At least one local clergyman is demanding more, despite a recent announcement by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) that the Church, through the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches, is to be given an official seat at election centres...

WESTERN BUREAU: The microscope is again magnifying downtown Montego Bay as a town suffering from severe neglect. In a no-holds-barred address to the Montego Bay business community last Saturday night, president...

Soldiers and members of the audience all stood in silence as Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Andrew Holness, along with other dignitaries, arrived to pay...

With local surveys showing women more at risk for developing diabetes than the male population, the Ministry of Health and the Diabetes Association of Jamaica have decided to place special emphasis on educating women about...

Perhaps it would be better if Prime Minister Andrew Holness moves for the prorogation of Parliament rather than continuing the untidy state of affairs now existing.Ever since Bruce Golding indicated he would step away as prime minister, the sittings of...

There are several questions to be answered by government ministers while the sittings of the House of Representatives get fewer and fewer.The list of questions include:Dr Davies to ask the minister of transport and works on the 21st day of June, 2011...

There have been close to 50 political parties in the country's history, according to one historian with a focus on that area."Some of them have come up out of nowhere and sometimes they don't even exist long...

As far as political historian Troy Caine is concerned, third parties in Jamaica have failed to prove themselves because the populace believes persons lack credibility when they jump from one party to the next...