iNews Briefs & Community Events
NOTE: See also Community Events listed in DATE ORDER below articles and notices World Ocean Day Presentation today [Sat 9] at Cayman Islands GAB Entrance Today at 12.30 pm, at the GAB entrance, Minister of Environment, the Honourable Mr Dwayne…
June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month!
By Loribelle Lapaix From OOM Scholastic Heritage (noun) – something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: something that come or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot of portion. The Caribbean is a…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
NOTE: See also Community Events listed in DATE ORDER below articles and notices Mia Mottley Elected First Female Prime Minister of Barbados as Labour Party Wins Election From teleSUR The BLP attacked the current government on its policy of high…
Sam Selvon: The ground-breaking author who gave voice to the Windrush generation
By Chris Baynes From Independent UK His ground-breaking 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is as important today as it ever was, relating the story of Caribbean immigrants who arrived in Britain full of hope and found themselves struggling in isolation…
Jamaica: Hon. Andrew Wheatley to receive 2018 Technology Leadership Award
By Derrick Scott From South Florida Caribbean News WASHINGTON, DC – Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy & Technology Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley will receive the Inaugural 2018 Technology Leadership Award from Jamaica College Old Boys Association of New York…
MOTHER (Better known as Mama)
By Joan (Watler) Wilson ‘Mama’ as we called her was so quiet and sweet To hug and kiss her was really a treat. She was fat like mothers of her day you see Having nine healthy children she was pleased…
This Caribbean born teacher’s dream is multiplied
From NAN News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Weds. May 9, 2018: A Caribbean born teacher’s dream of expanding child literacy in the region is being multiplied, thanks to a new partnership. Seasoned North York, Toronto elementary school teacher and Jamaican-national, Myrna…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
NOTE: See also Community Events listed in DATE ORDER below Cayman Islands: Witness Appeal: Fatal Accident in North Side, 29 April From RCIPS Traffic officers are interested in speaking with anyone who may have witnessed the fatal traffic collision…
Author Ryan Holiday on “the nature of world-altering success”
From TechCrunch It could be said that the first few years of this current tech boom were fueled by mostly harmless, relatively easy products—websites for sharing your photos, for looking up stuff, for connecting with old friends. And the people…
Me Too movement founder among women for WOMI Award
By TANGERINE CLARKE From Caribbean Life Founder of the Me Too movement, activist Tarana Burke will be among several Guyanese women, who will receive the Women of Mission International (WOMI) Award for meritorious contributions they have made through their professional…









