I’m deeply concerned about the number of women being robbed of their lives. Jamaica’s femicide rate is amongst the highest in the world. This cannot continue
Leoda Bradshaw, the woman accused of murdering 10-month-old Sarayah Paulwell and the child’s mother, 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson, is due in court this morning.
Nationwide News understands that the alleged trigger man, David Smith, pleaded guilty on Wednesday and is taking a plea deal.
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Kemelia Paul is gone.💔😭💔😭
I've been staring at my phone for the last hour trying to find the words. I still don't have them. I'm not sure they exist.
For weeks I spoke with her mother. I followed every update. Every surgery. Every fever. Every small victory, the moment she said she was cold, the moment the doctors said the tube was coming out, I held each one like it meant something. Because it did. Because SHE did.
I was planning to go see her this weekend. This weekend.
I never got to meet her. I never will.
Kemelia Paul was 13 years old. She was in Form 1 at Excelsior High School. She passed her exams and got into the school of her choice. She was somebody's firstborn. Somebody's whole world.
And he was brave. Brave enough to step between a violent man and someone she loved. Brave enough to take what was meant for someone else.
That bravery cost her everything.
To Josephine —
I don't have words big enough for what you're carrying tonight. I don't think such words exist in any language.
You fought for your daughter with everything you had. You walked those streets. You sourced those supplies. You sat beside that bed for weeks. You answered my calls when you had every reason to disconnect from the world entirely.
You did everything right. Everything.
And I am so deeply, deeply sorry that it still wasn't enough to keep her here.
I knew this child only through her mother's voice. Through a crumpled prescription. Through a GoFundMe flyer. Through updates that came in at odd hours that I would read and feel in my chest.
I didn't know her. But I am broken tonight.
I can only imagine what those who did know her are feeling right now.
Kemelia should be complaining about homework tonight.
She should be in her uniform on Monday morning.
She should have decades ahead of her, love, laughter, everything a life is supposed to hold.
Instead a violent man took all of that. In one moment. With one knife.
And Jamaica lost another child it could not protect.
Rest easy, Kemelia.
You were brave and beautiful and you deserved so much better from this world.
I'm sorry we couldn't bring you home.
I'm sorry. 💔😭💔😭💔🕊️
Dear Counsellor, I went to my wife a few months ago and said we should open our relationship, as when we got together, we agreed that we both were non-traditional people. We’ve been married nine years, and this is the first experiment with anyone outside the marriage. Anyway, she was all for it, and we both started situationships with other people. No intimacy, just a sort of ‘dating’ without strings. The problem is, I realised after a few weeks that I didn’t want this type of life after all, and cut the woman off. My wife, however, is unwilling to do the same with her younger man. She seems quite taken with the new fellow, and says the ‘relationship’ she has with him is good for her mental health. They do various activities together, and it is like she has found her groove again. She REFUSES to end it with him, and I’m stuck looking like a buzz killer. What can I do, before she falls in love?
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I'm not into neutrals. I've got to have color in my home. A splash of terracotta, sage green, coral, butter yellow, mid to darker blues. Any color, except purple. Not a fan of purple.
An energetic dog ran onto the pitch and temporarily halted play in Paraguay’s final match ahead of the FIFA World Cup as they took on Nicaragua.
Security personnel entered the playing field and managed to carefully lift the dog out, local media reported. https://t.co/VwkfmWgf5g