Western Bureau:
Had there been a tidy transfer between the old and new board installed at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) after the change of government in 2016, indications are that Jamaica could have avoided spending some of the more than $1.2 billion spent on restoration works over the past four years.
According to Calvin G. Brown, who was board chairman at CRH when the People’s National Party (PNP) was voted out of office in 2016, he tried to initiate contact with the new board with a view of properly briefing them on the various issues, including the status of the air-conditioning system, but he was not accorded the courtesy.
Angella Whitter.
Stressing the importance of having full access to education, regardless of socio-economic and health challenges, the Whitter Group of Companies has now officially launched the Joe and Angella Whitter Foundation.
Chief executive officer of the group and wife of the late developer and visionary, Angella Whitter, said the intention is to create a $5-million fund to assist students from Montego Bay who have shown “the aptitude, ability and good grades” at tertiary institutions but are experiencing financial difficulties.
The foundation, Whitter noted, will also seek to assist, as best as possible, applicants with comorbidities from illnesses related to kidney, heart and optical diseases “to assist with medical expenses for surgery or other medical procedures as is deemed necessary by the foundation”.