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The ruling on Nzinga King raises long-standing discrimination issues in Jamaica

Petchary's Blog

It has not been a good week; not for the environment (permits were issued for the mining in Cockpit Country to go ahead) – or for human rights. On Wednesday, February 9, after a wait of around seven months, our Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn announcedthat she is recommending that no criminal charges be brought against the policewoman accused of cutting the locks of a young woman in custody at Four Paths Police Station last summer. Before Nzinga King even reached the station, she had been reportedlypepper sprayed by the police inside the taxi cab she was traveling in on June 29, 2021. She may even be chargedwith public mischief, it is reported.

Nzinga King was the complainant in this matter. However, in the eyes of some local reporters (and social media observers) she might just as well have been the defendant, and been…

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Fill Your Heart with Love ❤

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Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Like a choir singing in the arms of the heart, love makes us who we are. There is a freedom of speech within the heart filled with harmony, peace beauty, courage, faith, hope, desire, and gratitude. Hold it close and never let love go.

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter where you are.~Oprah Winfrey

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~Lao Tzu

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. ~Maya Angelou

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~Khalil Gibran

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.~Zelda Fitzgerald

When we love, we always…

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Mystic Mountain bankrupt | Business | Jamaica Gleaner

Indebted and insolvent Mystic Mountain Limited, MML, was this week certified bankrupt by the government’s Office of the Supervisor of Insolvency, OSI, after the majority of its creditors voted down a proposal on Tuesday denying the company time to…
— Read on jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20220211/mystic-mountain-bankrupt

« No to GOLD! – Pas de Cartier ! » Yanomami and Trees – Gold Mining and Gold Luxury items / Exhibition 2022 | Barbara Crane Navarro

« The Forest Is Burning »Photo montage from Fire Sculpture PerformancesBarbara Crane Navarro « The Yanomami shamans who fight the xawara epidemic see the disease’s image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric. The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost and is devouring all the human beings in its…
— Read on barbara-navarro.com/2022/02/11/no-to-gold-pas-de-cartier-yanomami-and-trees-gold-mining-and-gold-luxury-items-exhibition-2022/

Humour In The News | Filosofa’s Word

Sometimes you come across something in the news and you just have to laugh.  No, I’m not talking about the numerous stories detailing the idiocy of Republicans, but news oddities.  Take, for example these two stories from Ohio, the state I am unfortunately condemned to live in … This first one is from Hudson, Ohio,…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/02/11/humour-in-the-news/

GOP senator blocks Russia pro from joining Pentagon, drawing fiery rebuke

A key Russia expert and two other defense experts are being blocked from joining the Pentagon by GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, as the Biden administration struggles to solve the deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis and deploys thousands of U.S. troops to bolster European allies.
— Read on www.defensenews.com/congress/2022/02/10/gop-senator-blocks-russia-pro-from-joining-pentagon-drawing-fiery-rebuke/

Three executives indicted for alleged illegal contributions to Sen. Susan Collins’ campaign – UPI.com

Three former defense contractor executives were indicted Thursday for allegedly making unlawful contributions to the re-election campaign of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
— Read on www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/02/10/three-executives-indicted-alleged-illegal-contributions-Susan-Collins-campaign/3571644544352/