Feb 26, 2017
The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 - 1977) Sir Alexander Bustamante was born on February 24, 1884 , the son of Robert Constantine Clarke, an Irish planter and Mary Clarke (nee Wilson) a Jamaican of mixed blood. He was named William Alexander Clarke,...
Apr 5, 2017
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 - 1977) Name: Gladys Maud Bustamante or Lady Bustamante Born: March 8, 1912 Industry: Social Reformer, Trade Unionist, Women’s Activist Died: July 25, 2009 Born Gladys Maud Longbridge to parents Frank Longbridge and ...
Jul 29, 2021
Jamaica Independence, 1962 After more than 300 hundred years of British colonial rule, Jamaica gained independence on August 6, 1962. The road to independence was long and hard but with prominent and instrumental figures such as Sir Alexander Bustamante and Norman...
Mar 3, 2020
Place Names in Jamaica Sometimes names are not what they seem EUROPEAN ORIGIN JAMAICAN ORIGIN Welsh Origins Bangor Ridge, Monmouth and Chepstowe in Portland, Llandilo in Westmoreland, Pencarne in St. Mary, Newport in...
May 2, 2017
Millicent Small (1946 - 2020) Millicent Dolly May Small, popularly known as Millie Small was the first Jamaican singer to expose Jamaican popular music on the international scene with a song which became the first million-selling Jamaican song. Her rendition of “My...
