The pirate theme was the order of the day (and of the mound) as Appleton Jamaica Rum brings back Appleton Mound Mania with Shipwrecked on the Mound 2011 theme, which was launched at its home at Sabina Park on Monday.
My darlings, there's never a dull moment in this here land of ongoing drama, and with the much-anticipated report of the Manatt-Dudus commissioners now in, the drama continues.If anything, the report has attracted...
Armbands, security searches at the gate, shuttle service from parking lot to venue. This must be one of the island's major music concerts complete with a star-studded line-up of entertainers ... right? Wrong! It was simply the mother of all event launches...
They came with one purpose: to celebrate with people of the world's biggest country.Guests filed into The Jamaica Pegasus hotel to celebrate the National Day of the Russian Federation on Tuesday...
Out west, almost everyone came out for the first annual International Reggae Wine Festival at the Whitter Village in Montego Bay, St James, last Wednesday. ....
Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater and her husband, the Reverend Russell Awkard, welcomed Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his wife, Lorna Golding, Christopher and Gillian Zacca, and Speaker of the House Delroy Chuck and his wife Patricia Chuck to their...
My daahlings, rain or no rain, the show will go on, in fact, the fans are saying the show must go on. The show is the 11th annual staging of the region's premier fashion event, Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW). The organisers are promising to pull out all stops...
So if you thought a little thing like a thunder and rainstorm was going to stop the fun-loving Jojo Paige from celebrating her 90th birthday, you got it all wrong...
Issues affecting the development and sustainable use of Jamaica's natural resources and strategies for achieving balance between national development and environmental protection took centre stage at the Jamaica...
A musical honour guard of drummers pounding out some sweet beats was merely the beginning.On Wednesday night, Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records restaurant was teeming with guests at the launch of the Jamaica Village 2012, the 10-day celebration that will...
Why fuss about heavy rain when you're among friends?On Tuesday, Canadian High Commissioner Stephen Hallihan and wife Cathy, welcomed delegates to the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders' Dialogue (CCELD) to their residence on Seymour Avenue.
"No one and nothing goes unchanged," crooned jazz vocalist Myrna Hague-Bradshaw. The local vocalist accented the afternoon's proceedings with a timeless classical piece. The audience sat transfixed by her rendition of Nina Simone's Everything Must Change on Wednesday...
My darling dears, the more things change, the more they remain the same - politicians err. The Gleaner, the nation's first defence against elected tyranny and corruption, speaks to the issue, politicians take to their cheap...
Why would members of the teaching, journalism and legal profession get together? For Sheron's Five-Oh birthday party, of course! Saturday, May 28 saw Resident Magistrate Sheron Barnes, former teacher/journalist, her family, friends...
The high fashion, the even higher strappy heels, thumping music and, of course, the paparazzi; sounds like Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) is already here! But all that aforementioned glitz was only the launch party for this...
The Gleaner's award-winning journalist, Janet Silvera will be featured on Travel Channel International's "It's a Woman's World", a brand new series that immerses viewers into the lives of interesting and inspiring women who live and work...
Next year Jamaicans will celebrate 50 years of independence, but if that sounds like a lot, try multiplying those years by four. It's been 201 years of independence for Argentina, and Ambassador Mario Pino ...
My daahlings, there's never a dull moment here on this fabulous rock and how, as honeys, the nation's capital - the 'Ackee-Pod' - was buzzing and then some all of last weekend and straight into this weekend...
Doomsday scenario and all, my dears, the fab continues to party and with some of the righteous prophesying doom and gloom for non-believers come tomorrow, the hottest parties in town this weekend and across...
