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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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"Give thanks to those who sent us the Bibles," a miner identified as Renan told a Brazilian weekly newsmagazine last week. The Bibles "gave me so much faith that I will leave here," Renan said.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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Ask the average teenager if he or she would want to attend school in the United States and the answer would likely be in the affirmative. But not so for 17-year-old Winston Swaby who, after migrating to the US, returned to Jamaica to bag 12 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects in a single sitting without doing any extra classes.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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This is an eventful year in the truest sense of the word, and we have learned from experience that in this year of Sessions-the year of change-it is easy to lose focus. All five Fields in Jamaica are now Conferences and by the middle of September all will have had their regular Session, beginning with North Jamaica Conference in January, and ending with North East Jamaica Conference in September. Click here to read the Visitor Online
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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SAY the name Jamaica and immediately images of fast athletes, pulsating reggae music and sparkling white sand beaches come to mind. But software design? Computer wiz kids? Not usually.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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2008 and 2009 Bible Bowl champion for West Indies Union, Rhondene Wint accomplished yet another significant feat by copping all nine subjects - eight distinctions and one credit - she attempted in the 2010 CXC Examinations.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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On Saturday, August 14, 2010, thirty young people from several Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the Bahamas graduated from The Youth Bible Fest 2010 program hosted by the Hillview Seventh-day Adventist Church on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway. This program is geared towards equipping young people with the tools necessary to effectively engage in evangelism in the 21st century.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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A decade after he embarked on doctoral studies, a blind student has graduated with a Ph.D in religion, marking the first time such a student has earned the degree from a Seventh-day Adventist theological seminary. Ray McAllister, 35, who graduated this month from the Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, was born with a degenerative eye condition. At age five, one eye was removed; at age 12, he lost sight in the other, resulting in complete blindness.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is one of three humanitarian agencies that Somalia's ruling militant group is asking to leave the region. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Movement of Warrior Youth), declared in a statement Monday that ADRA, World Vision and Diakonia can no longer operate inside the country because they are "acting as missionaries under the guise of humanitarian work."
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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Normally, graduation ceremonies are filled with proud parents cheering on their children as they collect their matriculation documents. Last Sunday, one Mandeville family experienced that pleasure three times in one ceremony at which they also created history for the 103-year-old Northern Caribbean University (NCU) as a father, mother and son graduated together.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Producers and hosts in West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (WIU) who will participate in the upcoming ‘Project Hope’ series of programmes benefited from a training organized by Inter-American Division (IAD) and WIU in collaboration with Hope Channel. The training took place at the WIU headquarters in Mandeville, Jamaica from August 17 – 18, 2010.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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The health sector received another five beds to tackle the country's need for intensive care. This, as the Adventist-owned and operated Andrews Memorial Hospital (AMH) in St Andrew officially opened its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last Friday.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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Jamalco, owned jointly by Alcoa and the Government of Jamaica is the recipient of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) President’s Medallion for its outstanding service and commitment to nation building and for being a responsible corporate citizen.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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Eighty-five year old Mr. Doyiah Johnson travelled from Red Hills, St. Andrew to meet with the Medical Missionaries he has been hearing about for the past two years. “I will travel any distance when I hear about good help,” said Mr. Johnson. “My relatives in St. Ann have been telling me about how helpful these people are and I wanted to experience them for myself and all that mi hear is true.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
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Northern Caribbean University (NCU) will confer the prestigious Doctor of Laws Degree, honoris causa, on former Member of Parliament and former Minister of Education, Neville Eden Gallimore, CD, JP, MD, LLD (HON.).
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Friday, August 13, 2010
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The Government and the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) have celebrated the stunning achievements of Team Xormis, which recently emerged champions of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Interoperability Competition.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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The Orlando-based Florida Hospital and Andrews Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Kingston, Jamaica – both Adventist owned institutions – will sign a Memorandum Of Understanding, which will see both institutions benefiting in the areas of education and training, research, technology and equipment.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
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The Adventist World Radio board yesterday selected the ministry's vice president for finance, Dowell Chow, to serve as its new president. Chow replaces Benjamin Schoun, who last month was appointed a general vice president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church. In his new role, Schoun will still serve AWR as its board chair.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
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MORE THAN 150 residents of Royal Flats and adjoining communities benefited from a health fair at the community's playing field in Manchester yesterday. The initiative was organised by the family and health ministries departments of the Royal Flats Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Good Tidings Gospel Hall.
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
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Following the unprecedented success of Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU’s) 2010 world championship Information Technology Teams – Xormis and Educ8 - in the world finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition in Poland last month, a recognition luncheon in honour of the teams will be hosted by the Government of Jamaica...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
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TORONTO, Canada (JIS) — Jamaicans living in Canada have been encouraged not to give up on the country of their birth. "We must not give up on Jamaica. Support your country and support your people," urged president of the Ontario Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Dr Mansfield Edwards.
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