WASHINGTON, USA — Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador Sir Ronald Sanders has warned that climate change and an inequitable financial system are trapping small Caribbean states in “permanent recovery,” urging the world to “price risk honestly and finance resilience fairly.” Speaking at a consultation of more than 200 persons, convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights […]
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At Sibos 2025, Frankfurt, Germany By Governor Christopher J. Waller The theme for Sibos this year, “the next frontiers of global finance” is a fitting one. We are indeed witnessing a new frontier of innovation in payments and the broader financial system. New technologies like distributed ledgers, tokenised assets, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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The event aims to help establish international statistical frameworks for digital platform employment (DPE) to help devise inclusive policies. SINGAPORE, (ILO News) – More than 150 policymakers, statisticians, social partners, platform operators, and researchers from over 20 countries around the world are gathering for the Global Dialogue on Digital Platform Work on 29 September in Singapore, hosted […]
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By the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group SINGAPORE – Ethical business practices give small and medium enterprises (SMEs) an economic edge, according to new APEC research released at the Business Ethics for SMEs Forum in Seoul, Republic of Korea earlier this month. The findings were presented along with updates to APEC’s cross-border ethical […]
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Seizing a million Counterfeit Pills and 77,000 Kilograms of their drugs in five days WASHINGTON, USA – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most violent and prolific drug trafficking organisations in the world. Designated as a Foreign […]
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WASHINGTON, USA – As trusted partners, the United States Department of the Treasury on the one side and the Swiss Federal Department of Finance and the Swiss National Bank on the other side shared the understanding to continue their close consultations on macroeconomic and foreign exchange matters in their standing macroeconomic and financial dialogue. The […]
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LONDON, England – The African Caribbean Sustainability & Investment Summit (ACSIS) launched the historic World Reparations Conference (WRC) at the UK House of Lords under the theme “Truth, Dignity, and Repair – For Generations to Come.” The event brought together parliamentarians, international advocates, scholars, and descendants of enslavers to confront one of the most urgent […]
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Together we will consolidate our strengths for mobilizing private sector resources and unleashing investments at scale for Africa’s development – Dr Sidi Ould Tah NEW YORK, USA – The African Development Bank Group and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies and chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), […]
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WASHINGTON, USA — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$6.5 million loan to help Jamaica strengthen its cybersecurity capabilities, benefiting more than 2.8 million people by improving the resilience of public institutions and critical infrastructure against cyber threats. The operation, which includes US$3.5 million in counterpart funding, for a total of US$10 million, will […]
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In the first in a two-part assessment of the global economic outlooks ahead of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in Washington on 13 October 2025, Dr Thomas Munthali, head of economic policy and small states at the Commonwealth Secretariat, sets out the challenge facing member countries. Dr Thomas Munthali The global economy has barely recovered […]
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Sharon Gordon’s book Sheribaby, which is inspired by her youth in East Kingston, is up for a Grammy Award consideration in the Best Audiobook, Storytelling and Recording category.
The provisional lists for the 2026 Grammys were announced on October 3 by the Recording Academy. That organisation will announce the official nominees on November 7, while the 68th Grammy Award takes place on February 1 in Los Angeles.
Sheribaby is the New York-based Gordon’s first book. Written in patois, it reflects on the title character’s life from 1969 to 1975 in Rollington Town, then a middle-class community in Kingston.
In an interview with the Observer Online, she spoke about being considered for the Grammy.
“It says so much about the appeal of the book and how people are relating to the story and on so many levels. The reviews reflect that Sheribaby resonates on a universal level. Check the more than 40 reviews posted on Amazon since being released seven months ago in March,” she said. “Many Jamaicans in the Diaspora have said the story of Sheribaby is like a time capsule taking them back in time and many share how they identify personally with themes in the book.”
Gordon wrote Sheribaby in the Jamaican dialect as homage to Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley, the legendary folklorist/actress who championed the use of patois during the years when Jamaica was under British rule.
There was some opposition to Gordon going the patois route with Sheribaby.
“People chided me not to write in patois. That it would be frowned upon, that I am a better writer than that… still don’t know what that means. But it was my desire to pay homage to my mentor Miss Lou, whose life’s work was to put respect on our Jamaican dialect, folklore and African heritage,” she disclosed. “She made me proud to speak patois passionately, as a child even though I was forbidden by my parents and schoolteachers to speak that way. Truth be told, writing in Jamaican dialect was the only way to tell this story and be authentic and that is what makes Sheribaby the modern-day classic it has become.”
Gordon, who has lived in the United States for over 45 years, had signings for Sheribaby in New York, Florida, New Jersey, Toronto, Canada and Maryland.
