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KINGSTON, Jamaica - With the conclusion of Saturday’s second of two political debates, the Jamaica Debates Commission is expressing satisfaction with the execution of the series of debates ahead of the February 26 poll. In the last of the debates, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) representatives were Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie, Kingston’s Mayor and councillor candidate Delroy Williams along with St James Municipal Corporation candidate Richard Vernon. While the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is promising to set aside two per cent of the national budget for municipal corporations to use for road repairs and the provision of piped water, among other things, if it forms the next government. The promise was made Thursday night during the first of two televised debates between the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), ahead of...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— In a heated debate preceding the February 26 local government election, the Mayor of Port Maria, Richard Creary, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), took aim at Natalie Neita-Garvey, the spokesperson on local government for the People's National Party (PNP). During the debate, Creary posed a rhetorical question, "Would you replace Desmond McKenzie [as Minister of Local Government] with Natalie Neita-Garvey?" He promptly answered, "I'm sure the answer...

Despite the high level of voter apathy that is evidenced in the low voter turnout each election cycle, neither of Jamaica’s two main political parties – the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) nor the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) views this as a “collective rejection” of them or their policies. Representatives of the parties offered their views during Thursday night’s televised debate, one of two organised by the Jamaica Debates...