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BUGGERY LAW SHOWDOWN - Tomlinson banking on Trinidad ruling to bolster similar legal challenge for Jamaica next year 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.
Golding warns against misuse of Speaker’s powers Warning against the gradual erosion of the country’s democracy, Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding has called for the Constitution to be reformed to allow the selection of an independent arbiter to preside over parliamentary affairs. Referencing recent amendments to Barbados’ constitution, Golding said the change reversed the practice of selecting a Speaker from among members of Parliament and instead chose an independent person from outside the Parliament to preside over the sittings.
Gov’t scrambles to ease MoBay-Negril road chaos ahead of winter season WESTERN BUREAU: With tourists spending hours travelling between Montego Bay and Negril and workers struggling to reach their jobs on time, the Government is moving to ease traffic disruptions along that corridor ahead of the winter tourist season. The intervention follows mounting complaints from locals, hoteliers, business operators, and other interests about extensive road rehabilitation and water infrastructure projects that have created severe traffic congestion across sections of St James, Hanover, and Westmoreland.
Morgan apologises for western traffic nightmare WESTERN BUREAU: Works Minister Robert Morgan has apologised to residents, business operators and visitors to the island for the severe traffic congestion along western Jamaica’s road network, acknowledging the hardship caused by ongoing road rehabilitation projects.
Hylton demands PM answer questions on UN vote, return of censure motion St Andrew Western Member of Parliament Anthony Hylton has called for the censure motion he moved against the Government on November 3 to be returned to Parliament’s Order Paper, giving members of the Lower House an opportunity to participate in the debate.