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JFJ appeals for Whistleblower Act
HUMAN RIGHTS lobby group, Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), has called on the Government to develop and enact a Whistleblower Protection Act to encourage more witnesses to corruption and other wrongdoings to come forward.
Anti-corruption agency needed, says McMahon
A UNITED States Government lawyer has recommended the creation of a special, single entity in Jamaica to fight all types of corruption.
UWI students protest against new fee policy
HUNDREDS OF University of the West Indies (UWI) students gathered in protest outside the main administration building at the Mona campus yesterday.
Mandatory death penalty for review
LEGISLATION SEEKING to strip the mandatory death sentence from Jamaica's law books was yesterday tabled in the House of Representatives.
Haitians happy with lifeline
THE 281 HAITIAN refugees in Montpelier, St. James, are overjoyed at Monday's announcement by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson that the Government has no immediate plans to send them back to their problem-plagued homeland.
Clash - gays vs dancehall
This is the final of a two-part feature on the debate on anti-gay lyrics in dancehall music. Part one was published yesterday.
Recovery effort still on track says PM
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson is seeking to allay fears that the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR) may be derailed by a scarcity of funds to assist in the nation's hurricane recovery effort.
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