Lilian Straker can boast of being one of the island’s oldest cancer survivors. At 90, she gave her family quite a scare when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. This feisty lady had surgery in 2009, and doctors decided not to give her chemotherapy because...
Warrant Officer II Elder Bishop was a decorated soldier whose commanding presence, dedication and loyalty to duty and country endeared him to junior and senior officers. For his recent birthday celebrations in the Warrant Officers’ Mess, at St. Ann’s Fort, The...
Ivy Ianthe Moore, was born in Crab Hill, St. Lucy. Educated at St. Swithins’ Girls’ School, she first worked as an Agricultural Labourer at Crab Hill, Plantation and later as a Public Bath Attendant with the Ministry of Health. Ivy married Ivan Moore now...
Clarissa “Mother” Brathwaite said that she felt “real good” on reaching her 100th birthday. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason and Rector of St. Patrick’s Anglican Church, Angela Phillips were the special guests of honour, as they joined family members in...
Mildred Eunice Cumberbatch was born in Weston St. James. On the death of her parents at an early age, she moved to Mount Brevitor, St. Peter where she was raised by her aunts Helena and Elvira Toppin. Mildred began her early school life at St. Albans...
