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A Jamaican woman has been appointed as the first female White House Chief Usher in the United States. First Lady Michelle Obama made the nnouncement today. Reid, whose formal title will be Director of the President’s Executive Residence and Chief Usher, will be the ninth person to serve in the role... click on "Yardie in de House" in the News section.

Ark Peace, the Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) Navy Hospital Ship, will visit Jamaica from October 29 to November 4. Jamaica will be the second stop of its 100-day voyage across the Pacific and around the Caribbean, with a mission called Mission Harmony 2011... click on "Ark Peace in the News section.

JAMAICA-BORN, UK-based millionaire entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is being brought to Jamaica by National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB), as guest presenter at the NCB's Nation Builder Awards ceremony on October 25. Describing himself as a "poor boy, done good", Emmanuel-Jones migrated with his parents from Clarendon to the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Today, he is considered a pioneering, no-nonsense food entrepreneur, who is on a mission to create The Black Farmer brand of products as Britain's number-one chilled-meat label... click on "W. E. Jones" in the News section.

President Ronald Reagan's speech on June 12, 1987 has entered the annals of great speeches by political leaders. Delivered to citizens of West Berlin, the speech is credited not only with tearing down the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 by the Soviet Union to prevent Germans from the Communist East Berlin from escaping to Democratic West Berlin, but with the fall of the Soviet Union from its pre-eminent position as a world superpower... click on "PM Holness in the News section.

There are many ways to measure the progress of one's life. Some measure by accomplishments, some by the amount of money and some by events. I measure mine by milestones. I use small milestones so that I can feel good about completing a task. When building my house, I felt good when I completed the water tank renovation ... click on "Panama Jack" in the Articles section.

As I stood in the chapel listening to the various fine tributes on that November evening several years ago, I debated going up to add an impromptu but heartfelt eulogy, but deferred. Being a better author than orator, who given a chance for reflection, I might give you a more lasting account of someone who is a source of such fond and vivid recollections... click on "Ah Yee" in the Articles section.

Jamaican Gilbert ‘Gillie’ Heron, who died in November 2009 aged 86 in Detroit, was the first black person to play professional football in the United States and in Scotland, too. Signed by Celtic F.C. in 1951, Heron, a striker, scored a goal on his debut... click on "Gil Heron" in the Articles section.

I am sure we all have albums chock-full of photos from JA in the good old days that we have lying around and taken for granted-well those photos are a treasure trove for me and anyone of similar nostalgic vein. Well I am begging you for these. I know there may be some that are too painful, intimate or personal but anything else please share with us... click on "Picture Appeal" in the Articles section.

Read assorted info, this and that... click on "Dis ’n Dat".

Try some Escovitch Lobster ... go to the Recipes page.

November 2011