As the gun debate continues in the US, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in his address to the Summit of the Americas held last week, noted the effect of small arms trafficking to Jamaica. .
Born on August 5, 1946 with deformed legs, Sarah Newland-Martin never cared that she was disabled, and for 75 years she showed Jamaica that a physical disability was not an impediment to excel.
With expectations and excitement growing, fourteen crews will contest the FIA R5 class in Sol Rally Barbados next month. It is a record for the island, and significant growth from the three in 2019, then seven in Sol Rally Barbados 2020, when America’s Ken Block won the most recent running of the event overall in a Ford Fiesta Rally2. The numbers have been boosted by an entry for Barbadian FIA F3 racer Zane Maloney in a Skoda Fabia, two new registrations for the island’s R5 Rally Championship presented by First Citizens and a strong challenge from the United Kingdom.Sol Rally Barbados 2022 is slated for June 4 and 5, with King of the Hill the previous Sunday (May 29) sponsored for the first time by First Citizens, each event counting towards the R5 Rally Championship with the results of King of the Hill used to seed the rally. With 60 points on offer for the win, this year’s event is the highest-paying of the 13 rounds, representing more than one-fifth of the season’s available
On April 16, 1925, Kingston College opened its doors at 114 ¾ East Street with the first 49 students. For Anglican Bishop George Frederick Cecil de Carteret and 32-year-old Anglican priest Perciva.
THE Anglican Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday elected Rev Canon Garth Minott as the next suffragan bishop of Kingston.
Minott replaces Robert Thompson, who retired in August 20.