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Stephen Colbert may have said goodbye to late night, but he wasn’t leaving quietly 💃🏻🕺After wrapping his final episode of The Late Show, the host, 62, hit the dance floor at his “Fired & Festive!” afterparty in NYC - and when wife Evie came out to join him, the celebration was even sweeter ❤️ 📽️: gayleking #stephencolbert

Shoot me, but leave my people alone! 88 years ago on 23 May 1938, #Kingston’s port workers went on a strike called by Alexander Bustamante. The following day he told a large crowd at the corner of Duke and Harbour streets that what was taking place in #Jamaica was a "mental revolution"; that workers had become conscious of how they had been exploited for years, and how little or nothing had been done to alleviate their condition. Bustamante and St. William Grant were arrested and charged for causing disturbances in the country, which could lead to overthrow of the Government. #Caribbean

RIP Bennett, Hazel Eloise (1924–2026) Dr. Hazel Eloise Bennett (née Lecky) pioneering #Jamaican librarian, educator, scholar, author who played a central role in the development and expansion of library services across Jamaica and the Caribbean. Born in Portland, Jamaica, in January 1924, she began her career as a teacher before joining the Jamaica Library Service in the early 1950s. As Deputy Director from 1957 to 1967, she was instrumental in planning and administering the rapid growth of the island-wide public library system and the schools library service during a formative post-independence period. Her leadership helped transform libraries from limited urban facilities into a nationwide network supporting education, literacy, and community development. Bennett later joined the University of the West Indies, where she served as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer (1971–1988) and briefly as Head of the Department of Library Studies. She trained generations of #Caribbean librarians, established documentation centres, advised on library development in several islands, and contributed to regional training initiatives. A distinguished scholar, Bennett authored A History of Libraries in Jamaica, 1697–1987 (her doctoral dissertation) and numerous professional papers. She co-authored landmark works including The Story of the Jamaican People (with Sir Philip Sherlock) and The Jamaican Theatre (with her husband Wycliffe Bennett). Twice president of the Jamaica Library Association, she advocated for a National Library and degree-level library education. Awarded the Silver Musgrave Medal in 1998 for her contributions to librarianship, literature, and historical scholarship, Dr. Bennett died in 2026 at age 102, remembered as one of #Jamaica’s most influential cultural figures.

#LatestNews: Despite living with spastic cerebral palsy and facing daily mobility challenges, 24-year-old Javaughn Douglas is proving that determination can push past any obstacle. READ MORE: jamaica-star.com/article/news/2…

I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man. Toussaint L'Ouverture (20 May 1743 - 7 Apr 1803) “The Father of #Haiti”, born 283 years ago today. Born into slavery, he and the other Black leaders of Saint-Domingue were the only Atlantic slave society which successfully defeated its oppressors. #Caribbean #Hero en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint…

Veronica Campbell-Brown, Legendary #Jamaican sprinter, born 44 years ago today on 15 May 1982, in Clark’s Town, Trelawny. Troy Primary, Vere Technical High, University of Arkansas alumna. 8 Olympic medals (3 Gold), 11 World Championships medals (3 Gold), 5 Commonwealth (1 Gold), 2 World Indoor Championships Golds. #Jamaica #Caribbean en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_…

so cool that younger audiences tuning into an online stream like this can just get a casual history lesson on british colonisation in india, indentured servitude in the caribbean, and the origin of mangoes. even cooler that watching this may spark deeper research and learning.

Maurice Foster, Legendary #Jamaica and #WestIndies cricketer and table tennis player, born 83 years ago today on 9 May 1943, in Retreat, St. Mary. Played 14 Tests for #Windies 1969-78, Captained Jamaica 1972-78, and was #Caribbean table tennis champion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_F…

Montego Bay, Jamaica, KFC is the highest grossing KFC in the entire world. Nobody believes us that the KFC is better than the famous jerk chicken and doesn’t taste like anything else you’ve ever had, until they try it. And I say that as someone who doesn’t eat fried chicken at all, unless it’s Jamaica KFC.

Merlene Ottey, Legendary #Jamaican sprinter, born 66 years ago today on 10 May 1960, in Cold Spring, Hanover. Won 9 Olympic, 14 World Championship, 7 World Indoor Championship medals. Seven Olympic appearances most ever by a track & field athlete. Her 1993 200m indoor world record 21.87s has stood for 33 years. Ruseas’s High, Vere Tech, U of Nebraska alumna. #Jamaica #Caribbean #MerleneOttey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlene_O…

Mitsy Seaga, born Marie Elizabeth Constantine 83 years ago today, on 9 May 1943. “As wife of the prime minister, eschewed the role of political activism, opting instead to lead and spearhead a renewal in the culture of volunteerism and social conscience”…“The softer side of the political face of Edward Seaga.” #Jamaica #Jamaican

Johanna Quaas is a 100-year-old gymnast from Germany, she started competing in gymnastics at the age of 10 in 1935. Certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest active competitive gymnast.

