The first Jamaican woman professor at The The UWI Mona Campus Daphne Douglas has died. Buried May 22. She was 99.

Douglas was a key architect of library scholarship in the Caribbean.

Graduate of St Hilda’s Diocesan HS, Western University, University of Pittsburgh

GOJ's Order of Distinction among her awards.

And readers!

Start at police stations 🙏🏾

Please leave it untapped and focus on clean energy 🙏🏾 The new “gold” is clean water, air, and agricultural lands. Let’s focus on our current natural wealth and how to grow it.

Congratulations to the regional winners of the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize! #CWPrize

You can read all five winning stories here:
granta.com/CSSP-2024/

Now playing on BBC TV! Happy that we are able to share the story of 'One Downtown' to such a wide audience.. Artists are changing Downtown Kingston one mural at a time, big up to Deon Simone and Janet Crick!
#storytelling
#creativecity
#transformation
#VisitWaterLane

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 Sammy knows Jamaica 😅 “Wi nuh drink coffee, tea, mango time” 💃🏽

Congratulations Panashe Chigumadzi 👏🏾👏🏾

“Childhood lasts a lifetime.” Baroness Benjamin

A brief lesson in basic decency, decorum, and setting positive examples for our children and youth. Peace and productivity are learned behaviours.

A timely reminder for those who seek to lead and shape the future of our nation.

Congratulations SomaNamiBooks 🙌🏾🥂

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🥴🥴🥴 another one?

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Arthur Wint (25 May 1920 – 19 Oct 1992) Legendary  #Jamaica n  athlete, born 104 years ago today, in Plowden, Manchester. #Jamaica ’s first Olympic Gold medalist; won 400 metres London 1948; also won 800m Silver; 4x400m Gold, 800m Silver 1952 Helsinki. Saw active combat as RAF pilot

WORLD RECORD 👀

🇰🇪's Beatrice Chebet smashes the women's 10,000m world record and becomes the first woman in history to break 29 minutes on the track 😮‍💨

28:54.14* it is ‼️

#DiamondLeague

*Subject to the usual ratification procedures

Horrific. Worse is the lack of justice in holding those heartless persons involved accountable. Peace beyond understanding to the families affected 🙏🏾