About half of the 60 people charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with stealing hundreds of millions from a federal program to feed children during the pandemic have been paid tens of millions more in state money for services such as providing child care and assisting seniors and people with disabilities.
ST ANN:
While the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many lives worldwide, including in Jamaica, for one young St Ann woman it has actually helped to make her dream come true.
When Ocho Rios-based early childhood teacher Terrie-Ann Mesquita applied for a job at a kindergarten school in that resort town in 2014, it was actually the first step towards achieving her dream, even though she never could have imagined how it would actually play out.
Speaking with
The Sunday Gleaner, Mesquita outlined how she, with the full support of her husband Andre, came to be the owner of Future Scholars Childcare and Preschool in Ocho Rios.