HIV/AIDS a real cause for concern
IN EARLY 2000, Elizabeth Shortwas certain she was one of, if not the happiest woman alive. She had four beautiful children and a loving husband who cared for her and the children. They had their own business, which was doing well. She had no complaints...
Shattered Trust
TODAY IS World AIDS Day, and is being observed under the slogan "Live and Let Live". The slogan is an apt reminder that persons who are HIV positive just want to live their lives, in peace, without interference from the public. They want to be able to...
The voices
MR. WILKES recently spent a month at the hospital. "The real problem is with the staff and visitors. First of all they put us on the ninth floor that they call the 'Dead Ward.' Once you are on the ninth floor, everybody knows you are HIV positive. The...
Only a mother's love
SHE CALLED him her pet. It is almost one year now since, Jane McGeelost her last child, Tommyto the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). She has not yet come to terms with his death caused by what she terms, a 'wicked' disease. She still...
Twenty-four seven
ME DEAR mam, anytime yu deh a yard an hear yu aise a ring, nuh badda go come. A me. For missis, right inna de Thanksgiving holiday weh come right dung pon de heap a foreign shoppers a shoob roun dem helleba frozen turkey like any smady weh a move...
A Christmas book for kids Jamaica Merry Christmas
AL CAMPBELL has written a book for Christmas whose purpose is a stone's throw beyond the delight it will evoke in the child who gets it. Within the coloured pastel pages of the picture book, the story is told of Melissa who returns home with her...
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