Category: Archives
Church Celebrates 26th Annual Community Banquet And Scholarship Awards
By Paulette Blythe Hibbert Recently, St Martin’s Episcopal Church celebrated its 26th Annual Community and Scholarship Awards Banquet, honoring the contributions, work, and teachings of Marcus Mosiah Garvey and founder-pioneer […]
Achieving Your Goals
By Dr. Thomas Aldridge This is a follow-up to my previous articles on “Setting Goals.” Now we will explore how you can achieve the goals you have set to make […]
Caribbean Tidbits for November 2018
Beaches are for Jamaicans, not tourists KINGSTON, Jamaica: Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett said the $49 million upgrade of the Lyssons Beach in St Thomas “is not about building beaches […]
Viewpoint: Searching For An Approach To Political Power
By Leon Fraser In the USA today, there is a need for new and different approaches to the political cadres that have been involved in, and seem determined to keep […]
Some Facts For Your Thanksgiving Table
HARTFORD, CT: What are the facts about the immigrant “caravan” heading towards the United States? The Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants provided some facts and responses to frequently asked […]
Thanksgiving: Its Sharing And Healing Power
As we celebrate 2018 Thanksgiving, we are reminded of America’s place in history, a history that began with the colonization and settlement by the early colonists known as the Pilgrims. […]
Letter To The Editor: New Job Training And More!
Dear WIA News, I read with interest your article, “Training in Plumbing, Electricity, And Carpentry: It’s New And Lands You A Job,” in the 2018 October edition of The West […]
Narciso Fernandez Airey Lived A Full Life
Although it is always difficult to put words together to capture the life of one who meant so much to so many, it is fitting to make the attempt. The […]
Political Winners, Don’t Forget Your Inner-City Voters!
“Political posters decked out on inner-city storefront windows where store patrons and passersby do see the posters; they did vote and their votes counted. It is much more than reaching […]
Entrepreneur’s Vision Takes Off
Jamellia ‘Imani’ Blythe is one of eight Jamaican recipients for the 2018 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) fellow program. Through the program 250 young entrepreneurs from Latin America […]