Scoliosis Care

Scoliosis patients Onekki Barnes, Britany Henry, Tameika Morgan and Krischion Johnson listen attentively to William Clarke, President and CEO of Scotiabank as he speaks with them after announcing that they were the first five beneficiaries to received free surgery compliments of Scotiabank to correct the curvature in their spines. The cost of surgery for the five young ladies total $2.5 million.

The Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation launched its Scoliosis Care programme yesterday at the Terra Nova Hotel and announced that it will spending $7.5m within the next five years to fund surgery for several adolescents suffering from the disease.

Hollywood Award

Zoe Welsh, Programmes Production Specialist at Scotiabank collects a Silver Screen Award and Certificate of Excellence from Lee Gluckman Jnr. at the recent 41st anniversary of the US International Film and Video Festival held in Hollywood recently.

Cancer Care

A Scotiabank Volunteer from the Scotiabank Spanish Town registers several ladies for free cancer screening in an outreach organised between Scotiabank and the Jamaica Cancer Society at the Spanish Town branch. Over 60 ladies over 40 years old received breast and cervical screenings from the Cancer Society.

Scotiabank Observes Teachers Day

William Clarke President and CEO of Scotiabank reasons with a 10th grade student of Kingston College after a special conflict resolution and motivational session held at the school on Wednesday, May 6 which was being observed as Teachers Day across Jamaica. The session which was taken by senior executives, volunteers and KC old boys was organised by Scotiabank at the College.

Over 285 Scotiabankers acted as substitute teachers in 100 schools across the island conducting sessions on conflict resolution. The intervention at KC came out of a recent violent incident between students from that school and other from nearby St. Georges College.

Scotiabank Lecture Series - 2008

Professor Muhammed Yunus,Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Guest Lecturer at the Scotiabank Lecture Series 2008 meets Dr. Omar Davies past Minister of Finance at the event held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in June 2008. Prof. Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank established in Bangladesh in 1983focussed his presentation on the theme "Eradicating Poverty Through Small and Micro Enterprises". Over the brief five-year history, the Lecture Series has become a well-anticipated event on the local business calendar and had well over 600 persons from the business, political, judiciary civil sectors in attendance.

Scotia Insurance 10th anniversary

Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance Company recently commemorated its 10th anniversary with a special scholarship to Kord Campbell one of the exceptional scholars of the GSAT examinations this year who attended Our Lady of the Angel's Preparatory School. Here William 'Bill' Clarke presents Kord Campbell with a certificate as well as his scholarship, which will be for the next five years at Campion College.

Sharing the highlight of the special evening are from L-R William Clarke - President & CEO Scotiabank Jamaica, Anya Schnoor Senior Vice President - Scotiabank Wealth Management, Head Mistress - Our Lady of the Angels, mother of scholarship winner Ms. Doreen Arthurs, Jacqueline Sharp - V.P. & General Manager - Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Kord Campbell with his certificate in the foreground.

Anya Schnoor, CEO of the new Scotia DBG Investments Limited officially listed the rebranded entity on Jamaica Stock Exchange listing on Wednesday, April 16. Also witmessing the change is William Clarke, president and CEO of the Scotiabank Group.On February 15, 2008 the shareholders of Dehring Bunting & Golding Limited approved the name change of the company to Scotia DBG Investments Limited at its Annual General Meeting.

HIV AIDS Grand Final

Student Debaters from of the Corinaldi Primary and Junior High School celebrate winning the Scotiabank HIV and AIDS Debating Competition. The Corinaldi team topped 96 schools who entered the debates and have been on an unbroken winning streak since the debates began on February 5. Each member of the winning team from Corinaldi Avenue received $300,000, a trophy and certificate while the school received 3 computers and one printer.

