Maureen Lorne insists that when the ballots are counted in St Andrew South Western on election night, Jamaicans will witness the unmistakable writing on the wall: a PNP stronghold of nearly four decades is on its way back to the Jamaica Labour...
Jamaican-Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area will gather on September 3 to watch the results of the general election at a special watch party hosted by the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA). The event, to be held at the Jamaican Canadian...
If there is one name that has become synonymous with persistence in Jamaican politics, it is Joseph ‘Bunny’ Witter. Despite never winning an election, the People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer has carved out a reputation as one of the...
The income tax plans by Jamaica’s two main political parties are not expected to be implemented before the 2027-2028 fiscal year, one business analyst is theorising. This is because the current fiscal profile of the country indicates that Jamaica...
Hope Bay, Portland: A mother and daughter are among eight people now in police custody following an early-morning robbery attempt at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, on Monday. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m., when several armed...
The proposal by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to raise the tax-free ceiling for personal income tax to $3.5 million annually would be implemented in the next fiscal year, though it would forego approximately $55 billion in...
As the second national political team debate focusing on the economy gets under way tonight, economist Ralston Hyman wants both the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) to explain to the country how they plan to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis is warning Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters that the path to a third consecutive term in government will not be an easy one. Davis, who was addressing his party’s mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St...
WESTERN BUREAU: After losing to Marlene Malahoo Forte in 2020, Dr Andre Haughton did not fade from the political spotlight. Instead, the economist-turned-politician has spent the past five years building bridges, fixing roads, mentoring youth, and...
Businessman and parliamentary hopeful Paul Patmore says one of his main motivations for contesting the upcoming general election is to restore Trelawny Southern from what he describes as 20 years of neglect – and to make it a model for farming...
People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in Mandeville, Manchester, on Sunday threw their support behind the Government’s Rural School Bus Programme but blasted its poor execution, citing subpar buses and safety concerns. The bus programme,...
Jamaica’s two main political parties are promising to deliver thousands of houses over the next five years amid a dogfight for Jamaica House. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), in its manifesto, released late Sunday during a mass rally in Sam Sharpe...
Deaf advocates are livid and are taking the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) to task after last Saturday’s national election debate on social issues – the first of three events – went ahead without Jamaica Sign Language (JSL) interpretation. Sign...
Representatives of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) failed to give sufficient assurance, during the first of three national debates, that they will move away from a zero per cent wage offer made to agitated...
A pall of gloom fell over the afternoon in the rustic community of Mount James in St Andrew yesterday as the bodies of two men, one on the ground and the other in a stream, lay lifeless. They were killed hours apart in an apparent murder and...
While debates, rallies and other forms of political activities that take place ahead of election day are important, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) Executive Director Shannique Bowden says the island’s youth are primarily dissatisfied with...
Edmund Bartlett has given nearly half a century of contribution to public life with service in education, community development, tourism and economic development, and, after five decades, he says there is no greater calling. However, despite his...
Phillip Paulwell represents the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, continuing in the shoes of two giants of the People’s National Party (PNP) – Sir Florizel Glasspole and Michael Manley – with one being a former governor general and...
Several students have been left in limbo after Quality Academics, a long-standing private educational institution with more than 200 pupils on roll, announced its sudden closure at its 77 Half-Way Tree Road location in St Andrew. The school’s lease...
With the general election clock ticking, cries for jobs and sustainable opportunities, especially for young people, are echoing across St Thomas Western. While long-time Member of Parliament James Robertson still enjoys strong support in many...
Delroy Chuck was a well-established lawyer and legal educator before his entry into representational politics in 1997. A senior lecturer at the Norman Manley Law School at the time, he was more known for work through his law firm, Delroy Chuck...
In another time and place – perhaps without the tribal politics – Fitz Jackson might have been the one to lead the next set of parliamentarians into Gordon House if he were successful in the September 3 general election, winning all eight elections...
In July Jamaican Orville Etoria was one of five men the United States (US) government sent to the tiny African Kingdom of Eswatini, claiming they were barbaric individuals who needed to be deported from America. However, Jamaica’s Minister of...
