Donald ‘Zekes’ Phipps is taking his community leader skills to prison for life (or 30 years, whichever is shorter). His lawyer, Churchill Neita, evidently was disappointed enough in the sentence to blame “foreign cops” for Zekes conviction and sentencing.
Zekes
Yes, Mr. Neita, it seems likely that it took the presence of foreign cops for the […]
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Amazingly enough, it seems that good sense may yet prevail in the case of the Pinero Group and their 2,000 room hotel at Pear Tree Bottom. Their license to build was quashed in the courts on the grounds that the responsible Government of Jamaica agencies had failed to follow their own procedures, and, according to […]
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Despite Prime Minister Patterson informing the the U.K. based Guardian newspaper in 1999 that Jamaica would become a republic within 5 years (that is, by 2003), the Queen is still with us.
Not only do we still have the Queen, but it looks as though we may have the Privy Council for a while longer. […]
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This week’s “Believe It or Not” :
Coral reef (from www.silver-sands.com)
Hard on the heels of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s denunciation of the judgment halting construction of the Pinero Group’s 2,000 room hotel at Pear Tree Bottom, we have an endorsement of the judgment by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) !!!!!
You can just […]
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Amnesty International (AI) has released its 2005 report. It has nothing new to say regarding Jamaica - our police kill with impunity, we murder gays and lesbians, men rape and murder women and girls etcetera. Nothing new, but all true.
"Unspeakable Truths: Facing the Challenge of Truth Commissions" (Priscilla B. Hayner)
The responses have been predictable - […]
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