Over the next four years, several students at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts will have the opportunity to benefit from a generous bursary established to honour Canada-based Jamaican Grace Lyons, founder of the Heritage.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund (CHASE) guests were treated to a special concert recently at The University Chapel by performers who were given support under the fund’s arts and culture.
For starters, veteran songbird Gem Myers and rising singing sensation Naomi Cowan share a passion for the yuletide season.
But the two also count themselves among the list of music performers showcasing their vocal chops on an upcoming holiday-the
Sandra Lindsay (top left), was surprised during her Zoom interview with Deiwght Peters, when Prime Minister Andrew Holness made a guest appearance.
Sandra Lindsay will appear on Sunday’s episode of Rolling with Deiwght Peters. The Jamaica-born nurse – who works at the Long Island Jewish Medical Hospital in New York – is the first person in the United States to receive the much-heralded and anticipated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
In an interview, which Peters describes as “divine destiny”, Lindsay speaks about the importance and safety of the vaccine. “On the day I watched Sandra’s vaccination live, I knew she was Jamaican as she spoke her first words. After learning she is from my home parish of Clarendon, within a few hours, I was connected through her family,” Peters shared with