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Samantha and Deron Brown share a tender moment after the wedding. (Photo: Dagpro Images Ltd.)

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, Samantha Thomas said "I do" to soulmate Deron Brown in a charming afternoon affair, witnessed by the couple's family and friends at the Jamaica Evangelistic Association in Kingston....more


A fraudulent marriage

Monday, November 16, 2009

Dear Mrs Macaulay, I am a British woman who married a Jamaican man in Jamaica in 2005. Within months of the marriage my husband admitted to deceiving me in that he had a baby with another woman. After this revelation I left him. The issue of children and my position on this subject was specifically discussed prior to the marriage....more

Surprise Engagement Makes a Splash At Sandals Resort

Monday, November 16, 2009

Just like us at Vows, we're certain you'll enjoy the unique nuptials of Raymond Boulger and Kelly Diplock that took place in October at Sandals Montego Bay....more

Sometimes she cries

Monday, November 16, 2009

HAVING witnessed many persons dying before her, 27-year-old doctor Twesige Mugisa-Malcolm has come to accept that death is an aspect of life that one has to face, while embracing the grief that comes with it....more

I'll do anything...

Monday, November 16, 2009

SOME women would have a fit hearing that their husband had visited a strip club, but not 50-year-old Judith who has no problem with strippers treating her husband of 23 years to a few lap dances, providing that he shares the details with her afterwards....more

Help! I can't have a baby

Monday, November 16, 2009

Dear Dr Mitchell, I have a problem that really getting to me. I am a 27-year-old mother of two; my first child is 14 and the second is 12. I got a C-section for both births. I have been trying to get pregnant for the past three years but nothing has happened....more

Of Kingston Rocks…The Next Big Resignation & Shift of Power

Monday, November 16, 2009

Kingston is back, yeah! Trust you are all savouring the brilliant Travel Section exposé in yesterday's New York Times. Kudos once again to those who saw the possibilities and unveiled Fiction nightclub, Pure Lounge and the ever-so-stylish Spanish Court Hotel. I mean, even our friends from the Second City are now regular Kingston hobnobbers. Can you imagine if the JTB threw a swanky party and dubbed it 'Kingston', inviting real A-listers to The Rock for one night only. Oh well, while we dream on, at least film-maker Chris Browne is getting on with it....more

Pityriasis Rosea: a common skin disease

Monday, November 16, 2009

PITYRIASIS Rosea is a common skin disease. It usually breaks out in the summertime. In this disease the sufferer first gets a Herald Patch, that is an area of skin breaks out in a rash. This may be oval in shape and it may be raised and even scaly. It may occur anywhere on the body. Usually the patient thinks that it is ringworm and very often the patient is treated for a patch of ringworm....more

Waiting in vain?

Monday, November 16, 2009

ARE you a female, over 35, childless, manless and yearning for a long and lasting love? If your answer is yes, this piece is dedicated to you. So you have been a good girl most of the time....more

How diabetes changed my life

Monday, November 16, 2009

FOR those of us who have never been diabetic, it's probably hard to understand the type of life that 20-year-old Renisha Wilson and others like her lead daily. Everyday begins the same way it ends, with a meal and a needle stuck in her arm or leg to replace the insulin her body has been rendered incapable of making....more

Study: Only 72.5 per cent of sexually active women use birth control

Monday, November 16, 2009

DESPITE efforts being made by organisations like the National Family Planning Board to get more women to plan their pregnancies, only 72.5 per cent of women ages 15-49 who are in unions are currently using any form of contraceptive methods....more

'Unbeweavable' hair stories

Monday, November 09, 2009

THERE are some who argue that some black women's intolerance for their kinky hair is steeped in slavery during which time anything unique to blacks was deemed inferior. By going straight, it is assumed that black women are seeking the idealised attributes of white women, which includes their soft, flowing hair....more

Love Like This

Monday, November 09, 2009

Vows brings you the nuptials of customer service representative at National Commercial Bank Nordia Patterson, and managing director of Citi Lubes Distributors Ltd, Dwayne Peters, which took place at the University of the West Indies Chapel, Mona, on Saturday, October 1, 2009. The sunny afternoon wedding officiated by Reverend Peter Garth, witnessed by the couple's family and friends, could best be described as a celebration filled with happiness....more

Report: Half of pregnancies unplanned

Monday, November 09, 2009

ONLY 50 per cent of the pregnancies that occurred in the five-year period leading up to 2008 were planned, while 30.9 per cent were mistimed and 15.9 per cent were unwanted. These are the findings of the latest Reproductive Health Survey (RHS), which was conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica with the technical support of the Centre of Disease Prevention between 2002-2008. The survey was done using over 8,000 women within the reproductive age group (15-49) and over 2,700 men between the ages of 15 and 24 years old from rural and urban areas....more

Wife doesn't want to share her property

Monday, November 09, 2009

Dear Mrs Macaulay, I've been married for the last seven years. When I met my husband I had a small apartment and he came to live with me. This apartment was too small so I decided it was time to sell and buy something a little bigger. He supported the idea and we went looking at different places. I was of the opinion that he would be a part of this deal financially based on his actions....more

Anniversary gift

Monday, November 09, 2009

IT happened at a time when my life was, simply put, 'at its best'. I'd met Alex three years before and on that fateful night we were celebrating our anniversary. The night he came to pick me up, I had already slipped into a skin-tight dress I had bought specifically for the occasion. He was punctual too. I quickly applied some make-up and slipped on my sexy pumps. One more glance in the mirror and I headed towards the door....more


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