Applicants swamp vaccine site

Wakanda News Details

Applicants swamp vaccine site

The online portal to schedule appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine was bombarded with 128,000 hits on the first day, while more than 4,000 calls were fielded as Jamaicans sought to register for the jab. The portal was opened to the public at 10 a....

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

You may also like

Ghana became an independent state

March 6th, 1957, the Gold Coast gained its independence from Great

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

6

1957

Born: 8/17/1887 Saint Anns Bay, JamaicaDied: 6/10/1940 London, United KingdomMarcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

White, Joseph Silvestre (1835–1918)

Composer and violinist Jose Silvestre White was born in Matansas, Cuba in 1835 to Don Carlos White and an Afro-Cuban mother. His father gave White his first instruction in violin, and he later studied with Jose Miguel Roman and Pedro Lecerff. In 1854, at eighteen, he gave his first concert

fave

Source: Black Past

James Theodore Holly

James Theodore Holly, a Black American who emigrated to Haiti in 1861, elected bishop of Haiti. He was consecrated in a ceremony at New Yorks Grace Church on November 8.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

3

1874

Brown, Corrine (1946- )

Corrine Brown, now in her eighth term in office, is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She represents Florida’s Third Congressional District which includes Jacksonville and the surrounding area. Brown was born on November 11, 1946 in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up

fave

Source: Black Past

Nov

11

1946

Towns, Edolphus (1934- )

Currently in his 13th term in Congress, Edolphus Towns is a Democratic Representative from the State of New York. Towns was born in Chadbourn, North Carolina on July 21, 1934, and attended the public schools of Chadbourn before graduating with a B.S. degree from North Carolina Agricultural and

fave

Source: Black Past

Jul

21

1934

The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Mae Jemison is an American Physician and a former NASA Astronaut. Jemison is the first African American woman to travel in

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Oct

17

1956

Cook, Will Mercer (1903-1987)

Will Mercer Cook served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of Niger from 1961 to 1964. Cook directed U.S. economic, social, and cultural programs in Niger, which included the Peace Corps. During the mid-1960s he also became the special envoy to Gambia and

fave

Source: Black Past

Oct

4

1987

Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, Cuban poet, born

Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Placido), poet, is born in Havana Cuba

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

19

1809

Current government officials

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Civil Rights Timeline

The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation. The decision overturns the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that sanctioned

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago lie in the Caribbean Sea off the northeast coast of Venezuela. Trinidad, the larger at 1,864 sq mi (4,828 sq km), is mainly flat and rolling, with mountains in the north that reach a height of 3,085 ft (940 m) at Mount Aripo. Tobago, at just 116 sq mi (300 sq km), is heavily

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Adams, R. Miller

R. Miller Adams focuses his efforts on the private equity component of Triad Capital Partners. Miller started his career practicing law in a downtown Seattle firm focusing on business, sports, and entertainment law and early stage technology companies. He then spent a decade as a senior executive

fave

Source: Black Past

Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti (1749 - )

Port-au-Prince is the capital, largest city, commercial center, and chief port of the Republic of Haiti. Some 90% of Haiti’s investments and jobs are found in Port-au-Prince. Estimated to be about 1.2 million inhabitants (and nearly three million inhabitants in the metropolitan area), the city

fave

Source: Black Past

Georgia Infirmary (1832 - )

The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was established by the Georgia General Assembly and funded by a $10,000 grant from the estate

fave

Source: Black Past

Dec

24

1832

Johnson, Jack (1878-1946)

Jack Johnson, the first African American and first Texan to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world, was born the second of six children to Henry and Tiny Johnson in Galveston on March 31, 1878. His parents were former slaves. To help support his family, Jack Johnson left school in

fave

Source: Black Past

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South Ameri

Representatives from 27 African nations, the Caribbean nations, four South American countries, Australia, and the U.S. meet in Atlanta for the first Congress of African People.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

3

1970

British sign treaty with Jamaican Maroons

The British are forced to sign a peace treaty with Maroons, escaped slave societies, in Jamaica.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

