Funeral Service For Mrs Zeana Smith

Mrs Zeana Smith

The funeral service for Mrs Zeana Smith, the mother of Vernon Dery, editor of Bark Di Trute, will take place on Sunday, August 30, 2026. The funeral service will take place at the Litchfield Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Litchfield, Trelawny. The service starts at 11:00 am. Litchfield is close to Christiana in Manchester.

Mrs Zeana Smith is from Jackson Town in Trelawny. She attended First Hill All-Age School in the parish. She gained early business exposure by working at a business establishment in Sawyers.

Miss Fisher, as she was known then, started her own business in Lower River, then moved to Glastonbury, then to Lime Tree. She was the postmistress at the Glastonbury postal agency for many years.

In her final years, she lived in Montego Bay in Rhyne Park. Mrs Smith was the last living member of her siblings. Her husband, Eric Smith, predeceased her.

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Weather

The following information is for Invest 96L produced by the National Hurricane Centre.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic: A tropical wave and associated area of low pressure over the far eastern Atlantic a few hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

This system could become a tropical depression during the next few days while it moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions could become less conducive for development by the weekend.

Tuesday, August 25, will be another hot and humid day with temperatures as high as 34 degrees Celsius. No rain is predicted. Make sure that you are properly covered and that you have drinking water with you. Minimize your exposure to the sun.

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Why Jamaicans Are Locked Out Of Most Of Our Beaches?

By Michael Spence

Michael Spence

Jamaica is 4,444 square miles with about 635 miles of coastline. That’s 2.7 million acres, including 1,080,000 acres of designated Crown lands. But access is the problem. Some coastline is rugged and unreachable. Other stretches are locked up as marine reserves, hotels, resorts, and private homes and, yes, are controlled by gangs.

Then some internal migrants and squatters have also claimed space. We’re even seeing violence tied to it. Some of the murders in Negril are linked to beach turf wars and extortion.

The math is stark: Jamaicans have unimpeded access to only about 3.5 miles of our roughly 430 miles of beach. I was in the small island of Barbados for some time and noticed something. Every inch of their beach is open to everyone. Why can’t we do that here?. Don't say too uncivilized, undisciplined, or criminal-minded.

In the "land of wood and water," we have about 50 so-called "public beaches." Where? Meanwhile, people are bawling for water every drought season. We mass-import wood into hardware stores across the island.

Only 15% of Jamaicans can swim well enough to save themselves. If a massive flood hit us, 2.55 million people could drown. That’s not just a social issue. That’s national security. Swimming needs to be added to the curriculum in every school immediately.  

Beach access needs to be written in as a guaranteed right of passage. If we can’t do that, and if 2% of the population owns 95% of Jamaica and a third of the population is squatting, then what independence are we really talking about?

Maybe we should stop dancing and shouting about emancipation and independence until it’s real.

And to add insult to injury, talk of becoming a republic will only further entrench the exclusion, the widening gap, and the marginalization of Jamaicans in their own country. Jamaica still needs to be decolonized. We still need mental emancipation, not exclusion.

So when will Independence become even a "Beach Jamaica" reality?

Michael Spence

Michael Spence is a graduate of Cornwall College and the University of the West Indies. He is a trained teacher, a sociologist, and a writer for Bark Di Trute.

Micspen2@hotmail.com 

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Alert - NWC

Please conserve stored water. Due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight's 6 PM- 6 AM supply will not be possible. Supply resumes Aug 25, 2026, as per schedule.

Areas to be impacted:

Valentine Gardens, Woodhaven Avenue, Red Hills Road, Swansea Avenue, Sullivan Avenue, Maverely, Lawrence Avenue, Calabar Mews, Roymarr Road, Three Views, Red Hills Blvd, Sunrise Crescent, Lyndale, Whitehall Avenue.

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How We Destroyed Air Jamaica - Part V

My supervisor seemed to have been the mastermind behind what seemed like a massive fraud at Air Jamaica. Staff members at the bank were happy that he left the island. Many felt that they could be dragged into the investigations, and they could end up losing their jobs. A former member of the management team contacted me over the weekend and told me that my former supervisor in banking died earlier this year. His girlfriend and children never saw him before he died.

