Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has failed to follow through on promises he made a year and a half ago to deliver legislation to make it be mandatory that only Jamaican citizens can stand as candidates for member of parliament. In 2017, there was a...
At least three top-level probes have been launched into a dramatic early morning murder in St Catherine yesterday that culminated in a high-speed car chase and a deadly shoot-out...
The leadership of The University of the West Indies (UWI) has admitted that the number one challenge facing the regional institution is to find solutions to stimulate Caribbean economies as they continue to struggle even with the help of global...
Tributes poured in from across the Caribbean for Sir Alister McIntyre, former secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), whose work with the regional institution was recognised and honoured by Jamaica with the Order of Merit, the...
Tension wracked yesterday’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting when the People’s National Party Youth Organisation made a sweeping raft of recommendations to throw overboard high-ranking political officials in a bid to rejuvenate and reform...
Under-pressure People’s National Party President (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday fired salvos at detractors in the party, telling Comrades yesterday that he does not want to be looking over his shoulders while he takes on the Jamaica Labour Party...
Supporters of under-pressure People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips are beginning to push back as calls for his sacking intensify. Last evening, busloads of supporters from Phillips’ East Central St Andrew constituency descended...
Former People’s National Party’s (PNP) General Secretary Paul Burke says Comrades have no moral authority to chide the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on allegations of vote-buying in elections. Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment-Brown...
Political analysts have criticised the strategy employed by the People’s National Party (PNP) in the campaign for yesterday’s keenly watched East Portland by-election, contending that the party lacks the focus needed to be successful at the polls....
Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown is investigating what she has called credible allegations of vote-buying in yesterday’s high-stakes Eastern Portland by-election. Parchment Brown told The Gleaner that the police would be investigating the...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness says traditional People’s National Party (PNP) supporters are encouraging their children to vote for his party in the upcoming by-election. “As I stopped at a bar and I spoke with a few people...
The People’s National Party (PNP) could find itself losing a parliamentary seat it has held for the past 30 years come Thursday as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Ann-Marie Vaz is leading her rival, Damion Crawford, in the East Portland race. This...
Pointing out that Jamaican politics is still characterised by leader-centric influence, political commentator Dr Paul Ashley believes that there is no surprise to RJRGLEANER-Don Anderson poll findings that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...
This week’s Mathematics Summit will place high on its agenda artificial intelligence (AI) special education of gifted and developmentally challenged children. Local and international experts will today kick off the business end of the three-day,...
Prime ministers within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been sounding off over the decision of a select few Caribbean leaders to meet with United States (US) President Donald Trump last Friday in Florida to discuss the deepening political...
There are assurances from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information that the controversy that broke last week surrounding the sacking of portfolio minister Ruel Reid will not affect the administration of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP)...
Damion Crawford, the man who Friday became the candidate for the People’s National Party in Portland Eastern, said his focus is on selling a “politics of independence” to the people of that constituency. And although he was just been introduced to...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has fired back at People’s National Party President Dr Peter Phillips and Political Oumbudsman Donna Parchment Brown over the firestorm created following accusations that state resources are being used to influence the...
It’s official! Damion Crawford and Ann-Marie Vaz have been called to their set positions for an April 4 by-election showdown in the race that will decide who will become the member of parliament for Eastern Portland. The two candidates were...
Damion Crawford, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) prospective candidate for the March 25 East Portland by-election, has declared that he is fighting a class war with Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer Ann-Marie Vaz and will prove he does...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness last night dramatically announced March 25 as the day constituents of East Portland would go to the polls to select a new member of parliament in what is shaping up to be a titanic showdown. Holness made the...
Voters in the constituency of East Portland will pick a new representative in Parliament on March 25, Prime Minister Andrew Holness revealed tonight. Holness, who also indicated that Nomination Day will be March 8.
Jamaican construction firms are prejudicially labelled as corrupt and inept when their projects are hit by cost overruns and delays, but government and other stakeholders give foreign contractors a free pass for failure, a construction expert has...
Having been convinced by the leadership of the party’s Area Council Two that East Portland is ready for a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wave, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to announce a by-election date on Friday. Labourites will gather...
Newly installed Energy Minister Fayval Williams has defended the Jamaican Government’s decision to explore the possibility of shutting down Petrojam’s refinery portfolio and operating as an import terminal if the ageing state-owned entity fail to...
