Jammie Karlman

From ADRA – 12 November 2018 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)’s global volunteer program ADRA Connections is launching a new service scholarship that will allow thousands of young people in the U.S. to be more active through volunteerism and become agents of change to contribute to the development of communities abroad. “We want to challenge the […]

11 November 2018 | Two high profile Adventist leaders have urged women in Jamaica to leave abusive partners. The appeals took place at the funeral of 43-year-old Dionne Smith and her 16-year-old daughter, Jay-Shenel Gordon. The two were killed this September by Smith’s common-law husband, Fabian Lyewsang. The man stabbed Smith to death and then […]

9 November 2018 | The campus of Adventist Health Feather River has suffered extensive damage by the Camp Fire that has burned much of the Northern Californian town and is currently spreading at a rapid pace. Several news outlets reported that the hospital was destroyed. The hospital’s Facebook page said that there had been damage […]

7 November 2018 | A one-mile outdoor fitness trail has been opened on the campus of Adventist Health Portland. The Portland trail runs the perimeter of the Portland, Oregon-based campus and features several stations equipped with QR barcodes. Trail users are invited to use their phones to scan the codes which lead to videos and […]

7 November 2018 | Strong winds caused the roof of Adventist-run Maranatha High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to collapse, injuring seven students. The students who were injured in the October 31 incident were taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals. The damage to the two-story school took place at about three in the afternoon. According to the […]

5 November 2018 | Portland-based Adventist Health Home Care has announced that it will lay off 92 of its employees starting on December 20 as it closes its Personal Care and Home Medical Equipment divisions in the city. “The WARN Notice is the result of Adventist Health realigning our overall Home Care Services strategy to […]

4 November 2018 | Adventist-run Northern Caribbean University has confirmed that it is giving a four-year scholarship to the daughter of a well-known police officer who was killed in a shooting last October. Corporal Melvin Smith, was well regarded by the community in Manchester, Jamaica, and had what the Jamaica Observer called “a reputation for […]

News reports from Ukiah, California; Australia, Jamaica, Southern Adventist University, the United Kingdom and New York City. The Ukiah Daily Journal reported that Adventist Health Ukiah Valley opened its new Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit and rooftop helipad on Thursday, Oct. 25. “After many years of dedicated hard work by so many individuals I am […]

1 November 2018 | The World Jewish-Adventist Friendship Center has responded to the October 27 Pittsburgh shootings at a Jewish synagogue with a statement posted on their website. According to the site, the World Jewish-Adventist Friendship Center is a “multinational organization dedicated to fostering mutual respect, dialogue, understanding, education and research between Israel and the […]

31 October 2018 | This Wednesday, a physician sued Denver, Colorado-based Porter Adventist Hospital and its owner Centura Health due to an infection she contracted following hip surgery at the facility. The surgery took place during a period in which the hospital had suffered a sterilization breach. Dr. Melanie Green underwent surgery on July 25, […]

30 October 2018 | A group of Adventists in Nigeria have taken various government entities to court over the fact that national elections are held on Saturday in the country. Nigeria’s Daily Post named some of the individuals in the Adventist group as Chief Emeka Anyabelem, Elder Asonye, Felix Minikwu and Chinedu Omesurum. The Adventists […]