When the new parliamentary term gets under way in a week or so, there will be 17 first-time members of parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Representatives. Of the newcomers, there are six women and 11 men split between 12 from the People’s...
Prime Minister-designate Dr Andrew Holness on Wednesday night praised supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for the historic third-straight victory which it carved out over the People’s National Party (PNP), telling Labourites that it was...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has confirmed a 39.5 per cent voter turnout in the 2025 General Election. This figure sharply contrasts with the 78.4 per cent turnout recorded in 1980, the highest on record. The lowest turnout was in 2020...
With voter turnout in yesterday’s general election falling below the 50 per cent mark, a suggestion is being put forward to stagger voting days in an effort to get more Jamaicans interested in the election process. Dr Basil Wilson, provost emeritus...
Voting was extended in several polling divisions as long lines of disgruntled voters, many waiting for extended periods to cast their ballots, was an unpleasant feature of yesterday’s general election. Sweat-drenched voters battled searing...
Former Morant Bay Mayor Yvonne Rose Shaw clinched a hard-fought victory yesterday, wresting the St Thomas Eastern seat from the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dr Michelle Charles. Shaw polled 7,356 votes to Charles’ 6,937 – margin of 419 votes. The...
A reflective Rhoda Moy-Crawford yesterday expressed deep regret that her mother, Donette Delores Falconer – who had looked forward to voting for her daughter for the first time in this general election – did not live to fulfill that wish. Falconer...
Peter Bunting has secured his return to the House of Representatives after winning the general election in Manchester Southern, marking another chapter in his long and eventful political career. The People’s National Party (PNP) heavyweight polled...
Several first-time voters were seen casting their ballots in St Thomas Eastern on Wednesday, many encouraged by the influence of friends and family. While political awareness is growing among Jamaica’s youth, family tradition remains one of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The issue of child maintenance unexpectedly entered the political conversation at a polling station in St James West Central on Wednesday, as voters openly debated the shortcomings of the justice system and called for reforms to...
Thirteen years and eight months after he was first elected to the House of Representatives, fiery dreadlocked politician Damion Crawford is making a return to the legislature, this time as as the member of parliament for St Catherine North Western...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States have welcomed the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) re-election victory in yesterday’s general election, expressing hope that the Andrew Holness-led administration will stay true to its promises and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Community members have warned that the lack of foresight could discourage older Jamaicans from participating in future elections. “The system must recognise that the elderly are a significant part of the voting population,” one...
THE JURY may be out on the extent of the success of the decades-long movement to save Jamaica’s ecological gem, the Cockpit Country, but there are some key lessons learnt from the experience up to now, according to a new publication that chronicles...
ON FRIDAY, June 28, last year, a Gleaner headline says, ‘Jamaican wins prestigious European Short Film Festival Award, Jared Hall’s ‘Anansi The Spider’ is Best Animated Short Film’. Campion College graduate Jared Hall, an artist, storyteller,...
THIS YEAR’S Caribbean Media Awards for Environmental Journalism have gone to Jamaica’s RJR/GLEANER Communications Group and the Barbados Information Service, in recognition of their coverage of the region’s most important marine ecosystems. The...
JAMAICA HAS added to its protected forested areas by another six parcels of Crown land totalling 175 hectares, increasing the quantity of forests legally protected under the under the 1996 Forest Act – a welcome action towards safeguarding the...
Warren Newby’s ambition of returning to the political frontlines after years out of the spotlight was dealt a major blow yesterday after he suffered defeat at the hands of the People’s National Party (PNP’s) Richard Azan in Clarendon North Western...
LAS VEGAS (AP): The marketing campaign, which included a $500 gift card giveaway, was meant to show Buffalo’s northern neighbours that they were welcome, wanted, and missed. At first, it seemed like it might work, said Patrick Kaler, CEO of the...
