Judgement Day - Political careers on the line as nation goes to polls
History hinges on a monumental vote today as Jamaicans go to the polls to elect a new government to manage the country's affairs for the next five years and determine the destiny of its major political leaders. More than 1.3 million people are eligible to vote....
Triple-treat election coverage
The Gleaner's media entities have come together to provide the most comprehensive election coverage in Jamaica on radio, in print and online. The Gleaner Company, Go-Jamaica and Power 106FM will provide leading coverage from across Jamaica with our team of reporters...
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Who will win the youth vote?
THE BATTLE is on today to capture the hearts of young Jamaican voters and have the results reflected in the ballot box. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliate, Generation 2000 (G2K), has said it has done more to convince young voters on the airwaves...
Nightmare for election workers
Several election-day workers, disgusted by accommodation arrangements at the Mico University College where they were to overnight yesterday, walked out on the institution. Some workers remained. But Earl Simpson, the deputy director of elections, said this would not affect today's operations....
Do or die for both leaders
WITH BOTH leaders having been elevated to their respective positions to secure victory for their party in the elections, failure at the polls may end their political careers, analysts say. According to a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, Simpson Miller's favourability rating...
'Ballots safe'
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is seeking to assure the public that no one is able to verify how the police, the military or election-day workers voted on August 28, saying that the ballots remain in a very secure location. The EOJ says the ballots are in sealed envelopes...
Triple murder raises tensions
Tension and fear gripped sections of South East St.Andrew and South East St. Elizabeth on the weekend, hours before the general election. In South East St. Andrew, three men were killed and another injured on Deanery Road, Vineyard Town, yesterday.
Jamaica watching 'Felix' factor
Tropical storm conditions could affect voter turnout today as fierce 'Felix', a Category Five system and the second named hurricane of the Atlantic season, hurtles towards the Yucatan Peninsula. Forecasters at the United States National Hurricane Center...
Ballots rule over bullets
Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Prof. Errol Miller, yesterday signalled a warning to candidates and electors that fraud or intimidation would not be tolerated in today's general election. "To the misguided few who may be tempted to return to illegal or corrupt practices of the past....
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