Jamaica and the World

1. The debate over numerology and the place of religion in politics

Pastor Phillip Phinn
Everyone (from the talk shows to the columnists) attacks the Prime Minister for supposedly advocating numerology and/or being guided by Pastor Phinn’s prophecies in her choice of election date. This debate reminds us that this election will be about who […]

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The Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has announced that August 27 will be election day in Jamaica.
So who will win the election ?
There have been no new polls published this week (well, Bill Johnson has produced polls of a sort) , so the PNP is still ahead as far as we know.
How is it possible […]

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The Unforgiven
The Privy Council ruled that the Grenada 13 should be resentenced.
Then, just to prove that the Commonwealth Caribbean (the ex-colonies of Britain) need the Privy Council to protect us from the whims of our Governments, our legal systems and our own desire for revenge, the resentencing proceeded with water being thrown at the […]

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