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THE Portia Simpson Miller administration will put the proposed repeal of the Buggery Act to a conscience vote, under pressure from the international gay community and pro-gay foreign governments. This was the prediction of new president of the umbrella Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) Rev Everald Galbraith in his first major interview since accepting the mantle of JCC head. Read […]
Members of the gay community were in a dilemma after a large contingent of police swooped down on the upscale Millsborough, Barbican area of St. Andrew and surrounded an abandoned house in which a group of men had been living for over a year. Before the men could make their escape, they were herded out into the yard by policemen […]
“Image is nothing Thirst is everything Obey your thirst” The foregoing slogan may certainly work for Sprite, a brand of the manufacturer Coca-Cola. However, for South Koreans especially those in the entertainment business, image is everything and to say otherwise would be considered anathema. Today, in South Korea men and women compete for going under the knife. The growth of plastic […]
NEW DELHI (IDN) – The 16th round of talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) of India and China on the boundary issue, which was held in Beijing on June 28 and 29, was not just another round of jaw-jaw towards resolving the border dispute. The meeting had acquired greater significance because it is the first after the April 15 incursion by Chinese […]
OXFORD (IDN | Yale Global) – From both the left and the right, three common misperceptions have emerged about US foreign policy: First, that the Global War on Terror has become a perpetual state of affairs; second, that no strategy is available to end this conflict in the near future; and third, that “the Obama approach to that conflict is just […]
BERLIN (IDN) – A modern-day Damocles’ sword is hanging over 49 of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable courtiers spanning across Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Unless the U.S. and the 27-nation European Union change their minds, the least developed countries (LDCs) will be forced to abide by the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – much to […]
Former President Bill Clinton offered a stinging critique of President Barack Obama’s inaction in Syria during a closed-press event this week, Politico reported, arguing that Obama’s hesitance to get involved in the lengthy conflict could end up making him look like a “total fool” and a “wuss.” Read more…
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa prayed for Nelson Mandela yesterday as the revered peace icon faced a third night in hospital, with calls for the family and the nation to “let him go”. Government officials had given no update on Mandela’s health since announcing that the 94-year-old was admitted early Saturday and was in a “serious but stable” condition with a lung […]
The Jamaican cabinet has decided in favor of holding a Commission of Enquiry into the May 2010 security forces’ incursion into the political enclave of Tivoli Gardens, which resulted in at least 77 deaths. The decision followed the May 1 tabling in the House of Representatives of an interim report into the event by the public defender, Earl Witter, in […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that its decision to allow US$90 million from Jamaica’s immediate access to some US$207 million from the new Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to be used for budget support, is unusual but not unique. “All IMF loans are for balance of payment support, however, there are circumstances under which you can interpret certain exigencies as […]
