Gay-rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has expressed optimism about buggery law reform in Jamaica following the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council’s (JCPC) decision to decriminalise same-sex intimacy in Trinidad and Tobago. “This is a wonderful development not only for my case against Jamaica’s archaic anti-buggery law but also for regional human rights. One of the Caribbean’s final courts has struck down a vestige of our dark colonial past that kept our citizens in bondage,” he told The Gleaner hours after the judgment was handed down on Tuesday.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): A final court of appeal in England struck down a centuries-old gay sex ban in Trinidad and Tobago in a ruling on Tuesday that activists around the world celebrated. The ruling ended a nearly 10-year battle for gay rights in the twin-island nation and cannot be appealed. “Those laws cannot be regarded as reasonably justifiable in a society that has a proper respect for the rights and freedom of the individual,” said Judge Philip James Sales of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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DAKAR, Senegal: Excelsior High School’s Jaeden Campbell produced a personal-best performance to secure Jamaica’s second gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday, strengthening the country’s position on the medals table and highlighting another impressive day for the island’s young athletes. Campbell, running on the final day of athletics competition, stormed to victory in the boys’ 400-metre hurdles in 50.60 seconds, lowering his previous best and finishing ahead of Japan’s Takao Nariyuki (50.88).

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Cardi B's agent, Mike 'Mike G' Guirguis, has disputed claims that the Grammy Award-winning artiste received her full performance fee for her scheduled headline appearance at BZR WKND (Bizarre Weekend) in Jamaica, adding another dimension to the ongoing disagreement between the rapper and the event's organisers.

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The Fair Trading Commission, which regulates competition, will this month ask Jamaica’s rum producers what it costs them to age rum on the island rather than overseas. At issue is a change to the Jamaica Rum Geographical Indication, a registered mark certifying that a spirit was made to agreed standards and has a genuine connection to the country. The amended rules require any rum sold as Jamaica Rum to be aged only in Jamaica.

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