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January 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: County Government: Washaington Post: Jamaica RPCV Raymond Wacks will become chief of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research, overseeing Baltimore's $2.1 billion annual budget 01/28 09:14pm [2]
January 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Sports: Swimming: Art: Awards: Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Jamaica RPCV David McIntyre captures medals on land, in water 01/21 10:18pm [1]
January 16, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaries: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle : Jamaica RPCV Jeanne B. Clapp dies in Wyoming 01/21 10:13pm [1]
December 22, 2002: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Farming: Greensboro News & Record : Peace Corps leads Mike Parris to Jamaica 01/16 01:44pm [1]
December 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Photography - Jamaica: Tekemedia: For the first time in Italy an anthological exhibition dedicated to the American photographer Bill Owens (RPCV Jamaica), which permits the vision of the complete cycle of works regarding the American middle class life style, realized from the beginning of the Seventies till now 01/16 01:42pm [4]
December 31, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaries: Lexington Herald Leader: Jamaica RPCV William Thomas Griggs II dies 01/08 10:11am [1]
December 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Photography - Jamaica: Dusckspool: Jamaica RPCV Bill Owens: Suburbia Revisited 01/01 04:12pm [1]
December 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Photography - Jamaica: Amazon: Reviews of Jamaica RPCV Bill Owens' Suburbia 01/01 04:11pm [1]
December 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Photography - Jamaica: : Bill Owens jumped to fame as a photographer with the publication of his book Surburbia in 1972. Owens had taken up photography while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica, and when he returned to America, he took a visual anthropology course in San Francisco. 01/01 04:10pm [1]
November 22, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Medicine: The Journal Record 11/29 03:31am [1]
November 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Fellows: Washington Times: Jamaica RPCV Christina Schwalm is a former Peace Corps volunteer participating in a program that allows her to perfect her teaching skills as an employee of the Montgomery County Public Schools while earning a master's degree in education from George Washington University 11/21 01:59pm [1]
November 2, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Election2004 - Kerry: Go Erie: Jessica Bauer, 26, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, took a leave from her Peace Corps job in Jamaica to volunteer for the Kerry campaign 11/06 09:58am [1]
September 11, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Springfield State Journal-Register: RPCV Jan Droegkamp keeps eyes trained on Jamaica during hurricane 10/02 03:05pm [1]
September 18, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaries: Toledo Blade: Jamaica RPCV Robert Slovak dies in Toledo 10/02 03:03pm [1]
September 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Iraq: Times Record: Jamaica RPCVs Haven and Rose Whiteside witnessed chaos in Iraq 09/11 06:26pm [1]
August 31, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: USAID: Small Project Assistance: Jamaica Observer: THE United States Agency for International Development will next year provide approximately $1.5 million to a community self-help programme, which it offers in collaboration with United States Peace Corps/Jamaica 09/02 12:53pm [1]
August 24, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Jamaica Observer: PC/Jamaica to swear in 57 new volunteers 08/24 05:12pm [1]
August 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Country Directors - Jamaica: Jamaica Observer: Peace Corps swears in 75th group of its volunteers to serve in Jamaica 08/23 07:03am [2]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Writing - Jamaica: Asian-American Issues: Destroy all monsters: 20 Questions With...Jamaica RPCV Leonard Chang 08/16 10:25pm [1]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Writing - Jamaica: Asian-American Issues: Koreanatl: Leonard Chang took time off after his sophomore year to intern briefly with the Peace Corps in Kingston, Jamaica 08/16 10:22pm [1]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Writing - Jamaica: Asian-American Issues: SF Gate: With his third Allen Choice novel, Jamaica RPCV Leonard Chang has established himself as one of a cadre of Asian American writers who march to a different drummer in a publishing world that, for the most part, still hankers for "the next Amy Tan." 08/16 10:21pm [1]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Writing - Jamaica: Asian-American Issues: Absolute Write: Interview With Jamaica RPCV Leonard Chang 07/18 11:42am [2]