When Barack Obama entered the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 27, 2016 — becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city destroyed by the United States in August 1945 — the world focused on his speech. Cameras showed the wreath at the cenotaph. Headlines rightly emphasized the weight of the moment. But almost no one noticed a short, quiet Japanese man standing among the official delegation. His name was Shigeaki Mori. He was eight years old on the day of the atomic bombing. By 2016, he was the only person who knew the names of all twelve Americans who died in Hiroshima — U.S. prisoners of war whom America had never fully accounted for. Mori spent forty years finding them. Not for money. Not by order. Simply because he believed the dead should have names. He was born in Hiroshima on March 29, 1937. On the morning of August 6, 1945, he was crossing a small bridge about 2.5 kilometers from the epicenter. The blast threw him into the stream below. Decades later, he recalled: “I climbed out and saw a woman stumbling toward me. Her body was covered in blood, her organs hanging out. Holding them, she asked where the hospital was. I cried and ran away.” He was eight. And there were no hospitals left. Mori survived. He grew up in postwar Japan, worked ordinary jobs — in a brokerage, later at a piano factory — but dreamed of becoming a historian. He never got a formal degree. So he became one on weekends. In the 1970s, a professor showed him a document: a list of twelve American airmen shot down over Japan in 1945. They were crew members of two B-24 bombers — Lonesome Lady and Taloa — captured and held in Hiroshima, just 400 meters from where the bomb exploded. They died from their own country’s bomb. For decades, their story was barely acknowledged. Families were told only: “missing, presumed dead.” No details. No truth. Mori decided to find it. Without funding or institutional support, he spent decades reconstructing their fate — comparing archives, tracking records, even locating surviving crew members. One by one, he restored their identities. Then he wrote letters. In broken English, he contacted families across the U.S. — often seventy years too late — explaining what had happened to their sons, brothers, husbands. In 2008, he published his research, which eventually led the U.S. government to officially acknowledge the deaths of the twelve American POWs in Hiroshima. In 2016, a documentary introduced his story to a wider audience. During Obama’s visit, Mori was invited to attend. In his speech, Obama mentioned the victims — including “twelve Americans held in captivity.” For the first time, a sitting U.S. president publicly acknowledged them on Japanese soil. After the speech, Obama approached Mori — a small, elderly man who bowed politely. Then, unexpectedly, the president opened his arms. They embraced. The image went around the world. In 2018, at age 79, Mori visited the United States for the first time. He attended memorial events, spoke publicly, and finally met some of the families he had written to for decades. When asked why he devoted his life to Americans who died beside him, Mori answered: “My work was not about people from an enemy country. It was about human beings.” Shigeaki Mori died in Hiroshima on March 14, 2026. He was 88 years old.

Nashville was given the Nickname ‘Music City’ by England's Queen Victoria after receiving the Fisk University Jubilee Singers in her court in 1873. The group, made of mostly those formely enslaved, put Nashville on the musical map.

Jamaica will receive new direct flights from Canada after Porter Airlines announced expanded service to Montego Bay for the 2026 to 2027 winter season. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

Jamaica set a world record 39.99 seconds in the mixed 4x100m relay on Saturday’s opening day of the Debswana World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana. The team of Ackeem Blake, Tina Clayton, Kadrian Goldson and Tia Clayton dominated their heat and broke the previous record 40.07 seconds, set by Canada in the first heat, to lead all qualifiers for Sunday’s final. jamaicaobserver.com/2026/05/02/wor…

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Niagara Falls will be lit up in black, green, and gold on Saturday night as Jamaica and Canada mark 60 years of the farm work programme. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

You put it down, and in a hundred years’ time someone might read it, whereas if you just said it, it could be lost. That’s important to me - that it can last for a long time. Erna Brodber, Legendary #Jamaican writer, sociologist, social activist, born 86 years ago today, on 20 April 1940, in Woodside, Saint Mary. #Jamaica #Caribbean en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna_Brod…

We can take the serendipity out of social mobility. Dame Sharon White, born 59 years ago today on 21 Apr 1967, in London to #Jamaican parents. Chief Executive of British media regulator Ofcom 2015-19; Second Permanent Secretary HM Treasury 2013-15. First Black person to become a PS at the Treasury. Her grandfather operated a grocery shop in St. Elizabeth, #Jamaica; she became Chairman of John Lewis Partnership (2019-24) operator of high-end department store chain John Lewis, upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose. > 300 stores, >80,000 employees, £10 billion annual sales. 2025 joined Canadian Pension Fund CDOQ. Now Senior Manager, Head of Global Affairs. #Jamaica #Carribean en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Wh…