JAMAICA'S STAR ON DA RISE: Q&A With Tessanne Chin

Her voice might certainly be taking her into uncharted territory, but Tessanne Chin is as down-to-earth as two slices of bread and butter. SO takes 10 with the Rock's latest 'singsation' who still chokes up at the mention of her former Voice roommate and battle-round partner Donna Allen, who also has firm Caribbean roots -- her mother being Jamaican and her father Guyanese.On Donna...

She's an amazing woman and it was such an honour to sing with her. A lot of people don't know that she comes from Caribbean roots. Her mom's Jamaican and her dad's Guyanese. Hopefully, she'll come down to the island to visit me, one day. Who knows, maybe, we'll do a song together. I have nothing but love and respect for that woman.Getting on The Voice...


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2-Year-Old Dead After Accidentally Shooting Herself With Handgun

A 2-year-old girl is dead after accidentally shooting herself with a handgun inside a North Carolina home, according to multiple reports.

Police said the girl, who was nicknamed "Coco," found a loaded handgun and that it discharged, local NBC affiliate WNCN-TV reported. She was at the home with her aunt and grandmother at the time.

When officers found the girl, whose name is not being released, she wasn't breathing. She was immediately brought to the Cape Fear Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, the local outlet reported.

"She would always come to to the fence line and play with my dog," neighbor Byron Brown told WRAL-TV. "To lose a 2-year-old baby who hasn't even lived yet...is horrific," he said.

Another neighbor, Felicia Brown, told WNCN-TV there have been "too many shootings" in the neighborhood recently and that she plans to move away. read more

54 y-o, Lillie McCloud Brings It "Home" - THE X FACTOR USA 2013 (VIDEO).

Facing Down Racism - Skyfall Actor Plays 'The Scottsboro Boys', A Tale About The Biggest Race Trial In American History

You'd think it would be hard for an actor to leave one job and embark on another one with only a day's rest. But as Adebayo Bolaji explains, "As actors, that's what we train for."

The 9 Scottsboro Boys

Hot on the heels of his successful stint in the hit West End adaptation ofThe Color Purple, Bolaji is now undertaking a production of similar intensity, though the story itself is perhaps lesser known than Alice Walker's famous novel-turned-movie. Opening at The Young Vic, The Scottsboro Boys brings to life the infamous tale of the nine young black men, aged between 12 and 19, who, in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931, had their lives turned upside down when they were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train.

Even though one of the women later recanted her accusation, and in spite of a total absence of evidence, the boys were convicted. Their subsequent trials and appeals threw issues of racism and the right to a fair trial into the forefront and deeply divided the nation. read more

10 Psychological Studies That Will Change What You Think You Know About Yourself

Why do we do the things we do? Despite our best attempts to "know thyself," the truth is that we often know astonishingly little about our own minds, and even less about the way others think. As Charles Dickens once put it, “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”

Psychologists have long sought insights into how we perceive the world and what motivates our behavior, and they've made enormous strides in lifting that veil of mystery. Aside from providing fodder for stimulating cocktail-party conversations, some of the most famous psychological experiments of the past century reveal universal and often surprising truths about human nature. Here are 10 classic psychological studies that may change the way you understand yourself.

We all have some capacity for evil. read more

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BASEBALL: Red Sox Reach World Series: Boston Tops Detroit 5-2 In ALCS Game 6 (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

BOSTON -- BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are going back to the World Series for the third time in 10 seasons.

Red Sox Celebration

Shane Victorino's seventh-inning grand slam propelled Boston to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night, clinching the AL championship series in six games and setting up a World Series rematch with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Red Sox will host Game 1 on Wednesday night against the team they swept in 2004 to end their 86-year title drought. The Cardinals won the NL pennant on Friday night by eliminating the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.

With 21-game winner Max Scherzer on the mound, Detroit took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning and held it until Boston loaded the bases on a double, a walk and an error by shortstop Jose Iglesias. Victorino lofted an 0-2 pitch from Jose Veras over the Green Monster. Victorino lofted an 0-2 pitch from Jose Veras over the Green Monster to set off a celebration in the Red Sox dugout and in the Fenway Park stands. read more

Jamaica Is Nice : 2 Old Women (Grannies) in a dance off clash doing the dutty wine pon a multi drop riddim (VIDEO)

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Samantha J Presents SAMANTHA-J ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP at PALAS Awards Presentation at UWI

Recently SAMANTHA-J partnered with the 'Peace and Love Academic Scholarship, Inc.' (PALAS) to award students with academic funding and support. This year, PALAS awarded 60 new scholarships for the academic year 2013-2014 to worthy, but economically challenged high school and University/College students in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Check out the SAMANTHA J ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP.

https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaJLive and www.PALAS1.org

Jamaican entertainer Andrew Davis, more popularly known as Flippa Mogla Busted! Int'l Drug-Trafficking Network Dismantled

UNITED STATES law-enforcement authorities have charged that Jamaican entertainer Andrew Davis, more popularly known as Flippa Mogla, was the leader of an international drug-trafficking and money-laundering network that operated between Kingston and the American states of New Jersey and California.

