RIP Michael ‘Jimmy’ James (13 Sep 1940 - 14 May 2024) #Jamaican Soul singer and songwriter. 1960 founded Jimmy James and the Vagabonds; Jamaican hit ‘Come To Me Softly’. 1964 moved to UK. Under wing of original Who manager Pete Meaden, Vagabonds emerged as one of UK's hottest…

#Kingston to Mandeville #Jamaica : Departed Marcus Garvey Dr. 9:45am ~ Greater Portmore roundabout 9:57 ~ Vineyards Toll Plaza 10:11 ~ Mineral Heights 10:21 ~ Williamsfield 10:40 ~ New Green Rd. 10:47. Travel time 62 minutes. Observed speed limits; toll tag; a few slow trucks.

31 years ago, May 1993, Government Treasury Bills paying over 25%. Corporate Paper i.e. businesses had to pay higher rates to raise cash. #Jamaica Unit Trust 12 month returns 80-116%. Jamaica paid high, long-term cost: macroeconomic instability, financial sector crash, thousands…

Clive Chin,  #Jamaican  record producer, dub pioneer, born 70 years ago today on 14 May 1954, in #Kingston .
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Winston Riley (14 May 1943 – 19 Jan 2012), Legendary  #Jamaican  singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, born 81 years ago today, in #Kingston . Founding member of The Techniques vocal group 1962; recorded several of Rocksteady Era's greatest songs. 1970 produced…

Carl Abrahams (14 May 1911 – 10 Apr 2005), Legendary #Jamaican visual artist, born 112 years ago today, in St. Andrew.
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43 years ago John Drinkall outgoing British High Commissioner to #Jamaica , who had served 1976-81 and witnessed how a global Cold War sparked a local civil war, warned that the danger to the island wasn’t “Cubanizaion”, it was “Haitianization.”
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#BobMarley ’s Influence on Surf and Skate Culture Around the World:
Why is a #Jamaican musician who died 43 years ago the world’s most popular artist - and surfer's favorite music to ride waves? surfer.com/surf-stories/b…

#Jamaica footballer Leon Bailey admits Unai Emery saved his Aston Villa career after he contemplated leaving club during struggles under Steven Gerrard. #ReggaeBoyz
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Pernell-Karl Sylvester “P. K.” Subban, Canadian ice hockey player, born 35 years ago today on 13 May 1989, in Toronto, to  #Jamaican  father Karl and  #Montserratian  mother Maria. 2007 drafted by Montreal Canadiens; 2013 won Norris Trophy as NHL's top defenceman; Won Olympic Gold…

Stevie Wonder, Legendary American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, activist, born Stevland Hardaway Judkins 74 years ago today on 13 may 1950, in Saginaw Michigan. 'A musical genius.' 'Greatest of his time.'
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Joe Louis (13 May 1914 - 12 Apr 1981) Legendary American boxer, born Joseph Louis Barrow 110 years ago today, in LaFayette, Alabama. “America’s first black national hero”; widely regarded as first person of African descent to achieve the status of nationwide hero in the United…

I am becoming my mother
brown/yellow woman
fingers smelling always of onions

- Lorna Goodison, #Jamaican poet

Happy Mother’s Day to all the women who toil to make something good out of their children. Hyacinth Gloria Chen (1932-2022).

Kieron Pollard,  #WestIndies  cricketer, born 37 years ago today on 12 May 1987, in Tacarigua,  #TrinidadandTobago . March 2020, first cricketer to play in 500 Twenty20 matches. February 2022 vs India, first cricketer to play 100 T20I matches for #Windies .
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Henry Fowler (12 May 1915 - 14 Feb 2007)  #Jamaican  educator, born 109 years ago today, in Moneague. 1941 co-founder (with Greta Bourke) Little Theatre Movement (LTM) and Jamaica Theatre School; 1944 founded The Priory School; founding Chairman of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation…

Mervyn Dymally (12 May 1926 – 7 Oct 2012) #Trinidadian -American politician, born 98 years ago in Cedros, #TrinidadandTobago . California State Senator, Lieutenant Governor; U.S. Congressman; Chairman of Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations; advocate for human…