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		<title>A Tax on Books is Outright Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/04/29/a-tax-on-books-is-outright-madness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new gas tax added in the latest Jamaican national budget is bad but when you tax reading material including text books this has to come from a government that has gone mad and is intent on helping the poor to get poorer. Christopher Kennedy, president of the Customs Brokers Association calls it &#8220;a retrograde [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse of Young Women Fuels the HIV Epidemic in Jamaica</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/19/abuse-of-young-women-fuels-the-hiv-epidemic-in-jamaica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avia Ustanny Collinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tishanna * &#8211; diagnosed as HIV positive at age 21 &#8211; never knew her father. What she does know is that her great need for love and the abuse meted out by relatives while she was still a small child, has derailed her dreams and changed her life forever. Tishanna, now 25, was sexually, physically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V-DAY: Vaginas Against Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/19/v-day-vaginas-against-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The international V-DAY 2009 campaign is on in Jamaica. Between March 18 and April 3, V-DAY KINGSTON 2009 a team of talented and committed women and men will be donating their time and talent to the V-DAY Kingston offering spearheaded by organizer/director fabian thomas. V-DAY KINGSTON 2009 will include four events: A soft Launch that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Courts Escape Society&#8217;s Corruption?</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/18/can-the-courts-escape-societys-corruption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Authnel Reid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ruling of the Appellant Court – upholding the earlier ruling of Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla, in the Vaz Dabdoub case &#8211; to my mind speaks volumes and suggests something wrong is going on. Even though Justice McCalla, found that: in the West Portland Constituency one of the two candidates namely, Mr Daryl Vaz, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Verdict for West Portland Voters</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/15/a-verdict-for-west-portland-voters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular sentiments, Abe Dabdoub is to be commended for vigorously pursuing justice, for perceived wrongs, through legitimate means. If more Jamaicans followed his example, ours would be a better and more peaceful country. Mr. Dabdoub is a victim &#8211; &#8220;a prophet hath honour, save in his own country&#8221;. History will be kind to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anansi, Miss Lou and the Raw Chaw Argument</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/13/anansi-miss-lou-and-the-raw-chaw-argument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/13/anansi-miss-lou-and-the-raw-chaw-argument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rigidly upstanding citizens are quite upset with me because I&#8217;ve brought the uncomfortable issue of language into the conversation about dancehall culture and public morality. I&#8217;ve been accused of &#8216;anancyism&#8217; for diverting attention from the &#8216;real&#8217; issue:  the need to clean up raw chaw dancehall lyrics on the public airwaves. Because I choose to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why The PNP Can and Will Win West Portland</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/13/why-the-pnp-can-and-will-win-west-portland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julian J. Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[General public perception is that the  Jamaica Labour Party&#8217;s  (JLP) Daryl Vaz is a strong candidate in the West Portland by election resulting from the dual citizenship debacle and is certain to win the seat. This perception is a fallacy, based on &#8216;spin&#8217; not fact. Since the general election of September 2007, the former member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need to Rebuild Productive Capacity</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/07/need-to-rebuild-productive-capacity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/07/need-to-rebuild-productive-capacity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jamaica seems to have some dark economic clouds on the horizon and that has been so for a long time wherein our economy has been in recession for a number of years. The country&#8217;s productivity and even attitude to work has been in free fall while crime and other antisocial ills spiral out of control. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of Gender as Religious Ideology</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/06/a-critique-of-gender-as-religious-ideology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/03/06/a-critique-of-gender-as-religious-ideology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilbourne A. Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prof Hilbourne Watson in his capacity as a member of the online think tank, Caribbean Dialogues, responds to Dr Judith Soares&#8217; article Religion as Gender Ideology Judith Soares must not have read Frederick Engels&#8217; &#8216;The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State&#8217;. Soares raises a number of plausible arguments about religion and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Parliamentary Seats did Olint Buy?</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/02/27/how-many-parliamentary-seats-did-olint-buy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/02/27/how-many-parliamentary-seats-did-olint-buy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Barrett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News of the demise of Ponzi schemes abound worldwide. We have heard of the arrests of Carlos Hill of Cash Plus Ltd in Jamaica, Olint&#8217;s David Smith in Turks and Caicos Islands and according to news reports, Olint is also under investigation by agencies in Jamaica and the USA. One wonders if the owner will [...]]]></description>
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