Omar reflects in song
REMEMBER THE days when people walked nonchalantly on the streets without fear and neighbours were more than just the family on the other side of the fence? Those days may seem long gone but Omar Reid, a contestant in the 2006 Jamaican Cultural...

Jordeen Wilson builds firm 'House'
"THIS IS your house, this is your temple. This is where you are supposed to be. In my heart, in my soul. Holy Spirit, I want to be like thee," are the first few words of the song that 19-year-old Jordeen Wilson wishes to use to capture the Jamaica...

Lines blur in 'Tilly The White-Liver Woman'
IN MOON River, the sixth of 15 stories in Isaac Chin's collection Tilly The White-Liver Woman, he writes about being told tall and short tales by an elderly black man: 'It didn't matter to me whether the stories he told were true...

Two swords up!
PIRATES OF the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a tidal wave of fun that rolls from the first shot to the last. Awaiting a sequel to a good movie is always a tricky thing, as there are equal parts anticipation of a great time at the cinema and fear...

'Model Icon' replaces 'Faces of Summer'
THE CVM Faces of Summer Contest, launched in 2001, was one of the first reality based televised model searches. 'Model Icon - The Search for Jamaica's Brightest Fashion Star' is replacing 'Faces of Summer' this summer.

'Fully Loaded' marks a decade
WHEN THE 2006 edition of 'Fully Loaded' gets under way on Sunday, July 30, it will mark the 10th staging of the beach party. And it will also mark the return of Wyclef Jean, who a Solid Agency representative said dropped exclusive dub plates...