Resident Magistrates’ (NOA) address of touts may be wrong tactic

Webmasters Make $$$ In recent times, the Resident Magistrates at the Sutton Street Court location have been ordering that members of the public use the bailiff’s office for process service. Perhaps in response to an article, published in the Jamaica Gleaner March 29th, 2015, titled “Bailiffs being put out of office by touts in the street ” these certain Resident Magistrates are attempting to maintain control by these means. The article written by Barbara Gayle was solely based on, and reflected mostly accusations levied by Mr Augustus Sheriah, who has…

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JUST-A-THOT: Obama and Jamaica

The Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States was in Jamaica April 8-9, 2015. Just wondering how is it there is an agreement for natural gas, the Minister says we cant benefit from till 2017. This is among the priorities of the visit, yet we as an island lay idle in exploring our own independence through natural energies by developing our own solar energy system. If we going to enter into deals, I just cant see how comes we cant brainstorm better deals and put offering countries in perspective…

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Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell for Miss Universe 2015? I beg to disagree

BEAUTY PAGEANT TRUTH: I am not outraged that the beautiful Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell DID NOT WIN. It does not minimise my pride for her however. I am proud because she is Jamaican – whether black, yellow, pink, black or orange. Recently, as a result of the uproar over the placement of Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, four intelligent women sat on Television Jamaica to discuss this whole game of browning and whitening over blackening that ‘the we’ need to change. I dont agree that…

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2014 Jamaica Independence message by Opposition Leader

JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE (2014) FROM OPPOSITION LEADER MR. ANDREW HOLNESS Independence marked a major milestone in our journey towards nationhood and the creation of our Jamaican State. That journey started with the arrival of Columbus in 1492 and the subsequent conquest, exploitation and establishment of a system of enslavement and a plantation society under European colonial rule which lasted for 470 years until our Independence 1962. After World War II European Empires receded as their economies and armies tried to rebuild and nationalist fervour in the colonies grew. Colonialism…

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2014 Independence message from Jamaica PM

JAMAICA INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE (2014) FROM PRIME MINISTER THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, I greet you on this the 52nd Anniversary of our Independence. Fifty-two years since our flag was first hoisted; fifty-two years since we assumed full responsibility for our national affairs. Fifty-two years since that hopeful and expectant generation passed on to us the vibrancy of a dream of a new Jamaica: a Jamaica of equal opportunity for all; a Jamaica where justice would roll down like a…

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2014 Jamaica Independence message by G-G Patrick Allen

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF JAMAICA HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST HONOURABLE SIR PATRICK ALLEN I BELIEVE IN JAMAICA Fellow Jamaicans at home and abroad, I greet you on the commemoration of the 47th anniversary of our Independence. As we reflect on the past and celebrate, let us remember that the true meaning of Independence must evolve from each Jamaican. It should be determined by our collective dreams and hopes for our nation, and the kind of society we envision for ourselves and successive generations. I believe that true…

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