Flippa Mogla

"Andrew Davis allegedly directed his organisation's drug operations from various locations in Jamaica, New Jersey, and California," the New Jersey attorney general's office alleged in a statement announcing that the network had been dismantled.

Flippa was arrested in Los Angeles, California, on September 16 and extradited last Tuesday to New Jersey, where he was charged for being the leader of a narcotics trafficking network, the distribution of cocaine, money laundering, and conspiracy.

His brother, 22-year-old Kemar Davis, who resides in California, was also arrested and charged, along with seven other alleged accomplices, in March this year, when the "takedown of the Davis Organisation began".

All nine accused have been offered bail. read more

JAMAICAN HORSE RACING UNCENSORED @Kevin2wokrayzee

Wow. Girl eaten live by alligator caught on camera. Crazy stuff. Frightening.

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Principal Raped Boy In Office While Parent Was Outside: Cops

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A former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy's unsuspecting parent was outside the room.

David Ellis Edwards, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree forcible sex offense, sexual acts with a student, taking indecent liberties with a minor and crimes against nature, WTVD reported.

Deputies say that between 2009 and 2011, Edwards molested at least three boys between the ages of 11 and 14. At least one of the incidents allegedly occurred in Edward's office while the victim's parent sat in a nearby waiting area.

Edwards resigned from his position at Douglas Byrd Middle School, where he had been principal since 2010, in August, WNCN reported. Before that, he was principal of Ramsey Street Alternative School. Officials believe that all of the sexual assaults took place on the campuses of these two schools. Authorities have also noted they "believe there were more than the three victims,"sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Tanna told the Fayetteville Observer. read more

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Simpson-Miller to inducted in IWF Hall of Fame

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller is to be inducted into the International Women's Forum (IWF) Hall of Fame. The induction will take place tonight at the IWF Leadership Conference in Vancouver, Canada.

The IWF, which was founded in the United States 30 years ago, said that the award is in recognition of the "incredible impact that women of courage, creativity and passion have made towards improving society, inspiring others and building better leadership in the world".

SIMPSON MILLER... will be the second
head of government in the
Caribbean to be inducted

 

Simpson Miller will be the second head of government in the Caribbean to be inducted following the late Dominica prime minister, Dame Eugenia Charles.

Other leaders who have received the award include former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Kim Campbell of Canada, Mary Robinson of Ireland, Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives, as well as Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, and the president of the All China Women's Federation, Chen Zhili. read more 

Gyptian talks Sex, Love and Reggae

GYPTIAN moved out of the dancehall category in 2010 with the catchy dance number Hold Yuh which caught on big time with disc jocks and clubbers in the United States. The singer-songwriter makes another push at the charts in that country with his latest studio effort.

Sex, Love and Reggae is the title of the album which will be released October 29 by VP Records. It comes five months after the Queens, New York company serviced his SLR EP to select markets in the US as a precursor to the main project which hears the singer working with high-profile artistes and producers.

Gyptian talks sex, love & reggae

Promotion for Sex, Love and Reggae has already began. Gyptian kicked off a month of performance and radio dates on October 10 in Palm Bay, Florida, and is expected to perform this evening at the Elements venue in Gainesville, also in Florida.

Hold Yuh -- which featured a remix with Trinidad-born rapper Nicky Minaj -- was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America early this year. It was the first such recognition for a reggae song in the US since Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock five years earlier. Read more: 

IN JAMAICA: No Charges Yet For Female Robbery Suspects. Held up man at gunpoint.....Read More at rulabrownnetwork.com

The police are reporting that they currently have three women in custody following a robbery attempt in the vicinity of the Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) head office, off Half-Way Tree Road in St Andrew.

Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, head of the St Andrew Central Police, said the women were arrested Wednesday afternoon after one of the females had lured a man to purchase patties for her along Half-Way Tree Road.

