From left: Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2024 Omolora Wilson, Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition Coordinator Andrea McCurdy, and CEO of Ready To Sign Andre Witter look on as a sign language specialist takes them through the basics during the launch of Signed Sealed Jamaica project at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on April 7. In the background are students and teachers from New Roads Primary School, Beersheba Primary School, Excelsior High School, Danny Williams School for the Deaf, and Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf..
April 14, 2025
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen launches sign language project
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2024 Omolora Wilson launched the Signed Sealed Jamaica project on April 7 aimed at teaching aspects of Jamaica’s culture through sign language.
The programme will be implemented in school clubs as an extracurricular activity and in churches in New Market, St Elizabeth, from which she hails.
News
April 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United States says while it is determined to assist the Haitian people achieve peace, security and prosperity, it “cannot c...
With support from community members, including Mayor of Black River and Councillor of the New Market Division Richard Solomon, schools and churches in the community will partner with Ready To Sign and Sign Clubs of Jamaica for, Signed Sealed Jamaica.
“What we want to do… is to incorporate sign language in our cultural elements such as our folk songs, our poems, our folk tales, just as we have done with our deaf dance, so that students become accustomed to the language and also start to make it a part of their life,” Wilson said.
Caribbean Region, Latest News
April 24, 2025
CASTRIES, St Lucia, (CMC) -A new learning resource centre is offering opportunities for academic and personal growth to vulnerable children and youth ...
Teachers of school culture clubs will be trained at least to level one in sign language, as they will, in turn, teach the students the basics of sign language, while incorporating folk songs, storytelling, and other cultural activities.
“It’s not a one-man thing, it’s not a one-community thing, it’s not a one-parish thing. Sign Sealed Jamaica is for Jamaicans all across the board,” Wilson declared.
Letters
April 23, 2025
Dear Editor, News recently of another motorist forfeiting his life whilst driving on the 301-year-old Flat Bridge in St Catherine by plunging into the...
