Comrade Patrick Peterkin News Today

Five months before the February 29, 1989 elections the monster Hurricane Gilbert had ripped through Jamaica like an industrial chainsaw. Carl Stone’s latest poll was showing that Seaga’s Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would be forced to deal with the...

Constituency meetings can be a death trap. Politicians are often caught off guard. Surrounded by a crowd of faithful followers, they get carried away and chat a lot of dangerous foolishness. Spontaneous ejaculation can, most certainly, have deadly...

“The Jamaican people need a new direction. The Jamaican people need a Government that cares for them. The Jamaican people need an honest Government that will look after their interest. The Jamaica...

MEMBER of Parliament for Portland Western Daryl Vaz is to withdraw the censure motion against Opposition Leader Mark Golding which he tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. Vaz's decision follows a wa...

It's a big man who can apologise. Yet too often the politician's apology is such cold comfort that the consolation that it was supposed to bring falls flat and leaves the hearer empty. We don...

THE EDITOR, Madam: Politicians from both sides of the political divide are notorious for making ill-conceived statements. However, having moved away from the dark days of inter-party violence, the dead voting and the stuffing of ballot boxes, one...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding has withdrawn his “dead voters” comment in the face of unrelenting criticism, and despite his previous efforts to clarify his position. Speaking in t...

THE Government and Opposition engaged in a fresh political squabble on Monday over a comment by People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding that appears to encourage the casting of ballot...

The People's National Party (PNP) has announced attorney Patrick Peterkin as its representative for East Rural St Andrew. He will contest the seat against current Member of Parliament Juliet Holness in the next general elections. The...