“When I was about four or five,” Rebecca Foster remembers, “my grandmother gave me this massive canvas and some oil paints, and let me loose. That was my first piece.” She adds with a rueful grin, “I had no idea what I was painting.” That masterpiec
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Aarti Gosine’s second children’s book was recently launched at Nigel R Khan Booksellers La Romaine office on March 17. Her book More Adventures in the Magic Cave is the second instalment of the Magic Cave triology, which has garnere
By: Lisa Jessamy
When Dianne John changed her career path a decade ago, she did not know that the world of beauty would actually become a reality. The former banker left her demanding job (which she loved) to follow her childhood dreams to become a p
by Robert Sullivan - Vogue Magazine | photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Model Joan Smalls trails the World's fastest sprinter, Usain Bolt, as a documentary crew tracks his every stride.
To hear him tell it, Usain Bolt wins the race at the beginnin
Courtesy of UniverSoul Circu - By:Andrea Hsu
The Shaolin Warriors, from Shaolin Monastery in central China, put on a demonstration of traditional kung fu fighting techniques, with some crowd-pleasing stunts thrown in. They had never performed with a
Photo Caption: Entertainer High A Ziya (l) Maia Chung Managing Director of The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation (c) and Chino McGregor Jamaican Reggae Music Star... at the Wyndham Kingston Jamaica where the inaugural Autism and Disabilit
“I love being a mother,” says Carla Furlonge-Walker, Marketing Director at Carib Brewery. “It’s been challenging and rewarding.” She strives for greatness every day, both as a mother and as an executive, knowing that it
takes constant vigilance not
- BBC Havana
There are huge ants crawling all over the front of a theatre in the Cuban capital, a naked man tethered to the sea wall, and two women crocheting non-stop in the sweltering sunshine.
It is all part of the Havana Bienal
Members of Parliament were treated to Jamaican singer Gyptian’s “Hold Ya” during the morning session of the first day of Debates on the Estimates when someone’s cell phone rang. The ring tone interrupted Arsene James’ address to the House and caught
Wespe-Pou-Ayiti will perform May 13.
For the average person, the name Haiti conjures scenes of poverty, civil unrest, voodoo and in more recent times, devastation caused by the catastrophic earthquake of January 12, 2010. But the followers of history
Lise Bouffard straining goat milk during the process of making cheese. - File
GAINING ADDED benefits from the value chain connected to goat farming is easy.
A primary product that fal
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered world records in the 100 and 200 meter races at the 2008 Beijing Ol
Carlton Cowell of One Stop Computer in Jamaica hands over an AOC Breeze Tablet/handheld compter to Sicourney Jackson the 14 year old winner of the Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors Competition 2012 - at the Inaugural Autism and Disabilities Banquet
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BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at Large, Jamaica Gleaner Western Bureau Thursday, May 03, 2012
LUCEA, Hanover Jamaica —
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has allocated $7 million to undertake much-needed repairs on the Rural Agricultural
The much anticipated celebrations for Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence will be dramatically downsized, according to Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna. The Minister confirmed that the budget has been drastically reduced from
Monday, April 30, 2012 - Updated: 2:24 AM
BY NADINE WILSON Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, April 30, 2012
EXACTLY four years after it was launched to help children diagnosed with autism, the Maia Chung Autism and Disabiliti
Do you eat enough fruit throughout the day? If you are like most of us, then you are most likely falling short. Doctors recommend that an average adult consume at least two cups of fruit per day with no more than one cup of that coming from juice.
A man runs along Havana's waterfront. Cubans increasingly are divided over the path their nation is taking. A 19-year-old summed up his future: “The only option is to leave the country. But we aren’t allowed to do that.” Responded a woman, 76: “Peopl
“I believe that Autistics should still be treated with the same level of respect. They have the same rights that any normal person has and even though they have a disability, it doesn’t mean they are not capable of anything. They deserve to be trea
Pope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader and fellow octogenarian Fidel Castro in Havana. The photo was provided by the Vatican's newspaper. (L'Osservatore Romano / European Pressphoto Agency / March 28, 2012)
HAVANA — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesda
