Jamaica PR consultant Kathy Calvin hails women

On International Women’s Day, people across the globe celebrate women’s achievements. Last year on this day, I was privileged to be in Liberia with two inspiring women — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female president of an African nation, and Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women and former president of Chile. The example of these two women inspired me to think more courageously about a future where women are safe, healthy, educated and can prosper. One year later, a lot has changed in our world. Global movements…

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Caribbean Airlines deputy speaks on personal success

What’s wrong with getting inspiration from Trinidadians when its positive? OCEAN STYLE writes that Mr. Jaikaran is credited with bringing Caribbean culture to the forefront in New York City. He has introduced successive generations of North American and Caribbean audiences to emerging talents from the islands of the Caribbean, many of whom are today among the most powerful brands in the region. He was also the director of the extremely successful International Soca Monarch franchise, the biggest competitive showcase for Soca music which was the driving force behind the world-famous…

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Paradox of Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello

Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, called slavery “an abominable crime,” but was a slaveholder himself. During his lifetime he owned more than 600 slaves, who worked on his Virginia plantations, including Monticello. Isaac Granger Jefferson, shown here, was the son of Monticello’s blacksmith and overseer. He was also a blacksmith. The complex estate operations required many laborers with various skills. A new exhibition, mounted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, examines Jefferson’s dilemma and the lives of six Monticello slave families. The exhibition, Slavery…

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Happy birthday greetings to US Abraham Lincoln February 12

Born in poverty on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln grew up to become one of America’s greatest presidents. He took office as the 16th president in 1861 and saw the Civil War break out just a few weeks later. During the war, which claimed 623,000 lives, Lincoln provided strategic military leadership to the Union (U.S. government forces) as he sought to reunify the nation. “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy,” Lincoln said. His Emancipation Proclamation freed…

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