Charles avenges dad’s defeat in St Thomas Eastern

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Charles avenges dad’s defeat in St Thomas Eastern

What goes around comes around even if it takes 27 years. Michelle Charles’ victory over Dr Fenton Ferguson of the People’s National Party (PNP) in St Thomas Eastern may have shocked political pundits, but the Charles family always knew they had...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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EOJ warns employers against restricting time off to vote

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is cautioning employers that employees have the right to time off to vote on Thursday. The EOJ says it has come to its attention that several employees have indicated to staff that they will not be allowed the...

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Corporate cash splash

Corporate Jamaica has splashed out millions of dollars to support both major political parties in their campaign for tomorrow's general election.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Diasporans upset about being scorned in Jamaica - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A growing number of non-resident Jamaicans are complaining that they are being scorned while visiting the island. The article Diasporans upset about being scorned in Jamaica appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Kamina urges Jamaicans to 'ignore the drama'

CHAIRMAN of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Manifesto Committee Kamina Johnson Smith has warned supporters against being misled by fake news.Her caution was primarily in response to a WhatsApp message circulated yesterday, warning Jamaicans of a total lockdown of the country by the Government

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

ELECTIONWATCH - PM says economic recovery the focus now, but analyst expects polls sooner rather than later

Even as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to the

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Shahine was a decent, diligent servant of the people, says Phillips

OPPOSITION leader and president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of minister of labour and social security and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Shahine

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Some elderly vote early in colourful election day

Thirteen years ago, she lost her leg in an accident. She has learned to cope with it, so Thursday, it was no problem for her to go out and support her candidate, Dayton Campbell, two-time member of parliament for St Ann North West. She gave her...

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Political complaints skyrocket

Complaints filed to the Office of the Political Ombudsman have climbed by a third in the seven days since the announcement of the September 3 election date compared to submissions over the previous four months. Donna Parchment Brown confirmed that...

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Campbell rakes JLP councillors for shoddy roads

Being in the unenviable position of having no councillors umbilically linked to his People’s National Party (PNP) operating inside the St Ann North West constituency, two-term Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell has fired a salvo at the Jamaica...

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Tanzania: Chadema's Lissu Vows to Take Arusha to Another Height

[Daily News] TANZANIA's main opposition party Chadema launched their campaign trail in Arusha Region, with a promise of transforming and restoring the city's lost glory.

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South Side tense after election day shooting

SECTIONS of South Side in Kingston Central were tense last night following a gun attack on a group of people sitting near the intersection of Laws Street and Foster Lane shortly after 5:00 pm.Among those left nursing gunshot wounds after the attack was Jamaica international footballer Jermaine

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Salt Spring residents protest councillor’s ouster

Scores of residents in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday staged a protest to voice their opposition to the motion moved earlier this month to boot their councillor, Sylvan Reid, and his Catadupa Division counterpart, Gladstone Bent, from the St James Municipal Corporation

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Crawford slams Parchment Brown as partisan

Rhoda Crawford, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer who is seeking to unseat the incumbent for Manchester Central, Peter Bunting, in the upcoming general election, has signalled that her contract ends this month and she will shortly be...

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Man arrested for illegal possession of firearm

Cops from the St Andrew North Division arrested a man for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition during a joint operation in Grants Pen on Thursday. The police report that about 2:00 p.m., a team was in the area when a man was seen acting in...

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With summer tourism earnings down 70%, Jamaica looks to COVID Resilient Corridor - Stabroek News

Having undertaken an assessment of the tentative re-opening on June 15 of the country’s tourism industry, which had been hastily closed in the wake of the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is doubtless far from happy with the picture that has unfolded

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She wanted to be a lawyer but ended up a carpenter, the story of Comfort Adzigbli

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Slow polling but peaceful day in Manchester

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - COVID-19 protocols were the order of the day at most polling stations visited by the Jamaica Observer yesterday in Manchester as there were mixed reports of the voting across the parish's four constituencies.

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#JaVotes2020 | PNP rejects claims of confrontational campaigning

The People’s National Party (PNP) is rejecting as baseless the assertion by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the party is pushing a strategy of confrontation in the ongoing election campaign. Holness issued the critique following his...

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Three more COVID deaths, 224 additional cases

Jamaica today recorded the deaths of three elderly men from COVID-19. The deaths bring the total to 24. Deceased: 88-year-old male from Clarendon 73-year-old male, also from Clarendon 79-year-old male from St. Elizabeth All three persons had...

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Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted

THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the

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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election

President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic

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Jamaicans returned the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to office yesterday with landslide in a general election defined by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the immense popularity of its leader, Andrew Holness who, at age 39, became Jamaica's youngest-ever prime minister in October 2011.The 49-14-seat

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Holness urges JLP supporters to listen to the public

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is urging his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters to pay more attention to what the public is saying about current issues.

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Bunting wants greater investment in early childhood education

Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants more emphasis to be placed on improving the quality of education in the early-childhood sector instead of seeking to play catch-up in later

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