Scotiabankers raise funds for UHWI

Emcees Jerry Benzwick and Jodi-Ann Gray having fun with patrons of the Scotiabank fundraiser "Laugh Till Yuh Belly Buss" funday and comedy show held to raise funds to purchase an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump for the University Hospital. Hundreds of Scotiabank feverishly joined hands and hearts together to plan a series of fund-raisers to purchase an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump for the University Hospital of the West Indies. This is a vital piece of equipment is used to offer emergency care to persons suffering from a stroke, heart attack or similar illness.

Scotiabank launches SME Chair at Utech

Valerie Tappin Senior Director, Technology Innovation Centre, Prof. Rosalee Hamilton Mr. William Clarke and Prof. Errol Morrison are all delighted about the launch of the Scotiabank Chair for Small Business at the University of Technology Innovation Centre. Scotiabank will be funding the establishment of a Chair for Entrepreneurship, Finance and Development at the Technology Innovation Center, University of Technology in the amount of $35.5 million to be disbursed over the next five years.

Scotiabank Observes Labour Day

Scotiabank volunteers and students from the St. Hugh's Environmental Club worked together to draw and paint a mural at the Bustamante Hospital for Children as part of the Bank's Labour Day project for 2008.

Volunteers worked hard and got their hands dirty planting flowers and imputing other landscaping details in a designated green area at the Bustamante Children's Hospital on labour day 2008.

Scotiabank Acquires DB&G

Mr. William Clarke, CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica speaks with Mark Golding and Peter Bunting Founding Directors of the investment house Dehring Bunting and Golding at a press conference on December 14 to announce the finalization of the acquisition of DB&G by Scotiabank. On October 20, 2006 Scotiabank officially announced that it would be acquiring DBG, one of Jamaica top three investment firms in an effort to boost its wealth management business.

Reconstructing the Scotiabank Group

Mr. William Clarke, President and CEO of Scotiabank makes a point to an audience of investors and media personnel at a press conference to explain the details behind the establishment of the Scotiabank Group. A formal application was made to the Supreme Court to from the Scotiabank Group as a holding company for the Bank and its subsidiaries.

Scotiabank National Primary School HIV Debates

Bill Clarke, president and CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica shares a joke with young debaters, Stewart Mullings and Dania Wadsworth from the Ardenne Preparatory School at the official launch of the Scotiabank National Primary School HIV and AIDS Debating Competition in December 2006. Sharing in the moment are UNICEF resident representative and guest speaker Bertrand Bainvel and Mr. Michael Jones, senior vice president of Human Resources at Scotiabank.

Scotiabank Stages HIV Road Show

A resident of the Black River community in St. Elizabeth speaks to a member so the UNICEF sponsored ‘Bashy’ Bus Crew about safe female condom usage at the Scotiabank organized HIV and AIDS Awareness Roadshow. The young adults from the Bashy Bus crew shared various dramatic presentations on dealing with HIV and AIDS and offered free HIV testing and counseling to St. Elizabeth residents in the town on March 2,2007.

Grand Final - Scotiabank National Primary School HIV Debates

Hydel Preparatory School, winners of the Scotiabank National Primary School HIV and AIDS Debating Competition proudly accept their trophies from Mr. William Clarke president and CEO of Scotiabank. To his left is Natasha Patterson, while on the right are Hyacinth Bennett, debate coordinator, Jahtoniali Barrett and Kyodi Green. The three debaters won scholarships totaling $4.2 million to attend high school for up to seven years and three computers for their school.

SJF Scholarship Awards 2007

Mr. William Clarke, Scotiabank President and CEO and Dr. Jean Dixon, Director of the Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation stand as 'proud parents' beside Top Boy Romaine White and Top Girl Rachel Chin who both received scholarships valuing $205,000 each for seven years from the Foundation.

Both students got the highest scores across the island in this year's GSAT exams. They who will both be attending Campion College come the start of the 2007-2008 academic year in September. The scholars were presented with their awards at a presentation ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Thursday, August 30.

