It's February 25 - Jamaica's Prime Minister names date for election of successor
IN JUST over a month, the nation will know the next leader of the governing People's National Party (PNP) and consequently, the next Prime Minister of Jamaica. Outgoing Prime Minister P.J. Patterson announced during yesterday's meeting...
Contenders endorse PM's campaign stance
THE FOUR aspirants for leadership of the governing People's National Party (PNP) yesterday indicated they were ready to rev up their campaigns after finally receiving a definitive timeline for the election of a new party president.
Team Portia queries the misuse of state funds
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) presidential candidate Portia Simpson Miller's campaign team has urged party General Secretary Burchell Whiteman to carry out investigations into allegations that state funds have been abused to bribe delegates...
Nightingale Grove to sue developers
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: RESIDENTS OF the flood-prone Nightingale Grove in St. Catherine have decided to take the developers, Bushy Park Development Limited and the St. Catherine Parish Council, to court for breach of contract.
'We need an effective leader'
THEY CAME from near and far; hundreds of them decked in party colours; some supporting Peter Phillips, some supporting Karl Blythe, others in favour of Portia Simpson Miller and some, Omar Davies.
Bahamian extradited to US on drug charges
KINGSTON CMC: A BAHAMIAN man was ordered extradited to the United States (U.S.) when he appeared in a local court last Thursday. Darren Ferguson, an alleged Bahamian drug dealer wanted by U.S. prosecutors...
Canada Liberals face loss after 12 years in office
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters): CANADIAN POLITICAL leaders yesterday made one last cross-country dash on the eve of an election expected to oust the ruling Liberals, move Canada to the right and improve ties with the United States.
University of the West Indies foundation to honour international public figures
NEW YORK CMC: THE AMERICAN Foundation of the University of the West Indies (UWI) will next month bestow special honours on an American television host, a top banking executive and a Brazilian minister.
February 28 is Jamaican Birthright deadline
STUDENTS OF Jamaican heritage living across the diaspora, who wish to be considered for the third instalment of the GraceKennedy Jamaica Birth-right Programme, have until February 28 to send in their applications.
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