Bailey said another woman was introduced to the man as a cousin of the previous woman. However, when they were driving away from the patty shop, the second woman brandished a .45 pistol, placed it in the back of the man's neck, and told him to drive.

Bailey said when they attempted to rob the man, he held on to the woman and summoned the police. Another female involved in the incident was also arrested, along with a man. read more

The daughter of a black cab driver has an IQ higher than Albert Einstein

The daughter of a black cab driver with an IQ higher than Albert Einstein is to step out at a high society debutantes’ ball in Paris next month.

Lauren Marbe, 17, has
 an IQ higher than Einstein.

Lauren Marbe, 17, has been handed the honour after the organisers of the annual ball read that she had scored 161 on the Mensa test.

The teenager from Loughton, Essex, is a fan of fake tanning and blonde highlights while her favourite programme is The Only Way is Essex - not the usual qualifications required for “Le Bal”.

The event is inspired by parties at royal courts where young, beautiful women were introduced to elegible batchelors. There will be 25 debutantes at the event on 30 Novemeber which is being organised by the Automobile Club of France. read more

NY YANKEES, Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) Brought Prostitutes 'Two At A Time, Twice A Week' To Central Park Apartment: REPORT (VIDEO)

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez reacts after throwing out Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie for the third out in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in New York.  read more

With A-Rod fighting for his professional life at MLB headquarters again this week, his personal life was back in the tabloids. In his latest scandal, the New York Yankees' slugger has been accused of hiring prostitutes by the pair in an upcoming book.

According to an excerpt from "House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address" by Michael Gross obtained by the New York Post, staff at the upscale Manhattan building were Rodriguez lived were aware that he hired prostitutes.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: Alaithea Whitmore scored 7 distinctions, credit, despite debilitating illness

FOR 16-year-old Alaithea Whitmore, securing seven distinctions and a credit in her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations was akin to seeing a rainbow following a bleak year marred by ill health and financial woes.

Whitmore. 7 distinctions

The Immaculate Conception High School student said there were many times throughout the school year when achieving academic success seemed like a pipe dream. This was due mostly to a debilitating health condition that causes her to experience pain all over her body, as well as the fact that her mother was not always in a position to provide for her financially.

Whitmore, whose mother peddles in May Pen daily to send her to school, said she was officially diagnosed with scoliosis about two years ago. This diagnosis came about three years after others around her started speculating that there was more behind the pain and fatigue she had been experiencing.

"My grade seven mathematics teacher, she used her stick and she would say, 'Stand up', and when I did, she would say that I'm lean. The pain was there, but I tried to ignore stuff, but then it got worse and so I had to go to the doctor and that's when I got the official diagnosis." read more: 

Jamaica Restores Name: Country No Longer Seen As A Pariah After Creditable Performance Under IMF Programme, Says Bullock

DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Colin Bullock says the international markets are warming up to the country in light of its performance under the extended fund facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Colin Bullock

"The purse strings appear to be loosening and there appears to be increased confidence in Jamaica's capacity to manage a difficult programme," Bullock said.

The PIOJ boss, who was speaking during a meeting of Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee, said Jamaica was no longer being seen as a pariah by the country's international development partners.

He said that prior to securing the deal with the IMF, the partners were unwilling to commit resources to the country, but that position has changed with the success of the programme so far. read more

JAMAICAN DOLLAR RAPID DECLINE: Currency Rates Update October 17: $105.16 To US$1

The Jamaican dollar reached a new low today, trading at $105.16 to the United States dollar. 

In the last 13 days, the dollar depreciated by $1.11, having reached $104.05 to the United States dollar on October 4. 

The average selling rate of the Canadian dollar was $102.20, which translates into a gain of $0.11 during the 13-day period. Today the British Pound Sterling sold for $169.83, which means a loss of $1.09 during the same period. The average selling rate of the euro was $141.52, a gain of $0.14 when compared with the October 4 rate. read more

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EXTORTIONISTS EXTINGUISHED : Government Shutdown: Obama Signs Bill To Reopen Government, End Debt Standoff (UPDATE)

WASHINGTON -- The government shutdown is dead. Obamacare is alive.

The Senate voted 81 to 18 Wednesday night to reopen the federal government and raise the nation's borrowing limit, hours before the Treasury Department faced the possibility of being unable to pay all of America's bills for the first time in modern history.

The House followed suit, voting 285-144 to end the latest damaging battle of divided government in a polarized Congress.

President Barack Obama signed the legislation early Thursday. He said he would reopen the government immediately to "lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease" that settled on the nation and start fixing the damage.

