‘Something fishy’ going on in Jamaica under the JLP gov’t says Golding
From Jamaica Observer PNP Leader Mark Golding speaking to a crowd of supporters at the Donald Quarrie High School on Sunday, July 23, 2023. “Comrades now them say they want to extend the tenure of the DPP. Them do it…
Jamaica: Political tensions rise over [Opposition MP] Bloomfield’s Murder
By Romario Scott and Gareth Davis From Jamaica Gleaner Dr Lynvale Bloomfield Political tensions are rising following the death of Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield as allegations swirl over possible motives behind his murder. Bloomfield, who won…
JLP Officially Wins 2016 Elections after Recount
From kaba35.com It’s official. The Jamaica Labour Party is to form the next government. The win was confirmed following a marathon, official count of the West St Thomas ballots at the Electoral Office of Jamaica in downtown Kingston. The JLP was…
PNP wins additional seat following official recount of ballots
From Antigua Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 28, CMC – The People’s National Party (PNP) has secured another seat in the aftermath of the just concluded general election. Late Saturday, Director of Elections, Orrette Fisher said the party’s candidate in the…
Dozens injured in shooting and stampede at political rally in Jamaica
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday February 24, 2016 – A shooting followed by a stampede at a mass rally of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) last night has left more than 35 people injured, including two children. Lawmen have…
SSP McGregor: Schoolboys among 4 suspects in JLP motorcade shooting
From Jamaica Observer ST JAMES, Jamaica — Four suspects believed to have been involved in Tuesday’s attack on a Jamaica Labour Party motorcade, which made its way through the Flanker community in St James, have been identified. Head of the…
Constitutional reform and political violence
By Mario Boothe From Caribbean News Now My grandmother, affectionately called Mama, often when an election is imminent recalls her younger days having lived through the 70s before now called ‘bloody general election of 1980s’ and the immediate aftermath. Mama…
Unpleasant dance with CCJ by Jamaica and T&T
By Rickey Singh From Jamaica Observer Some 52 years after Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago formally severed the colonial relationship with Britain, they maintain a strange preference for the Privy Council in London as their final appellate institution instead of…
Tufton announces plans to quit Jamaica politics
From Caribbean360 Tufton, who also announced his resignation as chairman of the West St. Elizabeth constituency, said he had communicated his position to the JLP leader, Andrew Holness and the party’s executive members. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday January 29, 2014, CMC…
