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H E A D L I N E S Last updated: Tuesday,
June 5, 2007, 12:00am EST
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Eduaction Minister Granted Honorary Membership in American Association of University Women |
| Tuesday,
June 5, 2007 |
Education and Youth Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson became the first Caribbean national to be granted honorary membership in the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Philadelphia branch. Minister Henry-Wilson was inducted in the association by its president, Dr. Claudette Dia-Taylor at the association’s annual panel discussion held at the University of Sciences in Philadelphia.
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Sean Paul get International Leadership Award |
| Tuesday,
June 5, 2007 |
Sean Paul, International Reggae Artiste receives one of his six awards from former New York Council Woman Euna Clarke at the 26th Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller became the first recipient of the International Leadership Award which was presented at the 26th Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) which was held at the historic world famous Apollo Theater, in the heart of Harlem, New York on Saturday 5th May, 2007..
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Ambassador Shirley congratulates Jamaican Graduate |
| Tuesday,
June 5, 2007 |
Jamaica's envoy to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley (right) congratulates Jamaican, Monique Johnson Miss Johnson who graduated from Howard University on Saturday May 12, 2007 with a Bachelor of Business Administration -Finance and was among the over two thousand students who received their degrees.
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Lester Holt: To Jamaica with Mom |
| Tuesday,
June 5, 2007 |
Why is it that sometimes the farther you are from the past the more you are drawn toward it? As a child I never talked much to my maternal grandparents about their lives growing up, where they came from, or how they came to immigrate to America. I knew of course they were both born in Jamaica, and were married and had my mom after they had moved to New York. My grandfather passed away when I was
just 8. My grandmother lived well into her 90's
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