Syria: The Evolution Revolution By Peter Polack
From U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center magazine – Posted by permission from the Author
Hot tubs, Cayman Islands, yawning hosts
By Andrea Behling From Channel3000 The stories behind these 1980s covers of Madison Magazine October 1980 Our staff kept coming back to this October 1980 cover of a greasy-haired, shirtless man dressed in dirty cut-off jean shorts, smoking a pipe…
The Story of Kyle
From Snopes One boy’s befriending of an outcast new kid at school stops him from committing suicide. EXAMPLE: [Collected on the Internet, 2000] One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my…
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…