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…
YouthFlex hosts Poetry Slam Final this May
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Def jams and monster slams will be showcased to listeners when the New Self Help Community Foundation’s Poetry Slam Final airs soon on Radio Cayman. The Youth Services Unit (YSU), which coordinates the weekly YouthFlex radio…
NY Times bans ‘Killing the Deep State’ from Bestseller List
From Newsmax Jerome Corsi’s red-hot new book “Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump” is a runaway bestseller — but you’d never know that from reading The New York Times. “Killing the Deep State” debuted last week…
Nigel Barker on planning family trips and taking better vacation photos [after Cayman Islands trip]
By Charles Thorp From Men’s Journal Nigel Barker may be famous for shooting models for magazine spreads, but his personal favorite subjects to photograph are his family on one of their many adventures together. Recently the crew returned from a…
World Poetry Day 21 March
From United Nations Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of…