Scotiabankers Undertake Labour Day Project 2007

Scotiabankers take a break after working on Labour Day 2007 in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth, a well known tourist attraction and local heritage site. The team spent the day bushing, mulching, clearing the area of garbage and replanting young Bamboo sucker to replace the damage that has been done in that area over the last few years.

Over 200 Scotiabankers worked along with a core team from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Tourism Product Development Company to do the rehabilitation work.

Schools Benefit from Computer Donations

Students of Alps Primary School in Trelawney will join their four classmates seen here in learning new computer skills, thanks to Scotiabank’s recent donation of computers to the school. The computers were presented to the School’s representative Bevon Ferguson (second right) by Heather Shields, Vice President of Marketing.

Community Group Receives Computers

Karlene Temple, Sean McGregor and Sonita Abrahams of Rise Life Management (formerly Addiction Alert) work on computers recently donated by Scotiabank to enhance the Agency’s current education and social initiatives in six inner-city communities across Kingston, Jamaica.

Scotiabank Mandeville Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Carl Bright, Manager of Scotiabank Mandeville helps Scotiabank customer 103-year-old Francis Baker cut the ribbon at a symbolic re-opening of the Branch which celebrated its 100th anniversary on August 18, 2007. The Branch, which is one of Scotiabank’s largest locations, services customers from St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon in Jamaica.

Scotiabank Receives 'Hollywood' Award

Zoe Welsh, Programmes Production Specialist at Scotiabank collects a Certificate of Excellence from Lee Gluckman Jnr. at the recent 40th anniversary of the US International Film and Video Festival held in Hollywood last weekend.

Scotiabank was awarded the Certificate for its local video production "A Letter to Pearl " – a Jamaican dramatised story told by popular storyteller Amina Blackwood Meeks, and used in the Bank’s recent ‘Speak Up, Speak Out,’ HIV & AIDS Debating Competition for primary schools.

Scotiabank Observes 'Take Your Kids To Work Day' 2007

A few of the students who participated in Scotiabank's 'Take Your Kids to Work Day' gathered in the Scotiacentre branch before they all went off to their various locations for a hard day's work. The students understudied their parents to get a better appreciation for the jobs they performed and possible insight in career opportunities in Banking.

University Hospital of the West Indies Donation

Mr. William Clarke, president and CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica (left) and Mr. Robert Pitfield ( far right), Chairman of Scotiabank Jamaica listen keenly as Dr, Jean Johnson, head of the Accident and Emergency Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies explains how this new ultrasound equipment donated by the Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation to the Hospital will improve the service delivered by the Unit.

Scotiabank Hosts Celebration of Art

As guests of Scotia Private Clients Services (SPCS), Hyacinth Lindsay and friend, admired exquisite jewelry on display by Jasmine Girvan at the SPCS 2006 Celebration of Art show held at their offices in December 2006. The event is an annual customer appreciation event, which features the work of outstanding Caribbean artists in the field of ceramics, painting and jewelry creation.

Scotiabank Hosts Celebration of Art

Bridget Lewis, General Manager of Private Clients Services (SPCS) and Anya Schnoor , Chief Executive Officer of Dehring Bunting and Golding welcomed guests to SPCS’ Celebration of Art event for 2006. In the background are several paintings from P.J Stewart one of the featured artist of the show.

Scotiabank Lecture Series 2007

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Brenda La Grange is welcomed to the Scotiabank Jamaica Lecture Series by president and CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica, Mr. William E. Clarke.

The Scotiabank Lecture Series was introduced in 2004 in an effort to present pioneering ideas from forward thinkers around the globe who have made significant contribution to their countries.

Scotia Volunteers Build Home

Scotiabank Volunteers funded and constructed a two-bedroom, unit complete with living bathroom and kitchen for a three-generation poverty stricken family in St. Thomas Jamaica. The house is now home to a 92 year old partially blind grandmother, her 40 yr old daughter and her five children. The staff at Scotiabank spent one day building the house under supervision from officials from Food For the Poor, Jamaica.