Mahogany CoConut Blog

One Caribbean Nation. Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman Chief of Defense, The Jamaica Defense Force.The only Female army boss in the world. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson First Black woman to sit on the  US, Supreme Court The Mahogany Coconut Group is pleased to highlight, celebrate and congratulate, two extraordinary Black women from the great Caribbean and Afro American Nations. As the Mighty Stalin reminds us: we took the same trip on the same ship. MCG, with great pride hails the achievements of : Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman of Jamaica, on becoming the only woman leading an army in the world and Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court. Our women have always been in the vanguard, of the struggle for equality, justice and all forms of Black enfranchisement. They have always been the leaders who allowed our men to lead ,and the protectors, who encouraged and taught our men to be guardians. In highlighting these two bri...

One Caribbean Nation. Barbados School Children CCB concerned Bajans not speaking up about child abuse The country’s child protection agency is concerned about the under-reporting of child abuse and the high number of physical and sexual abuse cases involving minors. The Child Care Board (CCB) is hoping to break the silence on the scourge as the island observes its first ever Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in April, under the theme Speak up, Speak Out, Report Child Abuse. According to Director of the CCB Roseann Richards, reported cases of child abuse last year stood at 489, including 114 for physical abuse and 115 for sexual abuse – a slight increase over 2020 when there were 476 cases of reported child abuse, of which 111 were physical abuse and 106 were sexual abuse. In 2019, there were 529 cases reported. Richards said the April 1-30 month of activities is designed to draw attention to the issues and encourage individuals and organisations to play their part to make Ba...