August 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Writing - Jamaica: Asian-American Issues: Thrilling Detective: Why I Love Crime Fiction by Jamaica RPCV Leonard Chang 08/16 10:19pm [1]
July 30, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: AIM Viewpoint: Sean Pentis says as a Peace Corps volunteer living in Jamaica, I use the ride as a way to understand this country, which has been my home for a year and a half 07/31 11:40am [1]
July 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: VMI: William C. Ragland, A 2003 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, departs July 6 for Jamaica as a Peace Corps Volunteer 03/30 09:20am [3]
June 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaires: Philadelphia Inquirer: Jamaica RPCV William H. Wilcox dies at 84 06/07 06:48pm [1]
May 14, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Onalaska Community Life: Halfway through her two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica, Dawn Block is coming home for a little vacation 05/16 11:23am [1]
May 3, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Service: Awards: Literacy: Register-Pajaronian: Jamaica RPCV Jill Walker's work with RIF literacy program receives national recognition 05/07 04:39pm [1]
April 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Jamaica Observer: The Peace Corps - giving to Jamaica for 42 years 04/21 05:06pm [1]
April 19, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Dance: Saint Petersburg Times: Marilyn Landry, who studied ballroom dancing with Marge and Gower Champion and moved on to classical ballet, danced with the Boston Ballet Company after college and the National Dance Theater of Jamaica during a stint in the Peace Corps. 09/13 02:36pm [2]
April 5, 2004 - Jamaica Observer: Carla Peterson came to Jamaica as a peace corps volunteer and later stayed after the time of volunteering was up 04/05 05:05pm [1]
March 24, 2004 - Jamaica Observer: Donnie Bunting got the inspiration for his fish farm in Jamaica from a 1978 visit to a red telapia farm in Florida that had been introduced to him by a US peace corps worker in Jamaica 03/01 11:03pm [4]
February 3, 2004 - The State: Jamaica RPCV Johanna Compton dies in South Carolina 02/04 11:28pm [1]
January 9, 2004 - Personal Web Site: Rachel’s Jamaica PCV Blog 01/10 10:25am [1]
December 12, 1981 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Darryl A Adkins who died while serving in Jamaica in December, 1981 at Age 25 12/19 10:21am [1]
October 16, 1981 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Jeanne Corbin who died while serving in Jamaica in October, 1981 at Age 61 12/19 10:20am [1]
May 11, 1974 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Bethanne Bahler who died while serving in Jamaica in May, 1974 12/19 10:20am [1]
February 7, 1970 - Dayton Daily News: RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer John Wills who died while serving in Jamaica in February, 1970 at Age 67 12/19 10:18am [1]
October 24, 2003 - Sebastian Sun: Naturalist Katrina Babulski got her start in Peace Corps in Jamaica 11/30 02:23pm [1]
November 23, 2003 - McPherson Sentine: Mark Ferree and Chris Dahlstrom, both graduates of McPherson High School, Class of 1999, are serving in the Peace Corps. Ferree is in Jamaica and Dahstrom is in Macedonia 11/23 10:58am [1]
August 8, 2002 - Sun Herald: Jamaica RPCV David MacIntyre discovers artistic talent 10/06 12:14pm [1]
October 1, 2003 - Keokuk Gate City Daily: Jamaica RPCV Ed Bazow enjoys cooking, gardening and acting 10/02 12:16am [1]
August 25, 2003 - Jamaica Observer: Largest group of US Peace Corps volunteers starts work in Jamaica 08/25 09:37am [1]
August 23, 2003 - Miami Herald: Jamaica RPCV Annette Fromm talks about island's breezes -- and men's teases 08/23 11:34am [1]
July 15, 2003 - Jamaica Observer: Volunteers arrive in Jamaica 12/22 05:06am [3]
June 7, 2003 - Houston Chronicle: Jamaica RPCV David Whitten and wife make a difference in lives of 14 adopted disabled children 01/31 05:17pm [2]
May 25, 2003 - Jamaica Observer: Jamaica RPCV Aaron Laufer starts 'BREDS' in 1998, to help transform Treasure Beach through community action and partnerships with NGOs, civil society and the Government 11/27 02:09am [2]
May 24, 2003 - Washington Post: Jamaica RPCV Nell Hendrix Snodgrass dies in Maryland 05/24 10:54pm [1]
May 9, 2003 - The Patriot Ledger: Jamaica RPCV Kathy Bryan returns to life of volunteer work 05/09 05:37pm [1]
Logan 03/26 09:52am [1]
My husband and I were in the Peace Corps in Port Antonio, Jamaica 1989-1991. I collected a list of country bus names that visitors to jamaicans.com might enjoy... 07/18 02:04pm [1]
In Jamaica the Peace Corps is working in partnership with the Jamaican Computer Society Education Foundation 11/18 05:37pm [2]
