Walter Tull, Barbados – Caribbean Man of Influence
Professional footballer and officer in the British Army Walter Daniel John Tull was born in Britain in 1888. Hie father was from Barbados, and his mother was from Kent. His parents died when he was a child and he ultimately grew up in the Methodist Children’s Home and Orphanage in Bethnal Green in London. He […]
Koffee, Shaggy, Freddy McGregor & More on Jamaica 60 Festival Album
Three songs that were part of the original 123 entries for the Jamaica Festival Song Competition, which Olivia Grange, Jamaican Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, said would be suspended for 2022 due to the inability to find ten “suitable” songs, will be included on the Jamaica 60 commemorative album. After strong public opposition […]
Jamaican Actor Shantol Jackson Long-Listed to Win Best Actress in Series at UK TV Choice Awards 2022
After two years of being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TV Choice Awards will go live at the London Hilton on Park Lane on November 14, 2022. TVChoice is the top-selling magazine in Britain, and its awards ceremony honors the country’s favorite television shows and stars, with winners selected completely by votes […]
Mary Seacole, OM – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
For as long as she could remember, Mary Seacole had two dreams – to be a nurse and to travel. When cholera and yellow fever epidemics broke out in Kingston where she was born to a British soldier and a Jamaican nurse and healer, Mary helped her mother, who had a boarding house, to nurse […]
Louise Little, Grenada – Caribbean-American Woman of Influence
Louise Little, the mother of Malcolm X, was born Louise Helen Norton Langdon in La Digue, St. Andrew Parish in Grenada. She is credited with having a major influence on her son, Malcolm X, and his political and social views, giving him his sense of Black pride. Her mother, Ella Langdon, was the daughter of […]
Imran Hall Returns as Sole Representative for Jamaica at 2022 Pan American Championships
At the 2022 Pan American Championships, Jamaica will return for the first time since 2019. Only one athlete is heading to the event; in a unique case, the athlete is also the acting President of the federation, Imran Hall. Competing at lightweight, Hall was also the sole representative at the previous set of Pan American […]
