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A bad year behind us
MARK WIGNALL 
December 26, 2009
MANY of us will be glad to see the back of 2009, but the hope going forward does not at this time encourage too many of us to welcome 2010 with open a...
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Christmas and Taxation
Howard Gregory 
December 26, 2009
As the celebration of Christmas becomes more and more captive to consumerism and secularism, the origin and significance of it as a Christian observan...
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2010: A Watershed Year
James Moss-Solomon 
December 26, 2009
DESIGNATING 2010 a watershed year can be intended as a pun in that some of our resources need to be directed to protect one of our most valuable asset...
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Christmas is a time of sharing
Franklin Johnston 
December 24, 2009
Does it matter if Jesus was not born on December 25? Kings and Queens have official birthdays to facilitate celebrations - why not the Messiah? OK, we...
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Yuletide giving and receiving
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
December 24, 2009
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." - Acts 20:35 EVEN in this year of serious economic meltdown, shopping malls from Singapore to Santiago, ...
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Christmas in hard times
By Michael Burke 
December 23, 2009
So the prime minister intends to modify the tax measures he announced in the wake of at least one protest and the stated intention of others. Normally...
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In the season of Taxmus
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In the season of Taxmus
Barbara Gloudon 
December 23, 2009
NEVER mind what the popular song says about All I want for Christmas. Forget all that stuff about two front teeth. Dentures are likely to be costing m...
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The result of true fellowship
Celta Kirkland 
December 23, 2009
Reflections in Prayer JOHN 17:22b and 23a: "That they may be one even as we are one; I in them and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one." ...
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Changing Christmas celebrations for Christs’ sake
Mervin STODDART 
December 23, 2009
Throughout its entire history, Jamaicans have celebrated the Christmas season in the manner in which they have been conditioned. That way has been gen...
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May peace and love enfold you
MARK WIGNALL 
December 23, 2009
We have been battered and bruised all year and to many, our pain and suffering is nothing more than our lot in life. We have loved our leaders, hated ...
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Dancehall ‘Peace’ or ‘Piece’
By Marcia Forbes 
December 22, 2009
The furore over whether or not there should have been a Jamaica House meeting with the now infamous Gully-Gaza protagonists was expected. Damned if yo...
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Communities, neighbourhoods, and urban renewal
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Communities, neighbourhoods, and urban renewal
FRANKLIN W KNIGHT 
December 22, 2009
Sometimes it is possible to capture the soul of a people in the way they live as well as how they relate to one another and their immediate environmen...
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Look to the banks, Mr Shaw
Raulston Nembhard 
December 21, 2009
The impending IMF agreement with the government has resulted in further taxation of the Jamaican people. This was inevitable if an agreement is to be ...
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Time of reckoning
By Ken Chaplin 
December 21, 2009
Once again the people of Jamaica have been asked to bite the bullet as the government rolled out a $21.8 billion tax package to meet the fiscal defici...
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Beverley East’s big idea
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Beverley East’s big idea
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
December 20, 2009
The achievements of Jamaican graphologist Beverley East remind us that we can create our own opportunities. Daughter of a humble Jamaican family, this...
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Trusting God Celta Kirkland
Celta Kirkland 
December 20, 2009
Reflections in prayer PROVERBS 3:5 and 6: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowle...
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Never mind the blues, enjoy the season
Chris Burns 
December 20, 2009
Christmas in Jamaica is by far like no place else on earth. The economic blues notwithstanding, Jamaicans will find ways to enjoy this special season....
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Trelawny and all that jazz
Lloyd B Smith 
December 20, 2009
No matter what spin is wrapped around Turnkey's decision to relocate the 2010 Jazz and Blues Festival from Montego Bay to the Trelawny Multi-Purpose S...
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Buju, bye bye?
Tamara Scott Williams 
December 19, 2009
LET'S remind ourselves of the rules: (1) If you break the law you should be punished; (2) freedom of speech is the greatest human right that we have; ...
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May I Have This Dance?
James Moss-Solomon 
December 19, 2009
I have been a band musician for about 45 years and have been fortunate to have witnessed, and participated in, the changes in our music scene over tho...
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A Tax on Bullas?
John Maxwell 
December 19, 2009
COMMON SENSE WE never listen to good advice. Somebody, possibly a few dozen, including me, must have warned Audley Shaw to be careful what he wished f...
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Dealing with a corrupt country
MARK WIGNALL 
December 19, 2009
WIGNALL’S WORLD A few years ago former Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams suggested that close to 90 per cent of poor Jamaicans are involved...
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