Hats off mainly to his parents, Devon Smith managed to stay above the fray during his childhood, not falling victim to crime like several young men with whom he grew up in the inner-city community of Waterhouse, Kingston. “It was a big group of us, and they took their little time and probably would gravitate…
Denecia Kelly’s graduation from university was so important for Linval Taylor and his wife Menervah, they flew into the island from the United States in time to witness it. They had provided the former high school drop-out with a scholarship, which facilitated her just-concluded journey through the University of Technology (U-Tech), where she earned a…
The past four years have been academically grueling for Zurie Johnson, whose fear of disappointing his deep rural community partly pushed him beyond his perceived limitations to complete Norman Manley Law School last week Saturday, September 28. The 31-year-old past student of Keith All Age School, York Castle High, and Ardenne High School hails from…
Chavoui Davidson, a native of Zephyrton district in Linstead, St Catherine, is now the proud holder of nine CSEC subjects, administered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). She sat eight of those subjects this year, and attained the best possible grade (Grade One) in seven of them – Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Spanish, Principles of Business,…
