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Q: Doctor, I need your advice about my husband. I love him very much and he says he loves me too. But he recently got a new computer, and he seems to be spending a lot of time on it, maybe five hours each day.

The role of the honorary consul is one that has elicited many a query from social observers over the years, as the Consular Corps of Jamaica has been enjoying a significantly high profile.

WESTERN BUREAU: Women donned their finest, and the men earned high marks, too, for being so stylishly dressed, but the cause behind inaugural Rose Hall Holiday Ball far outweighed the fashion in the ballroom of the Iberostar Suites in Montego Bay on Saturday, December 11.

It will long be remembered as the party of the year in western Jamaica, not just because the invitations were so cleverly designed but because it incorporated all the elements of a well-thought-out plan.

You have been dating steadily for 15 months and you realise that your partner's physical condition is changing.

Now, Portia Simpson Miller, as the script would have had it, was born destined to fail. Not because of the absence of industry on her part, but due to an accident of birth, which saw her being born 'below the clock' and consequently, not necessarily equipped with the social and, educational skills and tools to 'make it'.

Diana Stewart, chairman of the Errol Flynn Benefit Ball, held on Saturday, November 13, has expressed heartfelt thanks to the numerous sponsors of the annual ball which was staged on the scenic Ken Wright Pier at the Errol Flynn Marina. The theme for the evening was 'A Night at the Oscars'.

The invitation outlined a number of reasons to celebrate the synergy between modern medicine and elements from ancient cultures. And on Friday, November 19, a spa and wellness centre with a difference was unveiled to the public at 19 Balmoral Avenue in St Andrew. As usual, we caught some of the guests in attendance.

Touting strides in the economic and social development of Jamaica, the island's ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, praised the diaspora's contribution to the island's progress. The Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC) and its work were singled out as a model...

Sunday, November 14, was a memorable one for the LIME family. The telecoms company staged Golf Cup & Cook-Off at the Caymanas Golf & Country Club, and we have pictorial highlights for you.

Casa de Oro Jewellers, one of Jamaica's premier in-bond stores on the north coast, has become the first to offer the French luxury brand watch Calibre de Cartier to customers.

Clients, business associates and friends of Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC) were feted at a client get-together/chill & chat party at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel poolside on Thursday, November 11. Our photographer caught some of the fun.