engineer, with no formal training in creative writing, Brown’s interest in writing developed while at the University of the West Indies. In fact, his first play, Cornflakes, evolved from a skit he wrote for Canada Hall’s annual variety concert in Trinidad.
Once bitten by the theatre bug, Brown was hooked. A steady stream of successes followed. A knack for writing comedy led to the highly successful television sit-com, Oliver at Large.
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Regarding Positive Drug tests
Dear Editor,
The recent disappointing news about the five Jamaican athletes with a positive drug test is a major blow to Jamaica’s credibility internationally.
I personally don’t and will never support or condone cheating to win at all cost. However it is also important that we collectively allow the process in place to do its job before we start making wild emotional accusations. It is a known fact that it is possible to trigger a positive drug test by using over the counter medicines and home remedies. The claim that has been made is these athletes used an over the counter inhaler with a banned substance in it.
The body responsible for examining these charges is JADCO. The pressure is on JADCO to investigate thoroughly and fairly before making any public statements. The pressure is also immense because this is the first case they are handling and the world will be watching carefully.
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