Peace Corps Service with Pride by Dan Barutta, RPCV Jamaica 09/27 02:44pm [6]
Graduate finds Peace Corps service in Jamaica rewarding 07/04 09:23am [1]
PEACE CORPS ZEN - Jamaica - PRESENTED BY: ...the Wanderling 01/02 04:10pm [2]
Peace Corps/Jamaica Contributes To Earth Day Celebration Through Its Environmental Awareness Programme 07/04 09:18am [1]
Peace Corps Programs in Jamaica 12/28 03:57pm [2]
NEW PEACE CORPS HEAD HAS STRONG JAMAICAN LINKS 02/28 09:59am [2]
Summer Austin - Volunteer in Jamaica 06/27 11:37am [1]
Treasure Beach 02/04 05:00pm [2]
Academic Resources - Jamaica 07/06 07:25pm [1]
TAMPA'S READING PLACE: Richard Pressinger served in the U.S. Peace Corps in the country of Jamaica as a Reading Teacher Trainer, helping with Reading programs in 4 elementary schools in 1985. 07/18 02:43pm [1]
Ken's Jamaican Journeys: Your proprietor, Kenneth Lim, a former United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica, has visited many "secret" natural areas and is eager to share these tours with you. 04/24 03:37pm [2]
Jonathan M. Scherch is a Returned United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Jamaica, 1991-93, Community Development Sector), and an advanced-class amateur radio operator (KK7PW). 10/28 09:10am [9]
Treasure Beach: Eric Leversen served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica from 1996 to 1998. He was stationed at Munro College in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Treasure Beach. 07/18 02:35pm [1]
Donald William Inslee was sent to Jamaica where he lived in primitive conditions and constructed fish ponds using primitive methods. 07/18 02:12pm [1]
Jamaica RPCV Nick Hawk nests at Prague: American expat builds entertainment empire 07/18 02:08pm [1]
From 1987 to 1991, M. Jeannie Harvey served as programming and training officer as well as deputy director for the Peace Corps in Kingston, Jamaica. 07/18 02:05pm [1]
On June 1, 1997 my parents completed service as Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica. 07/04 09:20am [1]
May 12, 2002 - Savannah Morning News: PCV taught beekeeping 05/12 01:52pm [1]
May 25, 2003 - Fun Spot: Project Catherine - Project developed by Paula Daley-Morris, Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture Administered by Cathy Lee Gierke, Peace Corps Volunteer 05/25 11:01am [1]
May 25, 2003 - Kids can make a Difference: Food in Africa - Finding New Solutions to Old Problems... by Jamaica RPCV Kristof Nordin 02/17 05:57pm [2]
May 25, 2003 - Jamaica Aids Support: My name is Laura Lindroth and I am a United States Peace Corps volunteer. I was assigned to this country to work for two years with Jamaica AIDS Support 05/25 10:56am [1]
May 25, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Two Years in Kingston Town - A Peace Corps Memoir 06/24 09:44pm [2]
May 25, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Jamaica - Amy Gottlieb 05/25 10:50am [1]
May 25, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Welcome to Friends of Jamaica 04/02 09:09pm [9]
May 25, 2003 - Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Jamaica - Group 70 (1999-2001) 05/25 10:44am [1]
2006.11.25: November 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Personal Web Site: Jamaica RPCV Amy wirtes: A friend of mine recently asked me to share my thoughts and experiences in the Peace Corps with his nephew, who is currently debating whether or not to apply. As I was pondering what to say, I came across this old letter...which truly speaks volumes 02/26 10:13am [1]
2007.02.23: February 23, 2007: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaries: The Plain Dealer: Obituary for Jamaica RPCV Joan McFarland 05/22 10:22pm [2]
2006.10.15: October 15, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Country Directors - Jamaica: The Jamaica Observer: Howard Anderson is new Peace Corps Country director for Jamaica 05/28 09:09pm [2]
2006.09.26: September 26, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Blogs - Jamaica: Language: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunter Matt writes: Jamaican Patois 11/24 09:54am [1]
2006.09.13: September 13, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Blogs - Jamaica: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer Name:Caitlin writes: Taximen in Jamaica 11/24 09:48am [1]
2006.09.21: September 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Obituaries: The South Mississippi Sun Herald: Obituary for Jamaica RPCV Juanita Gollott Thorson 10/01 11:03am [1]
2006.09.13: September 13, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Country Directors - Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner: Jamaica Country director Suchet L. Loois says: "Deprived" not "Depraved" 09/17 06:08pm [1]
2006.09.08: September 8, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Adoptions: Jamaica Gleaner: Jill Gatwood writes: My husband and I are Americans who lived in Port Antonio as Peace Corps volunteers from 1989-1991 . We didn't just bring home memories, though. We adopted our son in Kingston when he was two months old. 09/15 08:46am [1]
