UNAIDS to set up Jamaica office
JAMAICA'S EFFORTS to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic is expected to be strengthened significantly with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) establishing an office here.
Domestic rage - Soldier shoots five members of ex-girlfriend's family
FIVE MEMBERS of one family, including a three-year-old girl, were rushed to hospital yesterday morning nursing gunshot wounds after a Jamaica Defence Force corporal, in a fit of rage, opened fire on them with a sub-machine gun and a...
Highway project on track
WITH JUST two days before Prime Minister P.J. Patterson officially opens the Bushy Park to Mandela segment of Highway 2000, the developers of the highway have virtually completed work on the project.
FROM OUR OVERSEAS DESK - Cultural awakening In diaspora
TORONTO, Canada: THERE IS a new spirit of cultural awakening and resolve afoot in the Jamaican community in Canada.
HIV/AIDS workers fear further discrimination
PERSONS WHO have lost their jobs because they have tested positive for HIV/AIDS are reluctant to seek redress because of the fear of stigmatisation and discrimination.
Uplifting residents of Greenwich Town
This is a weekly report on a series of community fora sponsored by the United Nations Develpment Programme's (UNDP) Civic Dialogue Project.
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