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Upset Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters today protested the replacement of businessman Delroy Dobney with radio personality Markland Edwards as the party's mayoral candidate in Portmore. Dobney's replacement was reportedly finalised at...

Tensions flared in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ranks in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday as inviduals loyal to businessman Delroy Dobney pledged that they would not work for the party in the upcoming local government election following his...

Amid the low voter turnout in the 2016 local government elections, 14 divisions saw winning candidates raking in more than eight per cent of the votes cast, with 11 of those divisions in Kingston and St Andrew. The remaining four such divisions...

In an apparent about-turn by the Andrew Holness administration, the prime minister yesterday announced that the Government will not proceed with efforts to name Portmore Jamaica’s 15th parish before the upcoming local government elections. The...

General secretary of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Dr Dayton Campbell says polls commissioned by the political organisation are showing it ahead of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (...

The spotlight is now fixed on Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie as the country awaits his announcement of the date for the long-overdue local government elections. McKenzie, a deputy leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), will be...

History is important! History creates customary rights! For decades I and thousands of other Jamaican ratepayers attended the offices of the National Water Commission (NWC) and the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) to pay our utility bills...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Saturday evening confirmed reports that he had reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet, with former government minister Lisa Hanna conspicuously absent and Dr Alfred Dawes and Wavell Hinds among the new faces to assume...

When a party leader shuffles his shadow Cabinet 19 months before a general election – as Mark Golding did at the weekend – an obvious takeaway is that this will be his ministerial team if he were to win the election. So, what other information or...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding today announced a reshuffle of the Shadow Cabinet. In a statement, Golding said the move is aimed at showcasing the diverse talent and extensive skill set present within the People's National Party. The new Shadow...