June was celebrated as Caribbean-American Heritage Month in the United States of America (USA). The proclamation was signed through the hard work and diligence of Dr Claire Nelson of the Institute of Caribbean Studies in Washington, DC...
Liane Stephens-Henry, 22, a young Jamaican wanting to give back to students in parts of the United States, Haiti and Jamaica, recently established Lili's Backpack Project to help give knapsacks to students in these countries....
On Monday, April 4, the much-talked-about population and housing census began. Flair spoke with director general of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Sonia Jackson, to find out how the census has been progressing....
Jamaican national and senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Tracy Robinson, has been elected to serve on the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)....
On June 25, the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica (GGAJ) launched the Young Adult Leaders Movement (YALM) with the expectation that young women between 16 and 35 years old, who left guiding for various reasons, will reconnect with the organisation...
Last week, Flair gave you the men behind the mother of all party marathons ...Smirnoff Drean Weekend, set for Negril from July 29 to August 1. This week, and next week, we will look at the women behind the dream...
Andrea Sweeney is the new president of the Rotary Club of downtown Kingston, making her the second female and the 30th president in the club's history. Sweeney said she joined the organisation eight years ago because at the time she felt a great need to give back to society....
Smirnoff Dream Weekend has become more than just a great party for locals, it's definitely a huge tourism product that brings in the visitors.And the tourism aspect of it seems tailor-made for Giselle Vassell, Dream's...
Have you ever applied your eye shadow and half-way through the day, it's just remnants of the colour that are left behind, or the colour has conveniently faded away, with bits of it making its way into the crease of your eyelid? ...
Philantrophy is certainly a key ingredient in nation building, and through its mandate which seeks to promote the development of Jamaica, the Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) committee has always been keen on recognising the contributions ...
As the Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger) asked in the Batman movie, "why so serious?". Jamaicans have been known to take things seriously, and our governments are lucky the people don't take their grouses to the streets in big numbers like in other countries....
Whoever said you need to settle for what nature gave you was definitely wrong.Especially for women in search of improving, let's say, their 'assets', padded panties promise to 'pick up' where nature left off.
Kick up your feet and take a load off. It's summer and that is the greatest excuse to go searching for some casual footwear....
As we relax, blow-dry, glue and flat iron our hair on a daily basis, we might be processing a bald spot.According to Dr Jennifer Mamby Alexander of the Hair Loss Clinic of Jamaica, all the things we do in the name...
Ever wonder why your teeth seem to be losing their shine? You could be dealing with acid wear. Acid wear softens the enamel which loses some of its mineral content, making your teeth more...
At the end of matrimonial proceedings (whether divorce, custody or maintenance applications or property claims) litigants often complain about the high costs of the proceedings, the overly contentious nature of the hearing, that the process was too slow...
There will always be discrimination because the world is simply not level.