Olivia Brown

At a recent meeting, the NCAA Division III Management Council approved an amendment to the Division III Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement sports-betting guidelines. The council’s action allows for penalty reductions for a student-athlete who commits sports-betting violations, provided it is the student-athlete’s first violation, the violation does not involve integrity concerns and the student-athlete engages in appropriate clinical evaluation or support.

A quiet Monday morning ended in tragedy after a 42-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree in a bushy area near a cemetery in Suttons, Chapelton, Clarendon.

For Rakeem and Romaine Henry, success has always been a shared enterprise. From their days at Mineral Heights Primary and Glenmuir High School in Clarendon to their pursuit of mechanical engineering degrees at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), the twin brothers have studied together, challenged each other, and celebrated each other’s achievements. Last month, that partnership yielded another reward when both were among the recipients at Jamalco’s Education Assistance Awards Ceremony, marking their second consecutive year of receiving scholarships.

For Councillor Scean Barnswell, there was no time to deliberate when he spotted a man with a six-year-old girl, who had reportedly been abducted from St Thomas More Preparatory School in May Pen, Clarendon, last December. What took over was not a desire to be heroic or any thought that his actions would earn national recognition. It was, he said, a parental instinct to protect a child in danger.

Loyola Chicago goalkeeper Aidan Crawford, a Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship recipient, used soccer, service and medicine to expand access for others.

For Marcelle’ Jackson, giving is not an act born out of abundance. It is born out of memory. She remembers watching her mother struggle to provide for her and her siblings, as overdue bills and rent eventually led to eviction. The family returned to the rural Clarendon community where her mother grew up, depending on relatives for support. Those difficult years could have hardened Jackson. But instead, she said, they taught her the profound value of kindness and inspired her to become someone who gives.

Political analyst Damion Gordon, and veteran journalist and political commentator Lloyd B. Smith have delivered mixed assessments of the Dr Andrew Holness-led administration's first year in its unprecedented third consecutive term.

Political analyst Damion Gordon, and veteran journalist and political commentator Lloyd B. Smith have delivered mixed assessments of the Dr Andrew Holness-led administration’s first year in its unprecedented third consecutive term. Gordon has given the Government high marks for its management of violent crime and relative fiscal stability, but faulted it for the deteriorating state of the nation’s roads, weaknesses in accountability and public communication, and the sluggish implementation of some major programmes.

The retired Clarendon educator recently put that conviction to the test on the national stage, competing against fellow senior citizens in the National Senior Citizens Spelling Bee competition and securing sixth place among the country's seasoned wordsmiths.