'The Cloth' stitched with challenges
FOR ROBERT Young, one of the 45 designers on show at last week's CFW, the event means much more to him than just being exposed to new markets.

Comedy grows from a chuckle
CONVINCED THAT laughter is serious business, Ellis International is set to produce a comedy festival in Jamaica.

Singer Jennifer Lara dies
JENNIFER LARA, one of the reggae scene's most prolific backing vocalists, has died. According to Norma Dodd, widow of Studio One's Clement Dodd and who knew Ms. Lara for over 30 years, she died recently at the Kingston Public Hospital from a stroke.