Alexander Hamilton, St. Kitts and Nevis – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis in 1757. An orphan, he was sent as a teenager by patrons to New York for an education. He published articles in support of the Continental Congress under a pen name as a student. He served as an artillery officer in the Continental Army in the New York […]
Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah, OD – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
The time was 1968. The country was the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and Wales. The place was Thames Television, London. Barbara Blake Hannah, the daughter of a noted Jamaican journalist and magazine publisher, Evon Blake, became the first black television journalist to appear, on camera, on a British television station. She worked for nine […]
Jamaican Women’s Team Wins Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze
Jamaica’s women cricketers became the 2022 champions of the Cricket West Indies T-20 Blaze. They defeated the women’s Leeward Islands team by 124-runs at Providence Stadium in Guyana on June 14, 2022, the final day of the tournament. The team was led by Natasha McLean who made 86 off 54 balls and Stafanie Taylor who […]
Jamaica Welcomes First Scheduled Commercial Flight into Ocho Rios
As the destination’s tourism sector continues its strong recovery, Jamaica is pleased to welcome the inaugural weekly flight from Providenciales, Turks & Caicos (PLS), into Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, by Inter Caribbean Airways that arrived on June 16, 2022. The new route marks the first time a carrier is offering […]
Antonia Novello, Puerto Rico – Caribbean-American Woman of Influence
Dr. Antonia Novello, the first female Surgeon General of the United States, was born in Puerto Rico in 1944. She joined the Public Health Service in 1979 and worked in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She was assigned first to serve as a project officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute […]