Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Sunday | June 21, 2009
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New Kingston's Spanish 'invasion'
The Crissa Group officially launched Spanish Court Hotel, making yet another addition to the New Kingston hospitality industry. By so doing, it proved their mettle by filling the need for luxury, comfort and style in Jamaica's capital city.

A Scottish affair
It was the most anticipated nuptial of the season, in international high society circles, and on Friday, May 22, land baron and businessman, Alexander Vereker Hamilton, of Lowood, Scotland, and Caymanas Estates, Jamaica, and the charmingly lovely Erica Anne Downer, socialite and philanthropist of St Andrew, Jamaica, said their I dos, at the Bowden Kirk, Melrose, on the Scottish borders.

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES: Distinctly Jamaica habits
Many Jamaicans have a tendency to hoard everything. While some quickly replace the old with the new, others, for what may seem sentimental reasons, hold on to sometimes seemingly useless junk.

CFW'S smashing success
And as it was in the beginning, so it was at the end. The ninth annual staging of the Pulse-created Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW), was a blast and nothing but. It was a celebration of the Caribbean passion for things fashionable, an homage to the talent and creativity of its people and a lesson in fab and flawless style.

Doctor's Advice - Hooked on pornography
Doctor, could you give me some good advice about my use of pornography? I am wondering if I am watching too much. Medically speaking, could this harm me? You may be surprised to hear that I am a woman.

The making of a real father
There ought to be as much fuss over Father's Day as is made over Mother's Day when mothers are honoured. Fathers are equally important in making of families. fathers are playing a critical role in the development of children.

Two reasons to celebrate
In his June 6 New York Times article Rising Above I.Q., Nicholas D. Kristof wrote: "In the mosaic of America, three groups that have been unusually successful are Asian-Americans, Jews and West Indian blacks - and in that there may be some lessons for the rest of us.


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