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Published:Sunday | March 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Friends from Canada fled the deadly cold to spend the second week of January with us, which gave me the chance to become a tourist in Jamaica, rather than the foreign places I often described.

Published:Sunday | March 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Title: Pardner Money Stories Volume 2Author: Deanne HeronPublisher: Hansib PublicationsDeanne Heron may have just found a magical formula of a literary kind.

Published:Sunday | March 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | March 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

After riding with the newly formed 'Fun and Thrills' group for a few months, it was finally decided that we were ready for a long ride into the hinterland, and guess who guided us into the deep rural hills of Portland? None other but a Trinidadian!

Published:Sunday | March 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

My cell phone rang and in a few seconds, my boss was belting out instructions for a scheduled business trip.

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Shanna wiped the beads of perspiration from her brow as she arose shakily from the faded wicker chair on which she had collapsed in the backyard. Earlier, Shanna had been enjoying life in the sheltered hilltop home in Montego Bay that she had moved into just three months ago.

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Every aspect of our lives influences art, and as humans, we are intuitively artistic. Nothing about us, our clothes, food, dwellings, and even our bodies, is untouched by our art. We are always designing and creating, sometimes subconsciously. In essence, life is full of art, but as the Latin maxim, ars longa, vita brevis says, life is short, but art is long.

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

If you ask someone if they know or have heard of the word 'webinar', they may have an idea of what it is or may have even been an attendee. Webinars haven't taken hold in Jamaica and the Caribbean, as they have in the United States and other parts of the world.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

In the past 11 years, central Jamaica has developed its own Feast of the Performing Arts, aptly dubbed Poetry in Motion, which has become a staple on the Jamaican cultural and entertainment (edutainment) calendar.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Paul groaned softly, slowly surfacing into consciousness. His tired body rejected the message from his brain that he needed to get out of bed.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

It could not be her, he thought to himself. After all these years, secretly searching for his first crush, his first kiss, his first love; this is where he found her. At that moment, he remembered that life-changing day 12 years ago as if it were 12 days ago.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

It was a grey day

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Just by looking at the breathtaking digital paintings diligently crafted by Heather Smith, one would surmise that she has spent many years at the finest universities learning the art.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica:The journey to 'ArtUpDownTown' began eight years ago when Rozi Chung took a leap of faith and converted an old warehouse on the corner of Harbour Street and West Street into Studio 174, an educational and cultural space facilitating community development through the arts, particularly the visual arts.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Title: Great Jamaican Athletes

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

When you mention Maryland, many people immediately think of the state in the United States by that name, but our Maryland is far more beautiful.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League (UNIA).

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The men and women in the armed forces have always exuded awe, epitomised and oft romanticised. The click of the gleaming boots, the crisp creases of their uniform, the precise and well-coordinated movements all give a sense of pride and discipline.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Hold on, people. Do you realise we are in February already? Time is not a-wasting! I hope you didn't put away your Christmas tree.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Alyssa flung the door open, threw her bags on the couch in one fluid movement as she slid to the ground. Her eyes were glassy and she sat for a long time on the worn linoleum floor as the unshed tears glistened in her troubled brown eyes.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The 19th century was a great era for the invention of communication technologies, and The Story of the Telegraph in Jamaica, written by Rae Davis, Martin Henry and Martin MacLeavy, focuses on one of them, the telegraph

Published:Sunday | February 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Christmas 2013. Somewhere in upper St Andrew, Jamaica. It was the Humphreys' family get-together.

Published:Sunday | February 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Finances are low

Published:Sunday | February 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Reflections is a collection of well-crafted short stories that flow with impressive ease.

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