Michael Manley, Jamaica’s Prime Minister, ... Born in 1924 to Edna Swithenbank, a sculptor, and Norman Manley, a Jamaican National Hero and founder of the People’s National Party ...

While I understand Jamaicans’ love for a good, emotional legacy from our National heroes, Bob Marley is just as good a representative of our people as our heroes, Sam Sharpe, Nanny, George William ...

The seven National Heroes are Nanny of the Maroons, Sam Sharp, Paul Bogle, George Williams Gordon, Marcus Garvey, Norman Washington Manley, and Alexander Bustamante. 1728 – c. 1739 – First Maroon War ...

National Heroes’ Day of Jamaica 2023:Every third Monday of October is observed as National Heroes’ Day of Jamaica, a public holiday honoring several of the country’s foremost figures.The date of ...

They are the forgotten heroes of the First World War.Men from the Caribbean who volunteered to fight for the King but were treated appallingly, simply because of the colour of their skin.

The nation honors today, Sept. 15, 2023, its still-missing heroes and those who languished in enemy captivity. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established under President Jimmy Carter in 1979 ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The poor turnout at a ceremony to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of National Hero Norman Manley at his birthplace in Roxborough, Manchester on Tuesday has left ...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), founded in 1955, is Jamaica’s national tourism agency based in the capital city of Kingston. JTB offices are also located in Montego Bay, Miami, Toronto and London.

An in-depth, on-the-ground look at Rwanda as it prepares to host the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. With the eyes of the international community, Rwandans, and a new generation of ...

Jamaica has given the status of national hero to seven recipients, Marcus Garvey, Norman Manley, Paul Bogle, George William Gordon, Nanny of the Maroons, Sam Sharpe and Sir Alexander Bustamante.