Although the prospect of owning a home appeared to be daunting at first, 32-year-old Shasha Thorpe, a visually-impaired teacher, was determined to accomplish her dream of homeownership.

“I desperately wanted a house; I was hungry for it,” she stressed.

Miss Thorpe, who had been living on her own since age 18, disclosed that over the years, she has lived in about 10 different places, most of which were rented. She revealed that, as a result of her disability, other tenants and even landlords, would take advantage of her possessions.

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Ryan Parkes, chief, business banking and public sector engagement, JN Bank makes a point to immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Georgia Waugh Richards and JTA secretary-general, Byron Farquharson. They were an investment seminar organised by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association for its members on March 26. The event was held at the Mandeville Hotel in the Manchester capital.

“I have a passion for math. All my friends [and] colleagues will tell you I walk, sleep, talk [and] eat math,” was how Karema Mundell-Thomas described herself, as she reacted to being named the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s National Mathematics Teacher of the Year 2019, during an interview. Mrs Mundell Thomas, who brings mathematics to life for students in grades nine to 11 at the Carron Hall High School in St Mary, was selected from a pool of 15 regional finalists across the ministry’s six regions. She was presented with her award during a ceremony at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew, on Monday, March 25.

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For as long as Verna Baker can remember she always wanted to sail the high seas. That opportunity finally came in September 2018, when she was the lucky winner of an all-expenses-paid Mediterranean cruise.

The voyage, which set sail on the Norwegian Epic cruise line, was courtesy of JN Bank, after Miss Baker emerged the winner of the JN “Off You Go” promotion, which was rebranded the “Billion Dollar Club.”


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