'Poshe' for Christmas
It's the holiday season and it's time for women to summon their diva persona as soon as the sun goes down.When gearing up for the party, selecting the perfect dress is never easy, but for the yuletide season, let's forget white, beige or anything plain. Command attention in bold...
Jamaica's Delta Sigma Theta
On April 24, 2004, 11 women were pledged in the first Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Jamaica. Carol Dexter, who was the catalyst for the chapter's formation in Jamaica and immediate past president, learnt of the sorority while attending Spelman College in Atlanta. "I was very interested...
Sue Cobb urges Jamaicans to reach for new heights
Former United States Ambassador to Jamaica Sue Cobb recently addressed the Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) gala dinner. She spoke on the topic 'Reaching Ne In An Era Of Change' in which she impressed upon the audience the importance of education to society, citing...
Do I have to dissolve a bigamous marriage?
An overseas reader recently raised a question regarding bigamy. She said that a Jamaican couple, H and W, got married and live in New York. At the time of the marriage, H was still married to someone else but went ahead with the marriage to W. H later dissolved the first marriage.
Mending hearts
She has a passion for children. After all, as a child, Carlene Nugent's parents saw to the need of every child and young person in their Victoria community in Clarendon, so caring became natural for her. The critical care nurse, turned hospital administrator at the Northshore...
Stop violence against women
The media also encourage sexual violence against women and girls through the flood of pornographic and commoditised representations of female sexuality which devalue women. This type of portrayal makes it easy to see them as objects that are easily...
It's not important
As I travelled to work on election day (the local government variety that is), I couldn't help but notice the contrast with its general counterpart. On September 3, the energy level was high, with persons knocking pans and waving their respective flags while waiting for the polling...
Stay active at Christmas
Parties, parties everywhere and not enough time to drop in all of them.More important, you might not have enough energy to make it through, unless you were able to arrange your vacation, it means you're still at work....
Hot off the press : The 2008 Pulse calendar
Dripping with style and defining edginess, the highly anticipated 2008 Pulse calendar will be ready for islandwide distribution this week.
Bring out the inner beauty
With three women, three make-up artists and one location, make-up magic was made. Magic wands were waved at the Beauty Spot at Lee's Fifth Avenue, last Thursday evening, when the cosmetic shop celebrated its evening of glitz, glamour and fashion....
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