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Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Tuesday | December 26, 2006

EDITORIAL - Weighing the utility of fingerprints
We note the stirring of a debate over whether the huge fingerprint database accumulated by the Electoral Office in its enumeration of voters should be made available to the police in criminal investigations.

A voice heard at sea

'Twas the night before Christmas, 1906, when something happened that stirred the world and stirs it still. On that dark evening, radio operators aboard ships off the northern Atlantic coast heard a whoosh of static issue from... - Dan Rather


States that suffer

Of course, states suffer from a range of disabilities. Some of these are imposed by history: so, for example, in countries with a legacy of slavery, there are strong grounds to believe that impediments derived from that legacy. - Stephen Vasciannie


Resolving the CCJ issue

Like Charles Dickens, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) could have somewhat of a difficulty explaining its explanation. Last week, JLP General Secretary, Karl Samuda, said the party was maintaining its call... - Vernon Daley




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