To this day, I still have very klutz-like tendencies, but they have smoothed out somewhat since I was a child. There were many instances in which my klutz label was quite deserved, but one I seem to remember more than others was when I was trying to help my mother with the cleaning one day. …
A career in technology wasn’t Stacey Halsall-Peart’s first choice. The chief operating officer of Advanced Integrated Sytems said she initially wished to become a pilot. However, that dream was no more after she was told on career day that she would be too short. “Looking back, I don’t think the disappointment after being discouraged was …
Michelle Gordon is a mother of two, event curator and parenting lifestyle consultant. Of the many hats she juggles daily, Gordon has near-perfect parenting strategies, a cause she wholeheartedly supports and often shares advice about. About four years after opening her trendy boutique for children, Gordon accepted the fact that she was more passionate about …
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Sometimes the hardest road you will ever have to travel is the one you have to trod on your own. It proved to be the most rewarding path for mathematics teacher Mikiela Gonzales-Campbell, who, in trusting God’s timing, graduated from sharing her knowledge in the classroom to starting her own tutoring business. The CEO of …
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“Women in the financial services sector have come a far way, and [the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services] stands in solidarity with all our women in finance making moves, shattering the proverbial glass ceiling and paving the way for the future generation of female leaders in the industry”, said Darlene Jones, executive director of the …
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You can’t utter the phrase ‘passion for fashion’ and not think of Kelly Abrahams. Abrahams had an early interest in the arts, she would go on to put her soul in sewing, hemming her blessing as the owner and principal for Ka-Juh Dressmaking and Fashion Designing Institute. This style pioneer recalled sewing her first dress …
Their aim was to build a trusted, curated, cross-category brand that customers could rely on, reducing the decision paralysis that many ‘pet parents’ experience, particularly during online shopping. Today, Jamaican Minali Chandiram and co-founders Veronica Becchetti and Bill Wells of Wild One have taken the United States market by storm with their lifestyle products that …
Not for the first time, I’m wondering about what exactly is going through the minds of some of my fellow Jamaicans. Last Monday, the cops picked up Stephen Witter, the very angry gentleman who had told a different group of policemen that they had no authority to tell him to move from Hellshire Beach. For …
Three of the most common legal documents that need to be signed in the presence of witnesses are wills, powers of attorney and affidavits. For a will to be validly executed in Jamaica, it must be signed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses, each of whom must then sign in the presence …
Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that she had suicidal thoughts after marrying Prince Harry, and the palace prevented her from getting help. In an interview, which aired Sunday night, the Duchess of Sussex told Winfrey that she “just didn’t see a solution” to the mental suffering she had experienced since joining the royal family and that …
