Surviving redundancy
Downsizing, rightsizing, call it what you may, many businesses are taking steps to prevent themselves from capsizing. The world is in turmoil and there is no longer any safe haven. Here in Jamaica, we are also waking up, almost every morning, to learn of another company ...

Conversations with mothers of autistic and disabled children
Leba Tulloch is a beautiful 19-year-old woman. Her adoring mother, Eleanor Gayle, can't stop talking about her 'special daughter' with "jet black hair and perfect little fingers and nails". She quips that if Leba were 'normal' she would hardly be able to walk...

Attacking high cholesterol
Last week, my esteemed colleagues, Eulalee Thompson and Rosalee Brown, wrote very informative articles about cholesterol. This information, along with the eye-opener on the benefits of consuming coconut oil, from Eulalee's new book, Live Well, have motivated me...

The fight against hunger
'I just had something to eat. I shouldn't be hungry but I want to eat'; 'I can't eat any more of that food but I will eat more of this one, my favourite'; 'I know I should not be eating but I can't stop myself'; 'I am hungry all the time';...