1

1739

African Heritage

All Caribbean stories are known as Ananse stories even if Ananse does not appear in them. Ananse is the god of joke and trickery from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. He was the unseen passenger on the slave ships and played a very important function in keeping the dispossed Africans connected to the

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1999

John Stephens Durham

John Stephens Durham, assistant editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, named minister to Haiti.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

3

1891

Bolden Jr., Charles F. (1946-)

Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a National Aeronautics and Space

fave

Source: Black Past

Jul

17

2009

A neighbor of Senegal and Guinea in West Africa, on the Atlantic coast, Guinea-Bissau is about half the size of South Carolina. The country is a low-lying coastal region of swamps, rain forests, and mangrove-covered wetlands, with about 25 islands off the coast. The Bijagos archipelago extends 30

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Jun

23

2014

Pearl Primus: Dancer is born

Blending African and Caribbean sources with American traditions of blues, jazz, and jitterbug, Pearl Primus created new and vibrant forms of dance.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

29

1919

Great Britain enters the Atlantic slave trade after Sir John Hawkins carries enslaved Africans from Portugese Africa to Latin America and sells them to Spanish planters.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1562

Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte dIvoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

August 1 marks the anniversary of the proclamation of emancipation in 1838. On this date slavery was officially abolished as a result of the unyielding resistance of the enslaved Africans and the Parliamentary and religious support which they received from British liberals. The day is recognised by

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

1

1999

Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

fave

Source: Black Past

Sir Alexander Bustamante

1967: Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaicas first prime minister dies.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

6

1967

In Nov. 1980, João Bernardo Vieira headed a military coup that deposed Luis Cabral, president since 1974. In his 19 years of rule, Vieira was criticized for crony capitalism and corruption and for failing to alleviate the poverty of Guinea-Bissau, one of the worlds poorest countries. Vieira also

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

More from Jamaica Gleaner

Grace but no mercy: Storm drenches eastern Jamaica

BPO COVID bomb: 100 cases at HGS; manager dies

Kitson Town residents raise stink over sewage woes

Portand man on $3m fraud charge granted bail

Man denied bail for ammo possession

Man denied bail in death of bartender

Chang calls on councillors to get vaxxed

Trelawny Gun Club donates tablets to Daniel Town Primary

‘Our boys can’

Mystery at Hellshire as marine creatures flee water

JBA to offer legal-aid assistance to victims of domestic violence

Parents, students jubilant about vax blitz

This virus is no joke

Meet the Kalinagos: Dominica offers Maroons, Ja Gov’t model of mutual respect

Seven treated for smoke inhalation following massive Jamalco fire

Woman set ablaze succumbs to injuries

Mobile army key to winning COVID war – Williams

Veerendra Biragie lauded as Jamaica’s top boy in PEP

Labs’ variant testing capacity shows promise

Quartet ends World Champs with record run

Jamalco operations face slow recovery after two hurt in blaze

Family shaken by sudden COVID casualty

Vax caution for under-12s

Laundromat to be established at Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland

Application process for exporters goes online

Changes to court operations on no-movement days

879 new COVID-19 cases, 14 additional deaths

Shipment of J&J vaccine to arrive in Jamaica tonight

Professor Gerald Lalor has died

NEPA warns against illegal bird hunting during no-movement periods

KPH morgue, Bustamante hospital not full

Pregnant COVID-positive American dies in Montego Bay

Two held in murder of 81-year-old St Ann man

Curfew imposed in Frazer's Content

Senior Parish Judge dies from COVID complications

Immigration Corner | Do I have to refile for my husband?

Immigration Corner | How reliable is the Check and Send service?

Immigration Corner | What other options do I have to get residency?

JAMPRO appoints honorary investment adviser for Florida

| News | Jamaica Gleaner

Growth & Jobs | Jamaicans getting ‘animated’

Growth & Jobs | Graduates must develop 'soft skills' for successful employment

NEPA probing Hellshire marine kill

Residents flee deadly Maxfield violence

Sha’Carri offered free J’can vacation to slow down

Science sage Lalor praised as ‘deep thinker’

Dying businessman had vaccine change of heart

Virus deaths stalk western Jamaica

Call for some kids to get vaxxed without parental consent

Tourist dies of COVID

Literature Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)