- Weekly Round-up: Vaz sworn-in… Missing 8-y-o found dead... Pat Rousseau dies 11:01 pm
- JCF advises public on safety measures for the Easter holidays 10:27 am
- 58-y-o Westmoreland man charged with firearm possession 10:24 am
- 32-y-o St James man arrested for lotto scamming 10:04 am
- PAHO urging people to get vaccinated 9:49 am
- The Rope and The Cross celebrates 40 in New York on Sunday 9:45 am
Lifestyle
Ozzie Turns 60!
A product of the garden parish, paediatrician Dr Osmond Tomlinson ushered in his 60th birthday on Friday, March 22. The following day, he and his wife Anna-Kay invited guests to a hilltop bash at Murphy Hill in St Ann for a day party dubbed “Ozzie's... Read More
New Menu Options @ Mystic Thai
One of our favourite eateries out west, Mystic Thai, recently introduced new menu options drawing heavily on healthier choices and the use of Vietnamese infusions and cooking styles. Read More
The Best Ways to Prepare Cuts of Beef
It's easy to be mystified by the number of cuts of beef. Not to mention, you may be confused about how best to cook them. Each cut of meat has a certain amount of fat, a particular flavour and degree of tenderness. Your family-friendly butchers at Butcher Block Gourmet Store have created... Read More
Pesticide Residue in Fresh Produce
Am I the only one who looks at my leafy greens and wonders what the pesticide residue level is? Do you ever stop to think if your fresh farm produce really is organic? Have you ever wondered who verifies the pesticide residue levels in our food and if there is an entity that has the... Read More
The Dish... The Best Ideas are Delicious
At just 25, Lian Chen is perhaps one of the youngest restaurateurs on the island, and what a rep she has already! In but two years since opening her bistro, Voilà by Lilee, Chen has impressed Mandeville chowhounds, with reviews from diners consisting of superlatives. Read More
Fact or Fiction? Health Benefits and Wine
Our lifestyles continue to evolve, and more and more we are exposed to wine and wine consumption. I can recall a few years ago, maybe about 15 years or so, wines were stored at the customer service desk at the supermarkets and those on shelves were limited to wines from Germany. I am not... Read More
Goût de France 2019
Goût de France (Good France), which was started in 2015, is a renowned worldwide gourmet festival that celebrates French gastronomy. The event showcases the best of French cuisine and this year, the first in Jamaica for French Ambassador to Jamaica Denys Wibaux and his wife Angélique,... Read More
Vows - Forever and Always
There was nothing extraordinary about their initial encounter, or so it appeared. Cupid's arrow, however, was hovering when Mount Sinai Hospital medical administrator Tianna Porter and Precise ParkLink electrician Antoine Small met through mutual friends in Toronto six years ago. Their... Read More
Mango Season: Naki Depass for Spanish Retailer Mango
Saint International model Naki Depass's efforts have once again borne fruit. This time for Spanish fast fashion company Mango. Depass is featured in the retailer's current e-commerce campaign and models over a dozen looks. Mango, which was founded in 1984 and currently has 2,200 stores... Read More
Flight of Fantasy
Flight screenwriter Kia Moses is still pinching herself a full week after her first movie, nominated in seven categories of the Black Women Film Network (BWFN), copped three awards, notably Best Screenplay, Audience Award and Best in Festival (the overall prize for the entire festival,... Read More
On The Savannah Grass with... Michael Ammar III co-director of Bacchanal Jamaica
My earliest memory of Carnival... would have to be the original carnival in Jamaica: Oakridge Carnival. We used to have a team of about 10 to 15 of my parents' friends on our front porch making every costume by hand. That's how it was back in those days. Glitter and sequins all over the house... Read More
Growing Healthy Orchids Indoors
Many orchids are rewarding indoor plants. Once a homeowner has succumbed and bought his or her first orchid, or received one as a gift, a few cultural requirements will coax the plant to flower again. Read More
My Kingston David Henriques March 24
David Christopher Cohen Henriques Head of Business, Porsche JamaicaHome is...Kingston 8, and my second home is 50-52 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5. Read More
Cocktails With — Dr Autrene Buchanan-Waite
Autrene Buchanan-Waite is a final-year resident in the paediatric surgery programme at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and immediate past president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA). Last month, Dr Buchanan-Waite managed the JMDA's ninth annual ethics conference,... Read More
Trending: Gaudy Glamour
Inspired by a gorgeous profile of Saint International model Tami Williams in a recent editorial, titled 'Black Cotillion', for Garage mag, your Under the Dryer (UTD) glam team discovered myriad new looks during fashion weeks (from New York to London, then Paris to... Read More
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