SHE dropped out of university after her first year. She had days when she had nothing to eat. She even toyed with the idea of not waking up. However, today, 28-year-old Tashana Rowe is determined to make her mother proud as she steadily climbs the c
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Rohan Marley (Photo: Corbis Images)
Rohan Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, is based in New York and traverses the globe, jetting to Ethiopia and Brazil sourcing exotic beans for his company, Marley Coffee; but Jamaica is the place he calls h
Ronald Guy James inspects the finished outfit he made from West African cloth for T&T reporter, Joshua Surtees, to wear on Emancipation Day. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR
This is the story of a piece of fabric and its long journey from a bustling market in
A section of the North South Highway. (OBSERVER FILE PHOTO)
BY BALFORD HENRY
TOMORROW is D-Day for the official opening of the Linstead-Moneague or second leg (Mount Rosser Bypass) of the delay-plagued North South Highway.
The formalities will take p
(From left) Jason Livermore, Rasheed Dwyer and Warren Weir round the bend in the final of the men’s 200m inside Hampden Park at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON)
By Sean Williams - Jamaica Observer
However you arrive on our island you can always find your way to Kingston which is considered the Heartbeat of the country. Wherever you are from or whatever your budget is, there is something for you to do in our capital city. Here are the Top 5 ele
SURGIDERO DE BATABANO, Cuba. (AP) — Many people in this hamlet on the southern coast of Cuba remember when the shore lay about 100 meters (yards) farther out. That was four decades ago.
Since then, rising waters have gradually swallowed up rustic
A bird’s-eye view of Sandals Royal Caribbean Spa Resort and Offshore Island.
Sandals Resorts International is pumping US$5.5 million into five of the Caribbean's first over-the-water suites and the renovation of 14 suites at Sandals Royal Caribbean i
Water Minister, Robert Pickersgill has warned the country to brace for worsening drought conditions as the dry spell continues.
In an address to the nation late Sunday, Pickersgill said the inflows into several large reservoirs were well below norm
One of Rampersad’s paintings.
The Art Society of T&T is to host a six-day exhibition of the work of 24-year-old Trinidadian contemporary artist Richard Rampersad.
According to the artist, Subjectivity, Ambivalence & the Contemporary Imagination, w
Hungry days and tough lessons sculpted the boy from the Beetham into the gracious, compassionate man of today.
It was the new age author Ralph Blum who said nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new b
Pam Hall
SINGER Pam Hall continues her comeback with Dance Away, her latest song.
Recorded on the Virquarian label, the single is a joint production between Hall, Sly Dunbar and Errol Wilson.
Known for lovers' rock hits like Perfidia and Dear Boopsie
Dahlia performs at her video launch in Mandeville last week.
IT was a big deal for singer Dahlia Thames (known professionally as Dahlia) last week when the video for her latest song, Mad Ova Mi, was released at the Vineyard in Mandeville.
The song, w
Jamaica has a new Director of Tourism, industry veteran Paul Pennicook.
Pennicook, who had been serving as chairman of Jamaica Vacations, succeeds John Lynch, a decades-long regional tourism stalwart, as the director of the Jamaica Tourist Board.
“I
Cuba’s President Raul Castro delivers his speech during closing of the third regular session of the eighth legislature, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (Cubadebate, Ismael Francisco/Associated Press)
Jamaica's Hansle Parchment (centre) competes to win the men's 110m hurdles event during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League competition at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP
Roland Watson Grant & Ann Margaret Lim
Noted African-American glossy Ebony has named six Caribbean writers to watch this summer.
Published in its June edition, the magazine listed four Jamaicans -- Poet Laureate professor Mervyn Morris, Beverley East
Apolone Keaton (right) and her sister Shawn Ho-Hing. (Photo: ACEION CUNNINGHAM)
SHE might have relocated to a country where there are resources in abundance, but Florida-based resident Apolone Keaton has not forgotten those living in rural Hanover an
Senior Team Headwaiter at Carnival Cruise Lines Peter John Ainsworth and wife, Dorset.
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Jamaican Peter John Ainsworth, a 27-year veteran in his field as a crewman, could hardly contain his joy when he got word from his employer, C
"If I could lose weight, anyone can!"
These are the words of the toned and beautiful Wray and Nephew Contender host Kamila McDonald, who, after struggling to lose weight for years, copped the title of Miss Jamaica Beach Beauty in 2009.
The personal t
