Caught on camera

Catch up on the events that you might have missed from the social scene since the start of the new year.

At Right: Proud parents Japheth Walker and Jenefa Wilson stand by daughter Melaine Walker. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

The man of the moment, Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby (right), director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, raps with Mike Fennell (left), president of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Robert McMillan (second left), chairman of McMillan Advertising Limited, and Noel Osbourne, president of the Rotary Club of Kingston, during the club's weekly luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday. - Ian Allen/Photographer

Proud grandparents Russell and Carole Hadeed relax with their grandson Jonathan Mahfood at the Tailgate party hosted by James Robertson at Caymanas Estate on Wednesday, December 30. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Scotiabank CEO Bruce Bowen (left) chats with (from second left) Lyttleton 'Tanny' Shirley, William Mahfood, Bernadette Barrow and Gary Barrow at Monday night's Ministry of Health's thank-you reception for the Shaggy Foundation and sponsors of the Shaggy and Friends Concert at Bracknell Avenue, Jacks Hill. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Peter Melhado (left) has a birthday greeting for Melaine Walker during her surprise birthday party at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Friday, January 1. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Journalist Volney Barrett (centre) is all smiles, as he receives a cheque valued at $50,000 from Ornell Bedasse (left), regional manager at Pan Caribbean Bank (PCB), at its Montego Bay office on Wednesday. Looking on is president of the Western Jamaica Media Association (WJMA), Janet Silvera. The money is to go towards the WJMA Journalism Scholarship, tenable at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for one year. The scholarship is one of 20 awarded by PCB to students attending the University of Technology and the University of the West Indies. - Photo by Noel Thompson

Clovis Metcalfe (left), Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, Douglas Orane (second right) and Sushil Jain (right) at Wednesday's cocktail party for the Caribbean Masters of Business Adminstration conference. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Joni McKenzie (left); Dean Chang (second left); Prime Minister Bruce Golding (second right); and Clovis Metcalfe in a light discussion at Wednesday night's welcome cocktail party of the Caribbean Masters of Business Adminstration (MBA) conference. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Kurt and Natasha Palmer pose for the camera at Blue Beat's fabulous Soirée Bourgeoise 18th-century French-themed New Year's Eve party on December 31. - Photo by Janet Silvera

From left: Haniff Jones and South African designer, Helen Asrat, Trevor Lyn and Carol Dilbert having an evening of pure joy at Blue Beat's fabulous Soirée Bourgeoise. - Photo by Janet Silvera

Monique Walcott (left); Nicole Powell (centre) and Fallon Lutchmansingh pose for the social pages at the welcome cocktail party of the Caribbean Masters of Business Adminstration conference, held at the Hilton Kingston Jamaica hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

From left: If any group celebrated the New Year in fine style, it was Mark Myers, Jaime Bicknell, Peter Issa and Jaime Mahfood (top) at Blue Beat's fabulous Soirée Bourgeoise. - Photo by Janet Silvera

Andre 'P'Nut' Brown has a great time with Michelle Charlebare as he enjoys Blue Beat's Soirée Bourgeoise 18th-century French-themed New Year's Eve party. - Photo by Janet Silvera