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Saturday | April 19, 2008
First-year nursing students perform during a striping ceremony at the Cobbla Campus of the Knox community College in Manchester. - Contributed
Knox nurses earn their stripes
CHRISTIANA, MANCHESTER:
Representatives of the island's nursing fraternity gathered recently at the Cobbla campus of the Knox Community College in Manchester for the striping ceremony of the first set of registered nursing students pursuing their bachelor of science degrees in the field.
On the historic occasion, the students were advised on the required skills and character traits needed to succeed in the nursing profession by director of nursing services at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Marva Lawson-Byfield, who deputised for chief nursing officer, Leila McWhinney-Dehaney.
In attendance were Donna Williams-Newman, director of nursing services at the Percy Junor and Mandeville Regional hospitals, matrons Jacquline Pennicook and Flozel Collin, and operations manager for the Percy Junor Hospital, John Tomlinson, who did the striping of the 26 second and 21 first-year students. Awards were also issued for individual achievements.
- Byron McDaniel
Reading day donations boost schools
Jamalco's volunteers take time out of their day to read with students of the Broad Leaf Basic in south Manchester. - - Contributed
MANDEVILLE, MANCHESTER:
Students of the Broad Leaf Basic and St Jago All-Age School in South Manchester took a break from their usual school schedule last Thursday as seven volunteers from Jamalco's Mines department visited the schools to present books, read to children and engage them in motivational sessions.
Since January, Jamalco has given 30,000 books to 110 schools from an ongoing book programme. The event was also Jamalco's contribution to National Reading Week 2008 as the company presented 200 books to both schools.
- Dwight Nelson
CASE signs MoU with Canadian College
PORT ANTONIO, PORTLAND:
In a historic move, the College of Arts Science and Education (CASE) in Portland on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Okanagan College of Canada to establish educational relations and to promote academic links.
President of CASE, Professor Paul Ivey, explained that the initiative is consistent with the strategic objectives of the college.
In recent times, CASE has signed MoU's with a number of organisations, including Northern Caribbean University, University of the West Indies, University of Technology, Nova Scotia Agriculture College in Canada, South Dakota University and North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University.
CASE students are to benefit from scholarship offers and programme exchanges, which will also involve lecturers from both sides of the college fence.
- Gareth Davis Sr
Water lock-offsbaffle NWC
FALMOUTH, TRELAWNY:
Nightly water lock-offs in Falmouth is a mystery to even the National Water Commission (NWC).
According to the public relations arm of the commission, reports of the nightly occurrence have only recently started coming in.
The department says there are no scheduled disconnections and no work is in progress in that particular area. They are also, at this point, in a quandary about what could be causing the lock-offs. The NWC, however, promised to carryout a full-scale investigation into the matter.
For about a week, the pipes in Falmouth have been going dry at 11 p.m., with water returning about 5:00 a.m.
