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EDITORIAL - Obama challenges Jamaica on gay rights

Barack Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage was an act of political bravery, the consequences of which will, perhaps, tell when Americans vote in their presidential election this November...

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The spots are still on the leopard!

Yes, we're counting! This year, Jamaica can mark 50 years since we threw off some of the chains of British colonialism, but quite a few shackles remain.Our laws and processes are shackled to English jurisprudence, and even if we abolish the Judicial...

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The business of 'money politics'

It's a never-ending battle to rid Jamaica's politics of corruption and to stymie a leading cause of this corruption, the financing of political parties, candidates and elections in the country since 1944.The current condition...

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Natural-born myths

One of the most common expressions you will hear in any discussion on sports is that such and such a person 'was born with natural talent'...

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EDITORIAL - Move to greater transparency in Gov't

Jamaica's finance ministry and its agencies tend to be far more transparent than other government departments with information that inform, or are the effect of, public policy.For instance, each month, in arrears, the ministry posts on its website...

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Tax-reform time come

RECENTLY, I heard Joseph Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, being interviewed by Paula Ann Porter on RJR...

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Tibetans in flames

THE NUMBER of Tibetans burning themselves to death in protests against Chinese policy has grown very fast recently: the first self-immolation was in 2009, but 22 of the 30 incidents happened in the past year...

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Tribute to Merlene Ottey

Tribute to Merlene Ottey by Judge Patrick Robinson at a sports forum held recently in celebration of Jamaica's 50th anniversary of Independence organised by the Embassy of Jamaica, Berlin, in collaboration with the Centre...