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Published:Friday | September 4, 2020 | 7:23 AMDaraine Luton/STAR and Elections Editor

After seeing his wife, Pauline, crying on election night in 1976, Karl Samuda promised he would never again cause her to endure the sting of defeat at the polls. Samuda, who was 34 at the time, had competed in his first general election and was...

Published:Friday | August 28, 2020 | 12:27 AMDaraine Luton/STAR and Elections Editor

The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dr Nigel Clarke on Thursday night characterised a package of promises made by the People’s National Party (PNP) as desperate, arguing that they have the potential to wreck the economy. Addressing the national...

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2020 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton/STAR and Elections Editor

Robert Nesta Morgan, the anointed acolyte of Prime Minister Andrew Holness, appears to have shored up the Clarendon North Central seat that was in danger of switching political allegiance after a narrowed margin in the last general election under...

Published:Saturday | August 15, 2020 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton/STAR and Elections Editor

People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips has accused the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of sabotaging the people of Portmore. Phillips, speaking in the Sunshine City on Friday, said the failure of the Andrew Holness...

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