American Friends of Jamaica raises money for charity
JAMAICA IS to benefit from about US$40,000 (approximately J$2.5million) raised during the American Friends of Jamaica (AFC)'s first fundraising gala last month. The money will go to Jamaican health, education, and other non-profit organisations.

Independent schools being sensitised
THE ST. James Parish AIDS Action Committee is investigating a case where a little girl, said to be HIV-positive, is being deliberately isolated by the school she attends.

Young lives scarred by stigma, rejection
WHILE THEY were growing up, 13-year-old Richard and his eight-year-old brother, Jamie, were made to feel different. Mocked by many close to them because they have HIV, the boys often felt isolated.

Health authorities resort to fogging - To destroy breeding grounds of pests
THE REGIONAL Health Authorities have intensified their vector control programmes due to the increase in rainfall affecting the island over the past 10 days.

Signs of the time?
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence."...

Mysterious fish kill in Rio Cobre
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: HUNDREDS OF dead fish bobbed to the surface of the Rio Cobre in the Bog Walk gorge area, St. Catherine, yesterday prompting the Ministry of Health to order a meeting to discuss the reasons behind the 'mystery fish kill'.