IT'S AUGUST 27TH - Election 7 weeks away Nomination August 7
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller last night released her closely guarded secret, announcing to People's National Party (PNP) supporters in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, that the country will go to the polls on the eve of the new school year. "I told them nobody should predict me...
Golding slams PNP over 'long' campaign period
Just minutes after the Prime Minister 'sounded the trumpet' last night, Opposition Leader Bruce Golding reiterated his call for a fixed election date. Speaking from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) headquarters at Belmont Road in St. Andrew, Golding also criticised...
Panton to champion justice-system reform
Some welcome winds of change could be blowing through Jamaica's justice system soon. That's if Justice Seymour Panton, the new president of the Court of Appeal, has his way. Speedy appointment of an additional three-member panel of judges for the Court of Appeal...
All systems go - Electoral Office, CAFFE say will be ready election day
Director of Elections Danville Walker yesterday said all is in place for the upcoming general election."We are ready," Walker sought to assure. He said polling stations, the electronic voter identification system and counting stations are fully prepared....
Party heads meet Blair today
Political Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair is to meet with the leaders of both political parties this afternoon. Yesterday, Jamaica Labour Partyleader Bruce Golding said he was optimistic about the talks with Bishop Blair and the People's National Party president...
Weekend crashes claim four
Four people were killed in two accidents between Saturday and yesterday morning. Three of the victims, who are from St. James, died when the cars in which they were travelling crashed in Daniel Town, Trelawny, yesterday. In the other incident, a 53-year-old man...
Seven new 'wonders'
The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan and Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer are among the modern-day seven wonders of the world chosen in a poll of 100 million online voters, organisers said on Saturday. The other four are Peru's Machu Picchu...
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