Dennis Lalor’s story as the founder of the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) began in 1968. Mair quickly saw his potential and sponsored him to pursue the Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII). In 1958, he became one...
If you are ever in the market to travel while learning and implementing something great, the ESIROM (Encouraging Social Influence, Redefining Online Marketing) Bali internship is the right place for you. Dubbed the ‘Jamaica-Indonesia Residency...
Sandy (name changed) was identified as lacking in initiative and lazy during the data-collection process that preceded our team-building intervention. As it turned out, this was a classic case of getting behavioural style wires crossed, leading...
Q I am pregnant, but I am also still breastfeeding. People look at me weird when I do it as if I’m doing something wrong, so I wanted to know, can I still breastfeed while I’m pregnant? Will it affect my pregnancy or the growth of the unborn baby?...
Just when the shock and awe triggered from last week’s featured, revolutionary, geodesic dome house was dissipating, and our collective blood pressure was returning to some normality, yet another such structure has been uncovered, much to our...
Family, we don’t get to choose them but somehow, no matter how bad things get, they still happen to have a special place in our hearts. For the most part, they accept and love us, despite our flaws, and are usually the first set of people to come...
“Rheima Hall is an artist of class who deserves our highest esteem,” declared the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, former prime minister of Jamaica, as he officially launched Rheima – A Selection of Her Works at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel last month...
Today, my friends, I ask you, in fact, beseech you, to surrender your preconceived notions of what a house should look like, and instead, open your hearts and minds to the possibilities of what it could be like. This week’s abode, and you can...
“Sensible suggestions fall on deaf ears.” “I am facing more resistance and obstacles inside than from the competition.” “This leadership is disconnected from our reality.” Working with Competency Frameworks – the skills, knowledge, aptitude and...
Q I am an expectant mother and my husband and I are having a problem deciding if we should circumcise our baby or not. I want to, but all my husband keeps saying is: ‘Suppose them cut off my boy tings!’ The doctors at the hospital clinic cannot...
Hidden in the crevices of our island are a number of promising young souls who have the potential to increase the prosperity of our great nation. From the volatile community of Hendon, Norwood, in St James, rose a young man who believed that better...
If you’ve ever wanted to buy art but questioned its functionality in your household, meet 29-year-old Javier Dayes, the face behind the brand, #TheArtistJavier. Dayes is an artist and an entrepreneur who feels the need to share his art with...
Every passion is sparked by an avid interest. And for Sean Murray, it was no different. What started out as a cause for creating family and friends’ photos resulted in a whirlwind experience when he pictured nature through his camera. This edition...
Portmore, called the ‘Sunshine City’, and originally known as Salt Pond District, is one of the largest residential settlements in the English-speaking Caribbean. Many, many thousands of basic housing solutions in various schemes have been built...
Skincare will always be of utmost importance to men and women across the world as it is the first thing people notice when they meet us. Morgan’s Creek is a three-year-old skincare line catering to everyone, both at ‘yard’ and abroad, who want...
When last did you step off life’s treadmill to reflect on where you are in your career? n What is your No.1 career concern right now? n What support could sensitive leadership extend to you? n Research suggests that we progress through at least...
Summer is a special time for many plant lovers, but few people understand the intricacies of maintaining healthy gardens during the dry season. Desmond Ellis, owner of Next to Nature Pets and Plants Limited, in St Andrew, says that understanding...
With every twirl, slash, and scratch of his pen, Kuruma Reid inks a series of dynamic works of art derived from the harsh realities of life. As he weaves his artistic vision based on stories from near and far, the 21-year-old law student aims to...
If, according to Marc Riboud, “Taking pictures is savouring life intensely, every hundredth of a second,” then this idea is remarkably reflected in the ‘dripping in creative finesse’ journey of photographer Craig Harley. Harley might have started...
Q I am 65 years old and I have been waking up with pain to the right side of my belly bottom. The pain makes it difficult to walk. I still force myself to move around, and it feels a little better until I sit down again for a little while then it...
Q Dear Doc, my girlfriend was recently told by her doctor that she has chlamydia and that I should get treatment for it as well, and sent her with a prescription for me. I don’t have any problems, never had, but now she is saying I gave it to her....
The Best Care Foundation’s ‘The Promise’ gala dinner and cabaret, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, was quite an entertaining event, but guests who attended managed to pull their own attention, as many turned out in some...
The final race in the Jamaica Moves Corporate Challenge, The JSE 50th Anniversary/Welcome To Kingston 5K, was hosted earlier this month and staged at the Urban Development Corporation’s waterfront lot on Port Royal Street. The route looped through...
Handmade items have a way of making you feel special when you take them home, especially when someone says, “That is gorgeous, where did you get it?” Here’s 29-year-old designer Latoya Allen, hailing from the parish of St James, consistently...
“I was always more of a visual learner than the reading type and saw the world in a different light than others.” Projecting greatness, one vision after the other, is a fresh creative photographer who goes by the name Davion Lyons. Outlook’s...
