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Ronald Lightbourne’s friends in Jamaica would scare him with ghost stories as a child. The tales were full of supernatural beings they called “duppies”, each one more terrifying than the next. The 69-year-old never forgot them. He’s infused the stori...

Bermudian Cochise Burgess is making a name for himself on the Toronto fashion scene. Huffington Post Canada called the 26-year-old “probably one of the coolest models” to walk the Toronto Men’s Fashion Week runway last month — no small praise for ...

Dancehall singer Cocoa Tea hit it big with Riker’s Island. The song is one of his most famous in a career that has spanned more than three decades. Love Me Truly and Hurry Up and Come also scored big with dancehall fans; they’re likely on the a...

Allen Temple AME Church chose last Sunday to honour a host of retired educators as part of Black History Month. The teachers and principals were recognised by the Sound View Road, Sandys church for their contributions to the various primary schools a...

One of Jennifer Porter Cox’s biggest life lessons came in her early 30s. She’d agreed to leave her home in Jamaica so she could get involved with ministry projects in the US; once she got there she was overwhelmed. “I didn’t know anyone, and everythi...

Today Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church Women’s Ministry: International Women’s Day of Prayer. The event starts at 11am and includes a message by Shurnette Caines. All are welcome. Tomorrow Heard Chapel AME Church: Annual Men’s Day. There will...

The Men’s and Ladies’ Championship Pairs concluded at the Bridge Club last Friday and when the smoke had cleared, Gertie Barker and Jane Smith had a steady second session which saw them narrowly hold on to their first session lead. In the Men’s Pairs...

Monday, February 15 1 Judy Bussell-Stephanie Kyme 1 Wendy & Richard Gray 2 Peter Donnellan-Marg Way 2 Julia Lunn-Heather Woolf 3 GeorgeCorreia-Martha Ferguson 3 Elizabeth McKee-Stephanie Kyme Evening 1 Gertie Barker-Jane Smith 2 Lyn o’Neill-Diana Di...

Billy Byron pulled out his guitar, strummed a few chords from Yellow Bird and the dementia patients came to life. He couldn’t believe it. He’d played music for most of his life but had never before witnessed its power to heal. “The patients just cam...

It is not always easy to come up with a topic each week, but with our planet’s annual production of approximately 31.2 billion bottles of wine, one might think that it is not a challenge. Fortunately, a little light just came on and said to me, “How ...