A promise to my daughter
She had barely left my intensive care unit room when I felt myself once again out of breath as my chest tightened. My heart was racing almost as fast as the monitor to which I was hooked up.

Extracts from The Jamaica Journal - The founding fathers
Philosopher and statesman, he had a unity of vision that gave coherence to his many activities. He was excited and inspired by the task of creating a nation, and in doing this he taught us all, who were his countrymen, how to link thought with action, vision with one's everyday work, how to feed idealism into the nation's affairs.

UWI Notebook - Groundbreaking work by UWI doctors
A retrovirus, HTLV-1, is a virus which has the ability to make copies of itself. It is found worldwide, but is more common in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. This virus is responsible for a number of diseases that affect several systems of the body.

Book Review - The gripping tale of Richie's life
Richie, a tall, brown-skinned, curly-haired, im-poverished youth from Waltham Park in St Andrew, is the main character in this saga that exposes the ugly, violent and brutal roles some Jamaicans play in the drug business in parts of the United States.

SUNDAY SAUCE - The 'wo-manifestation' of stupidity
I have a 19-year-old son who is driving me crazy of late with his foolishness about his not being into "dem man tings deh". He's suddenly obsessed with not calling any word that has 'man' in it or he would drop off 'man' and add 'gal' or 'wo', such as 'Galdeville, Galchester' for Mandeville...

Book review - Candidly personal outpourings
Some poets write about the landscape, some about religious, social and political issues; others dwell on the metaphysics, the human spirit, mankind and its idiosyncrasies. However, Tanya Shirley, in her first collection of poems, has delved into the personal, as many before her have done.