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Published:Tuesday | June 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Now, there are times in a man's life when he can feel, let's say, less than adequate. The occasion for such feelings might involve a misbegotten amorous escapade, or pulling up to a red light in a squeaking jalopy while the guy next to you fiddles...

Published:Tuesday | June 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

He has wide-ranging interests and is active in a number of fields, including natural-hazards assessment and management, national security, business development, real-estate development, environment, history and archeology, and geomorphology....

Published:Saturday | June 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN enjoys the privilege of being strategically located exactly halfway between the island's eastern and western ends. Apart from being the most central of all the parish capitals, May Pen has its own clock tower, but it is the story behind its erection that makes it unique.

Published:Saturday | June 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

As his wife sprayed their cabbage patch under overcast skies, Rufus Taylor of Sligoville, St Catherine, told Rural Xpress recently how earlier this year, doctors at Spanish Town Hospital had given up on him, saying he was all but dead.

Published:Saturday | June 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I am a guy of 19, and I have had several girlfriends. My current one is a real 'looker', and I think I love her. She is very passionate. But last week the most terrible thing happened. She was lying there and begging me to go ahead. And I couldn't, Doc. I couldn't do it. For the first time in my life, I just could not get stiff.

Published:Saturday | May 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Doctor, I am female, age 16.

Published:Wednesday | May 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I am deeply grateful to you for sharing your insightful and helpful replies to various readers' questions and situations.I write in response to your Sunday Gleaner article of April 27, 2014, 'Time Management Tips for Balancing Study and Work.'...

Published:Tuesday | May 27, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Eight years ago, if Michele English had gone by news reports, she would have stayed away from Jamaica. This means she would not have become the head of Flow and Columbus Business Solutions, and she certainly would not have had lunch in New Kingston with me, last week...

Published:Saturday | May 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Manchester branch of the Jamaica Red Cross has moved to acquire a specially designed vehicle to transport the physically challenged and wheelchair-bound persons in the parish.

Published:Saturday | May 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ESTRIANA THOMPSON, more commonly known as 'Miss Essie', has lived and worked in St Mary's capital, Port Maria, all her life.

Published:Saturday | May 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

"If you don't listen, something is going to be missing", was the message imparted to parents and children who turned out to participate in May's edition of 'We Likkle, but We Tallawah: Parents Reading with Babies and Toddlers' at the St Catherine Parish Library.

Published:Saturday | May 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Imagine spending all your formative years moving around in several unsettling conditions and jobs, taking up motherly duties to siblings at a tender age, forgetting about enjoyment and just focusing on ways and means of surviving. Sounds difficult, right?

Published:Saturday | May 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I am a 19-year-old female studying science. I remained a virgin until this month, when I thought I might as well go ahead and take the plunge. I decided to give my virginity to another student. He is also 19, and he seemed pleased and excited when I told him I was going to let him have sex with me.

Published:Wednesday | May 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

What happens when women out-learn and out-earn their husbands and boyfriends? What happens when they no longer have to depend on their men to be their breadwinners, but in fact, have to be the main breadwinner for their family?That's a touchy subject,...

Published:Saturday | May 17, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Q I am a guy of 17, and I have never had sex. Several girls have indicated that they might be willing to go to bed with me, but the opportunity has never quite presented itself so far.

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: Mr Smith, I read your column regularly, as it provides useful insights into career advancement.

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Many Jamaicans love to snack on peppered shrimp, and nowhere else is this treat in abundance than in Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth, where vendor Patricia Tomlinson offers some of the island's tastiest.

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

To combat the challenges emergency-response teams experience when trying to locate addresses in Retreat, St Thomas, the community citizens' association project, 'Knowing Retreat: Let's Unite and Keep it Safe', provided signs on April 24.

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

It is time to get on the health train by trying something new at the Gaia Day Spa, located at Cobblestone Professional Centre, Mandeville. One option is the new 'iconic foot detox' treatment, which shows which toxins are being pulled from the body by the colours in the water.

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

AFTER SPENDING 40 years in England before returning home in 2003, one would think that Carrol James would be satisfied to come home to retire and just relax in her Jamaican paradise.

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I am a young teenage girl, and I just don't know what to do. I have fallen in love with a boy. This month, I thought I was pregnant by him, and I would like to know if you think he loves me.

Published:Wednesday | May 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

When it comes to choosing your vocation, it is critical that the voice you listen to most closely is your own. Sometimes, it can be hard to make up your mind for various reasons. It's advisable, however, to do the difficult job...

Published:Tuesday | May 6, 2014 | 12:00 AM

I've spent many a warm summer night, in the uncomfortable confines of a house darkened by a power outage, imagining what it would be like to sit across a table from the head of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS)...

Published:Saturday | May 3, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Hi Doc. We are a young couple, deeply in love. One of us is 19, the other one is 18.

Published:Wednesday | April 30, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Every now and then, a Gleaner Careers reader shares such compelling feedback on a column, I think their voices deserve to be heard by readers...

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