I was given a new assignment to manage reservations control. I was intimidated by the offer because I knew nothing about the BABS reservations system. The marketing VP felt I could do the job. The staff were very apprehensive about my appointment, but in a few months I was sitting comfortably in the position and was able to show them things that they were not aware of.

There were major system challenges, which I identified, and these had a major impact on the airline's revenues. The bookings and cancellations which happened between Air Jamaica, other airlines, and other reservation systems did not take place in real time.

If one booked a seat from another system on Air Jamaica, the request was sent as a text message. Sometimes the Air Jamaica system was unable to process these messages, and they ended up in a queue called message edit. Messages ran into many thousands of unactioned messages. This resulted in bookings that should have been cancelled being shown as booked in the airline inventory. Fully booked flights for the peak period ended up being empty seats as a result. Booking messages which were not actioned meant it was almost impossible to manage your seat inventory. The losses to the airline must have been massive because of this.

I motivated the staff to work some long hours to clear up these messages. Staff members and I were still at the office until 12:00 some nights, working. The bookings were now more realistic, but the level of no-shows for our flights was still high, and that impacted the revenues significantly. No-shows are confirmed passenger seats, and these passengers did not turn up for the flight.

There was also another challenge. Wholesalers in North America booked out significant blocks of the flights, and they ended up not selling the seats. Air Jamaica had many empty seats on its routes. Another area of massive losses. These were cheap fare seats, and these seats could have been sold for premium prices, especially during the peak periods.

I recommended policies to deal with wholesalers having large seat inventories, which we could not sell. This did not go down well with the wholesalers, and the battle started. The first casualty was the VP for Marketing and Sales, followed by me. I thought my job was to make the airline profitable using proper seat management strategies.

I was not kicked out of the airline. I was sent to the Information Technology Department. I was sent to an area again that I knew nothing about. I subsequently learned that the VP for Finance said that before they terminated my job, he would resign from his job. Going to the IT department was a major eye-opener, and I saw first-hand why Air Jamaica was not making any money. Too many were milking this cow, which was now suffering from malnutrition.

IT was the eye-opener where I was given some interesting tasks. It was a time when fear gripped me every day I went to work. Lloyd James had learned why the airline was not making money based on my work, but apparently he had learned too much. He was assassinated!

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Weather

Forecast from the National Hurricane Centre:

Eastern Tropical Atlantic: A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Monday, and an area of low pressure could form in association with the wave early this week. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form by the middle to latter portions of the week while the system moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.

Tomorrow, Monday, August 24, will be another hot day. It could be as high as 94 degrees Celsius. Ensure that you drink enough water and stay out of the sun. You would not want to have a heat stroke.

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New Water Schedule for Constant Spring Network

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising customers in sections of Kingston and St. Andrew that the water supply schedule currently in effect will be further adjusted as severe drought conditions continue to impact the Constant Spring network.

The revised schedule forms part of an enhanced drought-management strategy designed to preserve available water resources. The change follows continued declines in storage levels at the Hermitage Dam, which is currently at 31.4 percent of capacity.

Revised Water Supply Schedule

The adjusted water supply schedule will take effect on Monday, August 24, 2026, and will remain in place until further notice.

Water will be supplied between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM daily to:

Queensborough, Queensbury, Perkins Boulevard, Meadowbrook Estate, Pembroke Hall, Cassia Park, Waltham Park Road, Chisholm Avenue, lower sections of Molynes Road, Half-Way-Tree Road, Hagley Park Road, Maxfield Avenue, Moreton Park, Richmond Park, Cockburn Gardens, Kencot, Whitfield Town, sections of Cross Roads, Maxfield Park, Lyndhurst Road, Duhaney Park, Waterhouse,  Olympic Gardens, Penwood, Washington Gardens, Washington Boulevard and off-roads, Norbrook, Cherry Gardens, Hill Road, Sunset Boulevard, Oakridge, Lakehurst, Rockhampton, Orange Grove, Long Lane, Belgrade Mews, Port View, Stillwell Road, Armour Heights, Grosvenor

Water will be supplied between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM daily to:

Sections of Red Hills Road, Woodhaven, Three Oaks, Green Dale, Hughenden, Maverley, Valentine Gardens, Sunrise Crescent, Three Views, Calabar Mews, Sullivan Avenue, Darlington, Swansea, Whitehall Avenue, Cadot Road, Leicester Avenue Dunrobin Avenue, Central Avenue, Dukaharan Avenue, Camperdown, West Avenue, Constant Spring Road, Grants Pen, upper Waterloo Road, sections of Shortwood Road, Widcombe Avenue, Old Church Road, Dulwich, Oaklands, Rochester Avenue, Merrivale, Lounsbury Avenue, Mannings Hill Road, Sherlock, Havendale, Meadowbrook, Fairdene, Roehampton 

The NWC acknowledges that some communities may experience challenges receiving water according to the schedule due to factors such as location, terrain, and elevation. To assist these customers, trucked water will be made available upon request.  

