Immigrant Tales

By: Monica Victor Cancer! A six letter word wreaking havoc on the human race. St.Lucian Research Scientist  Dr. Whitney Henry PH.D is on a mission to stop it in its tracks. We all know someone who is affected by or whose life has been cut short by the pervasive and nondiscriminatory disease -- CANCER. Perhaps we ourselves are in the fight of...

By: Andrea Jackson-Gannon It’s that time of year and once again I am consumed with nostalgia. In fact from January to December to February to August it’s a roller coaster of emotions as we go from Independence to Easter to Jazz Fest to Calypso and Soca to Carnival to my all time favorite – the feast of La...

By: Monica Victor Tale of a West Indian Sugarcane Worker in the '60s On February 28th, 2014, Morrison James flew from Vieux-Fort to Miami. It was his first flight to Florida in 49 years. "How was your flight Dada?" we asked. He recounted a moment on the plane. "The flight attendant asked if I wanted a snack,” he recalls. “’No, thank you,’ I...

By: Monica Victor Mala Bryan's dream as a child was to become a flight attendant. She never did. But, although she does not taxi down runways in her day to day job, she struts down runways all over the world as a full-time fashion model — taking this little girl from La Point, Mon Repos and the Mang in Vieux-Fort...

Fellow Manmay LaKay Pens Letter to POTUS  By: Alene Mathurin Dear Mr. President Obama, Thirteen years ago, I left the shores of a beautiful southern Caribbean island and landed in New York on a cool fall night. My tangible material possessions were very little; a suitcase; at its very sight, cried out its age, however deep in my...