Jamaican John-Paul Clarke Appointed Member of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advisory Council
John-Paul Clarke, a former Calabar High School student and current professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed to serve as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advisory Council. His appointment was announced by Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, who added that the […]
Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair (1924-2009) – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair, the little girl who attended Wolmer’s High School for Girls was one of Jamaica’s most distinguished daughters. She was a trailblazer with a series of firsts in both her academic and professional careers, local and international. And she was devoted to improving the conditions of women both in Jamaica and internationally. […]
Cyril Briggs, St.Kitts and Nevis – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
Cyril Valentine Briggs, who was born in Nevis in 1888. His father, Louis E. Briggs, was a white plantation overseer; his mother, Mary M. Huggins, was of African-Caribbean. In accord with the racial caste system in colonial Nevis, the biracial Briggs was regarded as “coloured” despite his extremely light complexion. While accorded the benefit of […]
Montego Bay Student Makes History, Receives 11 University Scholarships
Tiana Dinham, 17, Head Girl at Mount Alvernia High School in Montego Bay, has been accepted to 13 universities in three countries, receiving 11 scholarships, five of which cover all of her university expenses. Dinham, who is from the Maryland District of Hanover, has been accepted to Barry University; Lynn University, McGill University; Wingate University; […]
Doctor Blossom O’Meally-Nelson, CD – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Doctor Blossom O’Meally-Nelson has been described as a bundle of energy and achievements – educator, management consultant, environmentalist, intuitive coach, mentor and mediator, author. She attributes her catalogue of successes to her approach – cooperation and dialogue. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, with a Doctor of Philosophy in Education, she has […]
Jamaican Nurse Sandra Lindsay to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Sandra Lindsay, the Jamaican nurse who was the first American to get a COVID-19 vaccine once its clinical trials had been complete, will be one of the 17 individuals who will be presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Joe Biden. Lindsay works as a critical care nurse in New York […]
William Robinson Clarke , Jamaica – Caribbean Man of Influence
William Robinson Clarke was the first Black British pilot. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1895, and when World War I began, he paid his own way to Britain to join the Royal Flying Corps. He served as an air mechanic and a driver, but he was accepted for training as a pilot in […]
Alison Hinds, Barbados- Caribbean Woman of Influence
Alison Hinds, who is known as “the Queen of Soca,” was born in London, England to Barbadian parents in 1970. She moved with her mother back to Barbados after her parents separated when she was 11 years old. She was a contestant in the Richard Stoute Talent Contest in 1987 and finished in third place. […]
Jamaican Pat Chin Awarded First York College Presidential Medal
Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, the co-founder and president of VP Records, a pioneer in the reggae music industry, and an example of immigrant success, is the recipient of the first Presidential Medal presented by York College. She was honored for her influence and contribution to the promotion of Jamaican reggae to the world on June […]
The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, ON – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
As a little girl, she attended the Marlie Hill Primary School that served the district of Woodhall in the parish of St. Catherine. After high school and commercial college, she became a secretary, working in the field of social service. Perhaps that is where Portia found her passion, her life for service to the less […]