Customers requiring trucked water may contact the NWC Customer Care Centre toll-free at 888-225-5692.

Customers are urged to ensure they have adequate water storage in place to last through non-supply hours and to carefully manage stored supplies. The NWC also reminds all customers that a prohibition notice is currently in effect. As such, customers must desist from all non-essential water use, including washing vehicles, watering lawns and gardens, filling pools, and pressure washing driveways.

The NWC will continue to closely monitor dam levels, system performance, and prevailing drought conditions and will provide updates as necessary.

For additional information and service updates, customers may contact the NWC Customer Care Centre at 888-225-5692 or follow @nwcjam on all social media platforms.

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Importance Of Strong Legs

The following message was forwarded to me by The Hon. Professor Errol Morrison. It makes interesting reading.

Forwarded Message

The Honorable Professor Errol Morrison.

University of Denmark Research: "Two weeks without moving your legs, leg strength will decline by 10 years! For the elderly, confidence lies not in the brain but in the legs."

1. As you age, you must always keep your feet and legs strong.

2. When you grow older, you shouldn’t worry about gray hair, sagging skin, or wrinkles. Instead, you should take good care of your legs.

3. Strong leg muscles are listed by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine as the most important muscles and a marker of longevity.

4. Inactivity of the legs for two weeks will reduce leg strength by 10 years.

5. Studies show that people of all ages who remain inactive for two weeks can lose one‑quarter of their leg muscle strength, equivalent to aging 20 to 30 years.

6. If leg muscles are weak, even rehabilitation exercises will take a long time to restore strength.

7. Regular exercise, such as walking, is very important.

8. The entire body’s weight rests on the legs.

9. The body uses the feet to bear its weight. 50% of a person’s weight is in the bones, and 50% of the bones are in the legs.

10. The body’s largest and strongest joints and bones are in the legs.

11. Strong bones, muscles, and flexible joints form an "iron triangle" that supports the body’s most important loads.

12. 70% of your activity energy is burned in your feet.

13. In youth, your thighs are strong enough to lift a car!

14. The legs and feet are the body’s "center of movement."

15. The legs carry 50% of the body’s nerves, 50% of the blood vessels, and 50% of the blood flow.

16. A vast circulatory network connects the legs to the body.

17. Those with healthy legs and feet have smooth blood circulation; those with strong leg muscles have a strong heart.

18. Human aging starts from the feet and moves upward.

19. With age, the brain’s commands to the legs become less accurate and slower than in youth.

20. As people age, bone calcium will eventually be lost, so the elderly are prone to fractures.

21. Fractures in the elderly can easily lead to complications, especially life‑threatening diseases like cerebral thrombosis.

22. Statistics show that 15% of elderly people die within one year after a thigh fracture!

23. For a 60‑year‑old man, exercising the legs is not too late.

24. Legs and feet age over time, but exercising them is a lifelong mission.

Please forward to all old classmates, old colleagues, old comrades, old friends, and relatives.

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Concerned People Should Help The Residents Of Coopers Pen Not Taxpayers

Those who are concerned about the residents of Coopers Pen and the terrible situation they are now in should go on a fundraising drive aimed at purchasing a plot of land for them. You certainly don't want anyone to be in contempt of court for refusing to leave the land. 

While we need a policy to deal with and to assist the landless, people cannot capture land and build multi-story concrete buildings and expect taxpayers to cover the cost of their relocation. Those who encouraged them to capture the land should meet some of that cost. Mr Dennis Meadows, you could lead the fundraising drive, assisted by the churches and members of your party. JLP supporters should be willing to assist.

Demonstrating at this time is a complete waste of time. These people need to be given something productive to do and assistance with relocation.

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