"There is a lot of work ahead of us, including our need to earn back the trust of the American people that has been lost over the last few weeks," Obama said in a brief speech at the White House. read more

The Simple Secret for Normal Blood Sugar & A1c Levels Now You Finally Have the Chance to Promote Normal Blood Sugar, A1c & Body Weight, and Soon!∗Keep Reading to Learn How It's Done…

San Diego, CA - Mary's blood sugar is steady at 95. Connie's fasting sugar is now averaging 90 to 95 (she's 20 lbs lighter, too). And Maggie not only has a 5.6 A1c now, but she also lost weight along the way!

What's their secret? 

Most people aren't aware of the "3 Essentials of Healthy Blood Sugar":

1. Reduce the intestines' absorption of glucose from food
2. Reduce the liver's production of glucose
3. Increase glucose uptake in the body's cells

Target any one of the 3 Essentials and you'll improve your blood sugar and A1c, which reflects your average blood sugar over a period of 2-3 months. But target all 3 Essentials together and you'll help keep your levels in check, from sunup to sundown. read more

Hon. Damion Crawford speaks at PALAS Awards Ceremony at UWI in Kingston, Jamaica. 60 scholarships awarded..... FULL OF HUMOR WITH A LESSON ON EDUCATION

REUTERS: Thirty million people are slaves, half in India: survey shows

LONDON, Oct 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labor, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, a global index on modern slavery showed on Thursday.

Almost half are in India, where slavery ranges from bonded labor in quarries and kilns to commercial sex exploitation, although the scourge exists in all 162 countries surveyed by Walk Free, an Australian-based rights group.

Its estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour.

"Today some people are still being born into hereditary slavery, a staggering but harsh reality, particularly in parts of West Africa and South Asia," the report said. read more

Broadcaster Jody-Ann Gray Elated At Possible Penalties For Killing Unborn Children

Broadcaster Jody-Ann Gray says she is happy justice minister Senator Mark Golding is moving to seek justice for unborn children. 

Gray was attacked by former co-worker, Wayne Whyte, and another man as she arrived home in Cedar Grove in Portmore, St Catherine on April 4, last year.  She was seven months’ pregnant with Whyte’s child at the time. The justice minister recently told the Senate that he was actively considering how to deal with the murder of a pregnant woman and the rights of her unborn child. There is currently no law in Jamaica to punish a pregnant woman’s killer for taking the life of her unborn child. 

Jody-Ann Gray (File)

However, Golding says he is looking at whether Jamaica’s laws should be amended to that where a person is aware he is killing a pregnant woman there can be some penalty in relation to the unborn child. 

Gray says she is elated to see that families in the future could get a chance to experience justice for not just the mother but also the unborn child whose opportunity to enter the world and make a contribution to society may have been taken away. read more

AFRICAN AMERICAN triplets graduate magna cum laude in CHEMISTRY

Thompson Triplets, Bre'Andria, Cre'Andria and Dre'Andria graduated magna cum laude from Norfolk State University in chemistry.
All three are Dozoretz scholars, graduating magna cum laude with Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry. This is the first time triplets have graduated from the school’s Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences (DNIMAS).

The sisters have each picked different careers to pursue with their degrees. Bre’ is planning to go to medical school, Cre’ wants to go to dental school and Dre’ says she would like to attend graduate school for toxicology. read more

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WASHINGTON -- There's a deal to reopen the government and avoid a potential default on the debt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on the Senate floor Wednesday.

The plan developed by the two leaders would open the government until Jan. 15 and extend the debt ceiling through Feb. 7.

Reid called the deal "historic," and cautioned others keep the rhetoric to a minimum. "This is not a time for pointing fingers or blame. This is a time for reconciliation," Reid said, before yielding to McConnell.

McConnell emphasized that the agreement maintains cuts that the Senate agreed to in the last budget showdown in 2011. read more

Yemalla Edwards, a Medical student at UWI is now living his dream....after many struggles......PALAS providing some support.

UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) student Yemalla Edwards is on his way to realising his dream of becoming a medical doctor.

His belief in helping people with the best gift ever -- good health -- has seen him overcoming many obstacles to stay focused on achieving this goal. It has not been an easy road getting to this point in his life, but he is propelled by an unshakeable faith in God.

Medical student at UWI,
Yemalla Edwards

From his student days at McCooks Pen Primary School in St Catherine, Edwards had to deal with meagre resources, as 40 per cent of the time he would attend school without lunch money. With six brothers and three sisters to share the paltry earnings of his mother, a vendor at Coronation Market, and his father, a minimum wage worker, Edwards pushed himself to achieve even more.

