Bags are a major accessory, and we’re not talking about the canvas or plastic grocery totes that have become everyday items. On the international fashion scene, bags were big on fall and winter runways – and quite necessary, as both women and men need bags to store their belongings, from wallets and purses, phones, make-up, …
Melissa Moses Design exploring styles and textures with début bag line Read More »
Miss Universe Jamaica Daena Soares is a woman of many intellectual pursuits. She recently earned her bachelor’s degree in basic medical sciences and completed a certification in aesthetics. “I love to have options; hence, I started my degree with the thought in mind that if I wanted to pursue medicine, I could go ahead. I …
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Now, here’s a trending style making waves on and off the shoreline: hats. Enormously gorgeous, big and beautiful, cut out for a fantastic strut, or petite and just as sweet. There’s no denying straw hat’s popular and pragmatic nature, given our weather forecast for our island home – summer all-year long. Flair enlisted the fashion …
Some may remember Cecile McCormack as a talented table tennis player who represented Jamaica in her youth. Now the revenue assurance manager for the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is somewhat of a ‘hidden figure’ when it comes to Jamaica’s landscape of pioneers and achievements. Her accomplishment pertains to her contribution in the area of utilities, …
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Deandra Matherson always dreamt of becoming a news anchor. But life led her down a path of beauty, event planning and entrepreneurship instead. However, with great frequency, she was asked to speak at events, and when she obliged, she was often complimented for her engaging presentation. It wasn’t long before her childhood goal translated to …
Wedding bells are ringing for Floyd Green and partner, Dr Kerida Brice. The duo, known to cut quite the figure at swearing-ins, made the announcement via Instagram a short while ago. “Yes,” captioned the member of parliament for St Elizabeth South Western in a post to Instagram, which shows a hidden Brice in green with …
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Four words that every woman fears hearing after a medical check-up: you have breast cancer. But many fight through one storm after another to finally be free from the restraints of the binding and life-threatening illness. Ruth Powell is one such survivor, and, with the assistance of Jamaica Cancer Society, she was treated to a …
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Daena Soares said despite her calm and cool demeanour, she couldn’t help but feel “overwhelmed” after being named Miss Universe Jamaica 2021. “I’ve been watching pageants for so long, and you know you always imagine how would I be if I was up there and I was crowned. I really didn’t expect to cry, I …
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“Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it’s a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.” – John Grisham, The Confession When I was at university, I remember that I wrote an essay or something about the death penalty in one …
As cybercrimes go, accidentally saving a virus to your high school’s computer isn’t particularly heinous, but, for Rory Ebanks, now director of cybersecurity at Symptai Consulting Limited, it sparked an interest that developed into a fulfilling career. Hailing from Junction in the bread-basket parish of St Elizabeth, Ebanks recounts his story and his growth from …
