When World War 2 started it was difficult for West Indians to join the army unless they were of pure white descent. …
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Empress of the Seas to rejoin Royal Caribbean’s fleet
Empress of the Seas will rejoin Royal Caribbean International’s fleet from Pullmantur next year following a restructuring of the Madrid-based sister company. …
7 year old wins $16K for comic book creation
Natalie McGriff took her creation, The Adventures of Moxie Girl, a comic book about a black girl whose curly hair has magical …
Cheap flights to the Caribbean: Book Now
It has never been as cheap, adjusted for inflation or otherwise, to fly to the Caribbean. But thanks to Southwest Airlines and …
Turtle Bay Restaurant to create jobs in Wales
Turtle Bay’s 23rd restaurant in the UK will be located in the centre of Cardiff in a near £1m investment that will …
Escrava Anastacia the Black saint with blue eyes
#Escrava Anastacia was a popular saint honored in Brazil. She was an enslaved woman of African descent, and known for possessing great …
Guyanese immigrant escapes US jail for fraud
The fraudster had received well over $50,000 in city Medicaid benefits between 2006 and 2013, court papers state, even though her family …
From Top Mountain: An autobiography
Bishop Dr Joe Aldred Joseph (Joe) Daniel Aldred was born in the rural district of Top Mountain located in the hills of …
Trinidadian appointed to board of ALI
NEW YORK, Oct. 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, which specializes in providing retirement products and related …
Former NAACP board chairman Julian Bond, dead
In the late 1960s, civil rights leader Julian Bond was such a compelling figure that he was talked about as one day becoming …