EDITORIAL - Jamaica must stand for democracy, free speech

KINGSTON, Jamaica -There was a fair bit of chest-thumping by the Government recently over Reporters without Borders' ranking of Jamaica as the leading country for press freedom in the Western Hemisphere and 13th globally.
The Simpson Miller administration interpreted the rating as a vindication of its own commitment to freedom and democracy and currency in which it can trade.
This newspaper does not begrudge the Government its celebration and/or sense of achievement. We, however, remind the administration of the susceptibility of democracy to corrosive tendencies in the absence of vigilance.