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Hon Andrew Holness Profile

November 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Hon Andrew_Holness

Profile HONORABLE ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS, MP PRIME MINISTER From Head Boy of His High School to Leader of His Country Andrew Michael Holness, Minister of Education from September 2007 to October 2011, was the Minister with responsibility for Electoral Matters and the Leader of Government Business in the House of Parliament since 2008. Mr. Holness was first elected to represent the constituency of West Central St. Andrew in 1997 at the age of 25. He is currently in his third consecutive term as Member of Parliament of this constituency. The Early Years Prior to entering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biography, Jamaican, Men

Miss Lou

May 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Louise Bennet

Louise Bennett Biography Louise Bennett was born on September 7, 1919. She was a Jamaican poet and activist. From Kingston, Jamaica Louise Bennett remains a household name in Jamaica, a "Living Legend" and a cultural icon. She received her education from Ebenezer and Calabar Elementary Schools, St. Simon’s College, Excelsior College, Friends College (Highgate). Although she lived in Toronto, Canada for the last decade she still receives the homage of the expatriate West Indian community in the north as well as a large Canadian following. She was described as Jamaica's leading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biography, Women

Raymond Chang: The covert philanthropist

January 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Raymond Chang

Raymond Chang is the most generous person you could meet. He might also be the stingiest — at least when it comes to himself. “He buys all his clothes from Winners. I keep telling him to go pick out a nice suit,” says his wife, Donette Chin-Loy. Over the past two years, Chin-Loy has been nagging Chang to pave their driveway. But he donated the money to charity instead. He relented last month when he realized his mother-in-law had trouble navigating the “potholes,” as Chin-Loy calls them, that led to his doorstep. “My business partner said I throw pennies around like they … [Read more...]

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Peter Blair Henry

December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Peter Blair

‘Business is one of the most powerful institutions on earth’ One thing Peter Blair Henry, Stern School of Business’s new dean, admits he’ll have trouble in adapting to in his move from California to Manhattan, is the weather. But then, as the Jamaican-born academic puts it: “Everywhere outside of the 18th parallel is cold to me.” Yet if Prof Henry’s roots as an “immigrant kid from Jamaica” cause him to feel the cold, they have also shaped his outlook – one that is resolutely international. “Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biography, Business Talk, Men