The legendary Deon Hemmings McCatty was born on the 9th of October in 1968, in the parish of St Ann, Jamaica. A former 400 metre hurdler, she is best known for being the first Jamaican and the first woman from the English-speaking Caribbean to win...
It is not often that a woman holds a high-ranking position in the army. However, Commodore Antonette Wemyss-Gorman has broken that stereotype and has gone on to create 'waves in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Wemyss-Gorman has continuously...
Many young girls growing up in Jamaica gets drawn into singing, dancing and acting from a tender age. When it comes to sports, many are automatically drawn to disciplines such as netball or track and field, but for the very few, there is cricket....
Jacqueline Sharp has held every post at Scotiabank you can think of, including CEO of the Scotiabank Group, a position she held between 2013 and 2017. Her journey in the banking sector, and the number of changes to perspective she had to make in...
Donna Duncan Scott, Group Executive Director, Culture and Leadership at Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), is often referred to as a visionary and ‘Ms Possibility Thinker’. She has a B.Sc. in Engineering, (UWI, St Augustine),...
She was one of the most distinguishable radio personalities in Jamaica. One just has to mention the phrase ‘Hotline’ and immediately, Barbara Gloudon’s name comes to mind. Gloudon has worn many hats throughout her illustrious...
She has been hailed as the darling of the pool in Jamaica and will surely go down as one of the country's most iconic sporting figures. Her iconic status was cemented in 2014 when Atkinson became the first black woman to hold a world record,...
It was a day when the home side’s bowlers had to toil, but in the end, the West Indies would take a position of having the Sri Lankans 136 for three replying to 354, following Day Two action of the second Test in Antigua. Dinesh Chandimal on 34 and...
It’s almost two years and eight months since Kraigg Brathwaite made a Test century, but today he needs just one run to get his ninth Test ton, as the West Indies will resume on 287 for seven after day-one action of the second Test against Sri Lanka...
Head coach Phil Simmons made it clear that the West Indies will be playing what he describes as “fearless cricket” and going all out for a win as they square-off with Sri Lanka in the second Test, which bowls off today in Antigua starting at 9 a.m...
Incumbent President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Ricky Skerritt will find out today if the directors from the respective territories will want him to serve another term, as the elections for the leadership of the entity takes place virtually at...
Zaila Rowena McCalla is a venerable Jamaican judge. She is one of six children born to Beryl and Leopold Morris in the parish of St James. Justice McCalla attended the Chantilly All-Age School in Westmoreland until she matriculated to The Montego...
Professor Verene A Shepherd has used her research hails and knowledge of history to fight for equality when it comes to race and gender and her contribution to developing nations, including Jamaica cannot be understated. Shepherd hails from the...
Norma Rodney Harrack is a ceramic artist, lecturer and writer. She is a graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and the University of the West Indies (Mona) and is recognised as one of the most outstanding ceramic...
Michelle Chong is the co-founder of Honey Bun (1982) Ltd, an organisation she started with her husband. She has been CEO of Honey Bun for the past 35 years. A graduate of the esteemed York University, Toronto, Canada, where she earned a Bachelor of...
Majorie Whylie is a Jamaican pianist, percussionist and educator who was musical director of the National Dance Theatre Company for 45 years. Whylie was a musical prodigy, who began playing the piano at two and a half years old. At just...
West Indies batting coach Monty Desai believes that the West Indies team has the pedigree to come out with a positive result heading into today’s final day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua. The home side face an uphill...
It was a day that saw the West Indies bowlers working overtime to pick up wickets, as the visiting Sri Lanka side showed grit and determination with the bat, to seize day three honours in the first Test in Antigua. If the first two days belonged to...
Two days ago, Antiguan Rahkeem Cornwall told reporters that he had “come to make a score” on his home ground and that he did, as the burly right-hander has so far top-scored for the West Indies, to leave the home side in a good position after day-...
Former captain Jason Holder showed his leadership qualities yesterday. This time, it was the ball that he led with, bagging five wickets, as the West Indies held the ascendency after day one of the first Test against Sri Lanka in St John’s, Antigua...
Mary Lenora Morris Knibb was a true Jamaican pioneer, leading the charge for women’s rights and could be counted as one of the country’s most vocal women in the pre-independent era. At a time when gender equality was pretty much on the...
It is not uncommon for educators to transition into representational politics and then back to their true love, and such has been the path of Maxine Henry-Wilson. The Manchester native went to high school in St Andrew, at St Andrew High School,...
Una Maud Marson’s love for literature and her determination to fight social injustice have made her name one of the most recognisable among the many great women who found ways of contributing to the more egalitarian societies we live in today...
Growing up in the tough neighbourhoods of East Kingston in the early 1930s, Iris King, who was known for her kindness and dedication to service, knew one day that she would go on to represent the people of those volatile communities. King was one...
There is a saying throughout the Caribbean that when the West Indies win, all is well in the world, and that statement couldn’t be more accurate now, as the regional side is riding on a high, following back-to-back T20 and ODI series wins against...
