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ACCORDING to Rumah Solehah (a home for women and children living with HIV) project coordinator Fathiiah Hamzah, ignorance on HIV and AIDS-related issues is still prevalent among young people. The statistics released by the Malaysian AIDS Council’s Red Ribbon Youth Club shows that for every four cases of new HIV infection in 2011, one was […]
By SHARMILA NAIR and ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my YOU are HIV positive. Don’t touch us!” That is one of the taunts 13-year-old Alina has to endure every time she gets into an argument with her schoolmates. “They promised they won’t tell anyone, but whenever we argue, that’s the first thing they point out,” said a Alina, […]
By NIKI CHEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my A COUPLE of weeks ago, I was informed that my friend – Paul (not his real name) – in London was recently diagnosed with HIV. The person who told me, however, did not personally know Paul, but had read the news on his Twitter feed instead. This led to a long […]
By ANGELIN YEOH, PHYLLIS HO and FOO JEAN-NI alltherage@thestar.com.my SUE (not her real name), a 19-year-old sex worker, believes in gargling with mouthwash after servicing her clients with oral sex. She believes it’s a form of protection. “Clients don’t like getting oral sex with condoms on. So I protect myself from getting sexually transmitted disease […]
Ezra Mohd Akbar gave up his lucrative career as an IT programmer to devote himself completely to fighting against HIV/AIDS.
By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you are familiar with the bhangra music scene, then you would recognise Manjit Singh (M-Ji) and Sukhjit Singh (Surj) from Goldkartz. The brothers, age 27 and 23 respectively, have been producing urban bhangra tracks since 2008, with the release of their debut album Loaded. With almost 20, 000 “Likes” on […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you see a square-ish photograph on your Facebook or Twitter timeline, taken recently but with some old school vibe on it, you’re most likely looking at an Instagram picture. Instagram is a photo-sharing application and a social networking site that now has more than 100,000 million registered users from […]
A showcase of ordinary individuals who surpassed near-impossible odds.
By ANGELYN HO alltherage@thestar.com.my ALMOST all of us have experienced love and “romantic” relationship during adolescence. It is part of growing up and experiencing life, but romance and courtship aside, teenage love is not as simple and innocent as many people believe. Teens have expressed their difficulties in making tough decisions in relationships; whether to […]
By ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my MOST of us would probably be content with running for about 20 minutes a day. For Faizal Ramli, however, he takes his workout regime to a whole different level. “I run for about two hours in the morning and I have to cover at least 10km in distance. Then […]