The disunity set on by the presidential challenge in the People’s National Party was on full display yesterday at the public session of the party’s 81st annual conference. Peter Bunting, who lost by 76 votes to the incumbent Dr Peter Phillips, did...
Energy Minister Fayval Williams has responded to calls by her opposition counterpart, Phillip Paulwell, to shed light on new developments that could see the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) shutting its doors. Paulwell raised an alarm...
It was sold as an East Central St Andrew constituency conference, but it was more of a One PNP rally with almost all speakers on Sunday evening touting their support for Dr Peter Phillips, who is being challenged for the party’s presidency. With...
Donald Tapia, the new United States (US) ambassador to Jamaica, arrived in Jamaica yesterday. He stepped out of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston at 12:40 p.m. to kick-start his tour as the US’s chief diplomat in the island....
The nightmare haunting the Integrity Commission continues as the impending departure of one if its senior staffers has become the latest shock to jolt the anti-corruption body. Dirk Harrison, acting director of corruption prosecutions at the...
The stench of corruption is one the Jamaican people know all too well. The foul smell has been on the rise in recent months, but history has shown that corruption has been a deep-seated problem in the country, and despite multiple efforts to...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has fired back at critics of the Andrew Holness administration following news that poverty had increased in Jamaica in 2017. A document tabled in the Senate last Friday revealed that in 2017, 19.3 per cent of...
Former General Secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP) Paul Burke has turned on the extinguisher on the firestorm he created when he said his wife deceived him in lining up behind presidential challenger Peter Bunting. Burke wrote to the...
Although his future is uncertain as to whether he will remain the People’s National Party president after September 7, Dr Peter Phillips has told the party’s powerful National Executive Council (NEC) to get ready for a general election. Speaking on...
Promising to march around the island to expose the alleged corruption ripping through the Andrew Holness administration, People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips has vowed not to let up until people are held accountable for robbing...
The People’s National Party (PNP’s) two-day National Executive Council (NEC) meeting was transformed into a battleground this past weekend as allies of incumbent president Dr Peter Phillips peppered their opponents over the delegates’ list, which...
The Gleaner has obtained documents giving, for the first time this year, a peek into the financial affairs of Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips and his family. While the declarations of the prime minister and leader of the opposition by law should be...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said that an epidemic of violence was sweeping the country as he announced yet another state of emergency (SOE) to curb crime, which he attributed to gangs and dons taking control of communities. At Jamaica...
In 2017, fewer Jamaicans migrated to foreign countries in comparison to 2016, data from the 2018 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) has revealed. Traditionally, Jamaicans have migrated to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and...
As the People’s National Party (PNP) leadership race starts to sizzle, Dr Peter Phillips, the man trying to hang on to his job as president, fired several rounds at critics while reeling out his two-year report card at the Courtleigh Auditorium in...
The Peter Bunting Rise United camp’s opposition to a much earlier special delegates’ conference for the run-off between himself and Phillips in a People’s National Party (PNP) leadership race has seemingly paid off, with the National Executive...
At Sunday’s funeral for former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, his cousin, Metry Seaga, told mourners that the former lawmaker had made tremendous personal sacrifices in serving the country for more than four decades. Speaking during the service at...
The United States Coast Guard has denied that five Jamaican fishermen who were held in 2017 and detained on the high seas for 32 days were subjected to inhumane treatment. The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of...
Late Jamaican statesman Edward Seaga was yesterday lauded by his long-time political rival P.J. Patterson as a “titanic warrior” whose patriotism and legacy to nation building set him aside as an Independence-era legend. Addressing the congregation...
Imani Duncan Price, a short while ago, was declared the winner of the highly anticipated contest for the chairmanship of the Central Kingston constituency to replace Ronald Thwaites, who will be exiting the political scenes. Imani...
After weeks of intense campaigning, People’s National Party (PNP) delegates will today select the new chairman of the Central Kingston constituency in a contest that kicks off at 10 a.m. at the party’s headquarters at 89 Old Hope Road in St Andrew...
Amid several controversies fuelling tension in the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Central Kingston constituency chairmanship race, delegates and political organisers are in the final phase of preparation for tomorrow’s showdown. Raymond Pryce,...
Jamaica’s foreign minister Kamina Johnson Smith last night confirmed that the board of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the South American country’s oil and gas company, has filed a lawsuit in relation to Kingston’s forcible takeover of its 49 per...
For years, twin brothers Georzinno and Jerzinno Gayle have been making weekend and holiday trips from Spanish Town, St Catherine, to the shallow but dangerous waters under the Port Kingston Causeway. They often bring along their sons – Jaylon, 12...
An endorsement from former People’s National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller could have been a fillip to the campaign of either current leader Dr Peter Phillips and challenger Peter Bunting ahead of a September internal election. But...
