WASHINGTON, DC - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean affairs and Haiti, at the Department of State, Ms. Barbara Feinstein, has hailed Jamaican American nurse and US Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee Dr Sandra Lindsay, as a nurse giving hope to the world in a time when it was most needed.

FLORIDA – John Bell, the first Executive Director of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), has been honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS), which he was instrumental in launching.

Winter Haven, FL – TIME© named Jennie Joseph, an internationally renowned midwife who practices in Central Florida, to its first-ever TIME© Women of the Year List, recognizing 12 extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal world.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The general manager of the Jamaica-based RJRGLEANER Group, Dr. Claire Grant, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU).

WASHINGTON DC - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks says Jamaican women are consistently redefining expectations around what heights women can achieve, having shattered the proverbial glass ceiling in both the public and private sectors.

She is undoubtedly a Black Caribbean history marker in 2022 as she becomes the first Haitian American Congresswoman from the state of Florida and only the second in the history of the United States to serve in the House of Representatives.  

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Premier David Burt has paid tribute to Jamaica-born Olga Scott, who championed a charity for at-risk young women, saying she was a “kind and compassionate woman” and “exemplified the very essence of public service”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Director of the Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Verene A. Shepherd, has been re-appointed chair of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

NEW YORK, New York – In recognition of Black History Month 2022 and its theme of Black health and wellness, Caribbean American legislators in New York are celebrating the “contributions, triumphs and tribulations” of Blacks who have shaped the United States and those who continue to do so.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Three CARICOM nationals, including the former West Indies cricket captain, Sir Vivian Richards, are being considered for the Order of the Caribbean Community, the highest award to be given by CARICOM governments.

A member of the St. Lucian Diaspora is the new CEO of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA). Lorine Charles-St. Jules, a seasoned sales and marketing executive, takes the reins from Beverly Nicholson-Doty, former U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism who served as SLTA’s CEO for more than two years.

Small business entrepreneurs have always had to work doubly hard to survive in an atmosphere that at times seemed stacked against them. Indeed, the past two years, defined by the global pandemic, have created havoc for many enterprises, big and small. But there are those who see opportunity in adversity. Some of these fearless business owners have been lauded and supported by established institutions for their spunk and success-driven products and services.