"My family is special to me because they are my all in all. I love to be around them because they are always motivating me, especially my mom and dad," he said. Edwards said most of his motivation comes from within, as he is a determined individual. read more 

New Film On Dancehall Music Screens At Edna Manley

Much has already been said about the nature and impact of dancehall music, which has its roots in reggae. The debate for and against the popular genre is robust. One side blames and condemns it for many of the socials ills in the country, and the messages of violence, misogyny and homophobia that it conveys.

Claudia Barry

The other side claims it is the voice of the people, a medium through which they express their feelings and echo what is happening in the society. So is dancehall influencing certain behaviour and mindsets regarded as unwholesome, or is it just a mirror, reflecting the attitudes and deeds engendered by other social, religious, political and psychosexual dynamics?

The discussion continues on Thursday, when Losing Paradise and Music, a Claudja Barry film, will be screened at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts between 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. as one of the offerings at the three-day Rex Nettleford Conference. read more

IN JAMAICA: Some 348 men from St James turned out for prostate cancer screening at what the Rotary Club of Montego Bay

Discarding fear of any homophobic connotation, some 348 men from St James turned out for prostate cancer screening at what the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East and the Jamaica Cancer Society have tagged an 'oversubscribed' event.

President of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East,
 Dale Davis (right), assisting partially blind Godfrey Downer,
 who came for the second year to be
 tested during the prostate cancer screening,
while others waited in line to get their checks

This figure is a whopping 250 per cent increase over 2012. The organisers expected to reach at least 200 men this year, 90 more than were screened last year.

The men, aged between 40 and 65 years old, flooded the Montego Bay Civic Centre recently, allowing a full team of female urologists from the Cornwall Regional Hospital and other medical facilities in the region to carry out digital rectal examinations and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) on them.

The tests were done free of cost. read more

Haryy Belafonte Sues Heirs of Martin Luther King Jr.

Harry Belafonte is 86, an age that tends to focus the mind on putting one’s affairs in order. And that is why, Mr. Belafonte says, he has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the three surviving children of one of his closest friends: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s notes for an undelivered speech.

At issue are three documents that used to be in Mr. Belafonte’s collection of memorabilia, along with other photos and letters on the walls of his apartment, chronicling his long friendship with Dr. King. Mr. Belafonte says the papers were given to him by Dr. King himself; by his widow, Coretta Scott King; and by Dr. King’s close aide Stanley Levison.

Dr. King’s heirs — Dexter, Bernice and Martin Luther King III — have said the documents were taken without permission and belong to the estate. read more

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Murder Suspect Explains Why He Posted Pic Of Dead Wife On Facebook....Facebook Murder Suspect Says He Posted Photo Of Dead Wife 'To Notify Family'

MIAMI -- MIAMI (AP) — A woman whose husband fatally shot her and posted pictures of her corpse on Facebook was likely cowering and trying to defend herself before she was killed, a police detective testified Tuesday.

The hearing testimony by Miami-Dade Detective Jonathan Grossman could undercut 31-year-old Derek Medina's claim that he shot his wife, 26-year-old Jennifer Alonso, in self-defense while she viciously attacked him at their South Miami home.

Grossman said an autopsy and the position of Alonso's body indicates she was on her knees with one arm raised in front of her face when she was shot Aug. 8 during an argument. The trajectories of the 380-caliber bullets indicate they were fired from above her, he added.

"The victim was very low to the ground at the time she was shot," Grossman testified. "The victim appeared to be in a cowering position." read more

Warning: This May Be Bad For Your Health.....Why Your Thong May Be Bad For Your Health

They work wonders for panty lines, but sometimes we get the feeling that our thongs are bad for us. Sometimes they're too tight, sometimes they rub the wrong way and sometimes they just don't feel all that clean.

But is the skimpy underwear really bad for our health? We called up Dr. Jill M. Rabin, an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Dr. Shieva Ghofrany, an OB/GYN with Stamford Hospital, in Conn., to get the lowdown on those garments we wear low down. What are our undies really doing to us down there?

Thongs aren't necessarily bad for you.

It really depends on your propensity for infections, Dr. Rabin says. "If somebody's healthy, there aren't really any dangers," she tells us. "The issue is if you have a predisposition to getting infections, either urinary or vaginal, it may be harder to get rid of it if you're wearing a thong." read more