Veronica Clarke: Physically challenged but undaunted - Standing her ground on a scooter
AS SHE cruises down the street on her scooter, female motorists and taxi drivers try to bully her off the road. Their chorus of honking horns and shouts of unkind words do not intimidate her.
Advances in caring for the disabled
ADMINISTRATOR AT the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities Valerie Spence, says that as a country Jamaica has come a far way. She noted that corporate entities such as hotels and banks have put in amenities (such as wheelchair...
Maid pardoned 60 years after execution
ALBANY, Georgia (AP): THE ONLY woman ever executed in Georgia's electric chair is being granted a posthumous pardon, 60 years after the black maid was put to death for killing a white man she claimed held her in slavery and threatened her life.
Prayer answered
BARRINGTON ROBINSON has always prayed for a wife. The music producer and deejay known as 'King Fresh's' prayers were answered on August 14, when he married Carol Robinson at a wedding ceremony that guests labelled fabulous.
J'can women in the US desperately need A FEW GOOD MEN
WESTERN BUREAU: FINDING A man in the United States has become more than an uphill task for some Jamaican women, who complain that the first questions they are asked by men they meet nowadays are...
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