Category: Special FYI News

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…

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…

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…

Radio France Internationale (RFI), aired on 96.5 FM in Kingston, is a powerful tool that promotes French in Jamaica. In a bid to better meet the needs of listeners, RFI is asking for your comments, questions and suggestions. You can do this in English on the page: http://www.english.rfi.fr/aef_contact or in French on the page: http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/nous-ecrire If you are unable to open these links, then go to the RFI website: http://www.english.rfi.fr/ (English version) and click on

With many students falling below the require standard in mathematics at internal and external exams at all grade levels, USAID in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, through the Jamaica Basic Education Project, has set out to improve students