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Stories by Asha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Published:Sunday | August 27, 2023 | 9:47 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

The heartbreaking news of her daughter’s disappearance has left Milicent McCurdy, the mother of Jamaican dancehall deejay Stephanie Williams, also known as ‘Medikk’, distressed. Williams, 29, who was reported missing on Thursday, was last seen...

Published:Sunday | August 20, 2023 | 12:10 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

In many developed nations, such as Germany and South Korea, recycling bins for separating plastic, paper, cans and glass are easily accessible to citizens walking along roadways for convenient disposal and easy collection. However, many developing...

Published:Sunday | August 13, 2023 | 12:13 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Delrose Newman is a small-scale poultry farmer from Redwood district in St Catherine. During the brooding season, when broiler chicks need extra care and attention to maintain their health and survival, she utilises incandescent light bulbs as a...

Published:Sunday | August 13, 2023 | 12:06 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Small island developing countries like Jamaica are experiencing warmer temperatures more frequently because of the detrimental effects of climate change, which is being felt around the world. And human beings are not the only species struggling...

Published:Sunday | August 6, 2023 | 12:09 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

It has been more than a year since Yanique Thompson has seen her only child. The Clarendon mother has stumbled into hurdles while trying to secure the funds required to finish building a two-bedroom home. Once the construction is done, it is...

Published:Sunday | July 30, 2023 | 12:09 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

There is an emerging phenomenon of individuals – some consumed by loneliness – turning to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for companionship and in some cases, intimate connections. Some have gone as far as deeming the chatbot as a romantic...

Published:Sunday | May 1, 2022 | 12:11 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Three families have been plunged into mourning following the killing of three young men in Bedward Gardens, August Town in St Andrew, early yesterday morning. Characterised by residents as ambitious young men who despised guns and hated the high...

Published:Sunday | January 2, 2022 | 12:12 AMAsha Wilks - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Just four minutes after many Jamaicans would have popped the champagne, raising wine glasses to toast to a new year, 18-year-old Celena Cunningham gave birth to the first baby of 2022 at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in downtown Kingston....

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