I GOT FROM DADDY ...
THOSE WHO grew up with their fathers are able to identify at least one trait they share in common. These include: strength of character, punctuality, persistence, resilience, thrift, respect for others and a good work ethic.

The night belonged to GLORIA
A WOMAN extraordinaire, a woman of significance, a woman with a heart of gold were phrases used to shower accolades on Gloria Palomino by her alma mater Alpha hailing her as the 2006 Woman of Excellence. In a ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite...

SUNSET NUPTIALS
TWO YEARS after they met in Canada, Tania Green and Patrick Paul Daley returned to the land of their birth for their nuptials. On May 13, the groom, an attorney-at law, and the bride, an entrepreneur, merged under the setting sun at Couples Sans Souci...

Zahni International - TRENDY FASHIONS ON THE CATWALK
ZAHNI INTERNATIONAL wants to play with the 'big boys' in the model agency industry. On the heals of Saint International's Style Week and a few days shy of Pulse's Caribbean Fashion Week, they staged Magna 25 Sexiest Island Women,...

Who is responsible for babies born to teen moms?
RECENT GLEANER articles raised significant concerns regarding the increasing incidence of teenage pregnancy in Jamaica. While we contemplate the effects of this trend on the society, the economic consequences are not usually given much...

Intimacy after child-birth
BRINGING a new life into the world is a miraculous experience. This experience often changes the relationship between partners. Either it strengthens the bond between both partners or the man will feel as if he is playing second fiddle...

The art of barbering
FOR THE second consecutive year, Forbes Manufacturing and Marketing Ltd. and WAHL Clipper Corporation, hosted a special WAHL workshop/seminar at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Monday (June 5). Attended by barbers...

Finding father, losing father
MY FATHER left when I was a baby so I never knew him, but I always asked my mother about him. Maybe, I nagged too much because after years of wanting to meet him, she finally led me to believe he was dead. Although that seemed like a logical conclusion...

Reflexology and pregnancy
REFLEXOLOGY CAN be used as a preventative treatment to boost the immune system, either prior to pregnancy or during the gestation period. However, pregnant women having reflexology for the first time should only be treated after the first trimester...