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In marking the 85th annual conference of the People’s National Party, today we feature 12 individuals who, with little or no experience in elective politics, are being prepared to represent the ...

People's National Party caretaker for St Andrew East Rural Patrick Peterkin is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to step in to ensure measures are promptly put in place to address the dust nuisance and traffic issues affecting...

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 House of Representatives descended into chaos Tuesday afternoon after government legislators Daryl Vaz and James Robertson sought to reprimand Opposition Leader Mark Golding for comments made on a political platform Sunday. Golding sought...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding has withdrawn his “dead voters” comment in the face of unrelenting criticism, and despite his previous efforts to clarify his position.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