Category: Featured Stories
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 […]
A Visit To The Homeland – PART 2
By Leon Fraser Journalists residing in the Diaspora, particularly the United States and Canada were invited to take a trip during August 2018 to their motherland, Jamaica. After spending days […]
The #MeToo Movement – What You Need to Know
by Jim Daniels Twenty-five years ago, when there was no MeToo Movement and women were barely able to see around the door into the spaces occupied by white male […]
A Life Of Dedicated Service: Lascelles “Lloyd” Llwellyn
HARTFORD, CT: Lascelles “Lloyd” Llewellyn was a dedicated, gifted musician, maestro extraordinaire on the piano and organ. Whether it was a secular or sacred church music, each note struck a […]
Ready, Set, Vote! (Part 2)
by Christopher A. Service Sr. This is my second article referencing the November mid-term election, which I regard as a very important one. Not that all elections are unimportant but […]
Training In Plumbing, Electricity, And Carpentry: It’s New and Lands You A Job
By Edgar Johnson How often have you paused and reflected on that which many have taken for granted—the fact that you have job skills, a job and proud to be […]
Northend Community Honors Deputy Police Chief Ford
By Stan Walker A number of local leaders showed up at the Sportmen’s Athletic Club on Friday, July 20, to participate in a tribute that was paid to Deputy Chief […]
Caribbean Tidbits
CDB to help pay Haiti’s 2018 insurance premium The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a US$3 million grant to cover Haiti’s 2018-2019 insurance premiums with the Cayman islands-based […]
JeAndra Does It From Her Heart
Rising above the odds and excelling in whatever she chooses to do is the passion of JeAndra Davis-Marcellin, who is the coordinator of Dance Fever Rhythm Fusion summer program, which […]