2006.08.24: August 24, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Sudbury Town Crier: It’s been 14 years since Tim Garvin returned from his service in the Peace Corps in Jamaica, but the experience is still so vivid, and has influenced his life so directly, that it often comes up in conversation 08/25 11:18am [1]
2006.06.26: June 26, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Forestry: Muscatine Journal: Jamaica RPCV Karen Harvey counts herself among the lucky ones who get paid for a job they love 07/23 10:22am [1]
2006.05.25: May 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Art: Glass Art: San Diego Union Tribune: Jamaica RPCV Bob Nabours is Glass artist 06/23 11:34am [1]
2006.02.12: February 12, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Information Technology: City Planning: Lawrence Journal-World: Shane McCall and his wife, Kaelyn have been in the Peace Corps in Portmore, Jamaica, helping city officials develop information networks 05/31 10:29am [1]
2006.04.10: April 10, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Medicine: Awards: Pittsburghlive.com: Jamaica RPCV Andrew Fisher received the American Medical Association Foundation's 2006 Leadership Award 04/24 10:35pm [1]
2006.03.07: March 7, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Jamaica Observer: Members of United States Peace Corps visited TEENage to speak about the work the organisation is doing in Jamaica 03/12 01:02pm [1]
2006.01.30: January 30, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Restaurants: Hot Sauce: The Business Press, San Bernardino, Ca: Nanny's Jamaican Kitchen opened in January 2004 in Yucaipa with Jamaica RPCV Diane Johnson-Harris as president 03/05 12:15pm [1]
February 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner: Brian Lower began his two-year Peace Corps service with a farmer's co-operative in the town of Christiana in Manchester 02/28 05:37pm [1]
February 25, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner: Peace Corps Jamaica is one of the most successful in the world, says Suchet Loois 02/28 05:35pm [1]
January 21, 2006: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Red Cross: NGO's: Jamaica Gleaner: Jamaica Red Cross signs pact with US Peace Corps 02/07 09:55pm [2]
December 29, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Ironwood Daily Globe: Kenn and Jeanne Miller are Peace Corps volunteers serving in Jamaica, West Indies 12/30 11:53am [1]
October 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Humor: Syracuse Post-Standard: Miguelina "Mickie" Cuevas Post heads to Jamaica in Peace Corps 10/20 08:57am [1]
October 16, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Marriage: New York Times: Jamaica RPCV Neil Urie marries Kristin Erickson 10/20 08:55am [1]
October 5, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Humor: The Jamica Star Online: A Peace Corps volunteer was having a traumatic first day of service in Jamaica 10/13 11:42pm [1]
August 11, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Service: Environment: Rivers: Belleville News-Democrat: Jamaica RPCV Tammy Becker lives 10 months out of the year on a barge traveling up and down the Mississippi River on a clean-up campaign 08/16 05:59am [1]
July 8, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: State Government: US Fed News: Jamaica RPCV Mary Byrnes appointed to Wyoming Public Service Commission 07/17 04:55pm [1]
June 9, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Water: Springfield News Leader: Jamaica RPCV Holly Neill driven to improve water quality 06/24 11:41pm [1]
June 12, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Pittsburgh Live: When Andrew Fisher thinks back on his two years in Jamaica as a Peace Corps volunteer, he vividly recalls his work as a classroom administrator, and as an HIV/AIDS educator for community nurses. But it was a grant application he wrote for a new eight-room school wing that makes the University of Pittsburgh medical student grin. 06/12 03:32pm [1]
April 17, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Chicago Tribune: Jamaica RPCV Barbara Chay dies in Chicago 04/23 10:02pm [1]
March 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Country directors - Jamaica: African Issues: Jamaica Observer: Jamaica Country Director Dr Suchet L Loois says: "After having served in countries all over the world, and seen the drain of their human capacity, I believe that one day Jamaica will be a centre of black human capital impacting the developing world." 03/31 10:45am [1]
January 13, 2005: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Marriage: Secondary Education: Peoria Journal Sta: Val Walker is high school teacher: The Walkers met in Jamaica, where she was a Peace Corps volunteer 02/27 05:22pm [1]