The Gleaner celebrated the achievements of some bright, young students on Tuesday, plus, the Mandeville Chamber of Commerce gets a double boost.
Smile for the camera! The Gleaner's National Spelling Bee GSAT scholarship winners (from left, front row) Khandae Wright, county winner for Surrey; Sade Dunbar of Middlesex; Jahmar Brown, champion boy from Cornwall; and Tiffany Robinson, county winner from Cornwall. The spellers are joined by their coaches/teachers (from left, back row) Rev. Glen Archer, Gloria Smith, Emily Smith and Cherila Maddan. -photos by Andrew Smith/Photography Editor
That's a big cheque! Recently, National Commercial Bank made a donation to Operation Entrepreneurism, which is a project which seeks to train some 500 existing and budding entrepreneurs in Manchester. Witnessing the presentation are (from left) Robert Cunningham, Mandeville Chamber of Commerce (MCOC) director of entrepreneurism and business advocacy; Winston Lawson, president of the MCOC, Paulette Perry-McLean, executive director, Morris Entrepreneurial Centre, and Patrick Hylton, group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd. - Contributed photos
Proud parents Rohan and Lesa Robinson chat with daughter Tiffany, who was Westmoreland parish champion at the 2007 Gleaner Children's Own Spelling Bee in February. Tiffany received the award for the county of Cornwall.
Sheree Martin (right), senior assistant general manager for group marketing, NCB Ja Ltd., adds the finishing touches to this cheque presented to Wendy Freckelton, secretary of the Mandeville Chamber of Commerce (MCOC), and Winston Lawson, president of the MCOC, recently. The cheque was a donation to the chamber's Closed to Crime Initiative, which seeks to hit at the unaccepatable levels of crime in the parish of Manchester.
Managing director of The Gleaner, Oliver Clarke (left), presents a gift to Emily Smith, coach of Jahmar Brown of St. Elizabeth, at the Gleaner's National Spelling Bee GSAT scholarship award luncheon at 7 North Street, Kingston, on Tuesday. Jahmar was the top performing male parish champion in the GSAT.
