Pretty girls on parade
On Wednesday, contestants in this year's Miss Universe 2009 competition participated in a fashion show in Nassau, Bahamas.

Poitier, Yunus get presidential medals
Congratulations to Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and 2006 Nobel Laureate, who was in Jamaica last year at Scotiabank's annual lecture series.

ROSA's Grand gala
LUCEA, Hanover: The Rusea's Old Students' Association (ROSA) registered a huge turnout at the eighth staging of its biannual international reunion gala dinner and awards presentation at the Grand Palladium hotel at Point...

Can we talk?
Silly me for thinking that Jamaica's independence celebrations should be about celebrating the best of Jamaica and our achievements. I also thought it should be a time when we put into perspective our hopes in our quest to create a just society through good governance...

Jamaica Fashion and Apparel to export
In keeping with its mandate to improve the export readiness and competitiveness of local fashion enterprises, the Jamaica Fashion and Apparel Cluster (JFAC) recently partnered with the University of Philadelphia in a two-day training workshop...

Doctors night out!
WESTERN BUREAU: Replacing surgical gowns with party hats, the University of the West Indies medical class of 1979 wrote the prescription for bliss at their 30th anniversary dinner at The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall, in Montego Bay, last Saturday night...

'Miss Rita' is 99 and counting
Merita 'Miss Rita' Charles, mother of Labour Minister Pearnel Charles and mother-in-law of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, celebrated her 99th birthday with family and friends on Monday.