The star of Flight, whose career has gone from Malcolm X to action hero, talks about why he shuns the showbiz spotlight and reveals that a prophecy in a beauty salon first led him to take up acting Denzel Washington rolls into London on a chill January morning and the snow-storm that follows can barely […]
It’s mission-critical to be plain-spoken, whether you’re trying to be best-of-breed at outside-the-box thinking or simply incentivizing colleagues to achieve a paradigm shift in core-performance value-adds. Leading-edge leveraging of your plain-English skill set will ensure that your actionable items synergize future-proof assets with your global-knowledge repository. Did that paragraph make you cringe in horror, as […]
Rogers Communications Inc. is expanding its wireless and cable TV footprints under deals to buy the unused network spectrum of Shaw Communications Inc. as well Shaw’s Ontario-based Mountain Cablevision Ltd. Rogers said Monday the $700-million agreement with Shaw is to secure an option to purchase the Calgary company’s AWS spectrum holdings in 2014 and to […]
Come With It, Black Man “Nothing is strange in life, in a man out for change.” In her feature documentary Come with It, Black Man, director Tamara Tam-Cruickshank explores the musical consciousness of Dr. Leroy Calliste, better known as Black Stalin. Come with It, Black Man was filmed under the hot sun of Trinidad & […]
COULD THIS BE THE YEAR WE GO ALL THE WAY. Mark Fraser is one of the premier defencemen that have played for the Lowell Devils. He is now playing in the New Jersey Devils where he is considered a rising star. His career has been going steady upwards since 2009 and he has been getting […]
Wayne Chen, president of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), has welcomed the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) plans to introduce subjects related to entrepreneurship as part of efforts to boost the economies of the region. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, Chen said it was an initiative for which he had been lobbying for some time. “In […]
Norman Peart – manager for Usain Bolt. Getting to his parents’ farm in Schawfield, Trelawny, still requires travelling the length and breadth of a dirt road, while jolting his deep-rooted senses that responsibility and accountability are life skills that cannot be purchased. Norman Peart, mentor and manager of Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt, could never have envisioned […]
Homemade Chicken Soup Ingredients: 1 (3 pound) Whole Chicken 4 carrots, halved 4 Stalks celery, halved 1 large onion,halved water to cover salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (optional) Directions Put the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. Heat and simmer, uncovered, […]
MISS AMERICA Sorry, fellas, but if you were eyeing the new Miss America, Brooklyn’s Mallory Hagan, who was crowned last Saturday night in Las Vegas, you’re way too late. Miss New York, who is really originally from Alabama, has a boyrfriend. He is Trinidadian Charmel Maynard, 28, an associate at JP Morgan in New York. […]
By Gerald V, Paul “The possibilities are truly limitless. Women are best able to support themselves and their families when they are empowered to become financially self-sufficient. Micro-lending has been proven effective in lifting women out of poverty here in Ontario and around the world – allowing women not only to survive, but to thrive,” […]
