Outlook

Since the lingering and frustrating demise of sugar cane, and the changing fortunes that have seen bauxite losing its place, Jamaica ...

He did not say his age, but Mike Drakulich of Mystic Mountain tourist attraction in Ocho Rios made it known at his birthday party on Saturday night that 2012 marked his 40th year in Jamaica.

World renowned business guru Rene Carayol will be in Jamaica for the for Saint International end-of-year success celebrations dubbed: 'Colour Me High fashion'.

An exhibition of paintings and photographs capturing the vibrant palette of colours of Jamaica is how Jamaicans in Paris are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the country's Independence.

WESTERN BUREAU:Rose Hall Developments' Michael Rollins, the Jamaica Public Service's Kelly Tomblin and Digicel's Suzanne Saunders were among the many guests bidding for the prized painting 'Attached' by artist Hoween Griffith's whose work was auctioned at the Rose Hall Holiday Ball last Saturday night.

Richard Pandohie is considered one of the country's bright, young managerial stars of the Mr Fix-it generation. The presumption here is that he belongs to a team of managers and entrepreneurs who it is presumed can lead Jamaica to the economic promise land!

Doc, I am desperate to have a baby. But my husband is sterile. Do you think I should get pregnant by going with another guy? Or would artificial insemination be an answer?

WHEN SHE first arrived here in Kingston, Jamaica, it was universally accepted and propagated that, indeed, Spanish Ambassador Her Excellency Celsa Nuño had her work cut out for her.

The Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay was a picture of pure elegance as the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently held its annual awards banquet, 'A Ruby Jubilee Celebration', to honour leading members of the business community in western Jamaica.

ONE OF the champions for the restoration of the Ward Theatre, the late chairperson of the Ward Theatre Foundation, Ruby Martin, was remembered at a benefit concert held recently at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, on East Street, downtown Kingston.

Dr Michael Banbury has been a medical practitioner with nearly three decades as a general practitioner. He resigned as the CEO Medical Associates Hospital in July to concentrate on his private medical practice.

Local talent went heads up with their international counterparts at the recent filming of the popular America's Next Top Model series right here in Jamaica. Four exciting episodes of the series, including the season finale, were filmed in western Jamaica in June and showcased the island's tourism product.