Peter Bunting, the man many touted as the replacement for Dr Peter Phillips when he steps down as president of the People's National Party, has found himself out of Gordon House as he was defeated by the Jamaica Labour Party...
Dr Dayton Campbell’s dream of a third consecutive term as member of parliament under the banner of the People’s National Party (PNP), crashed on Thursday, as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Krystal Lee took back the seat that her...
An incident-free day has been declared in the Hanover Eastern constituency, even as voting draws to a close on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Both candidates, incumbent Dave Brown, 55, of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and former ...
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Tova Hamilton says she is pleased so far, with the voter turnout in the Trelawny North constituency, for which she is vying against the incumbent member of parliament, Victor Wright and independent...
Ever wonder what happens in the mind of a candidate after polls are closed? Three former parliamentarians who experienced both the joys of victory and the agony of defeat say that the hours between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. (the closing of polls and the...
Third-time voter Conroy Thompson, of Trelawny Northern, set out on election day to vote for the constituency’s independent candidate, Genieve Dawkins, even though he did not yet know her name. According to the Coopers Pen native, he had...
Seventy-seven-year-old Everald Buchanan says he wants to see the People's National Party (PNP) regain leadership of Jamaica. The disabled Hanoverian, who has lost both legs, turned out as early as 9 a.m. at the Greenland...
Marlene Malahoo-Forte, the incumbent member of parliament for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for St James West Central, is blaming the delays in the polls on the cadre of newly recruited election day workers. "I have voted...
Incumbent member of parliament (MP) for Trelawny Northern, Victor Wright, is predicting a 15 per cent increase in his margin of victory in today’s election. In 2016, Wright pulled in 9,611 votes to defeat the Jamaica Labour Party’s...
At midday, the People's National Party (PNP) candidate for the St Elizabeth North Eastern constituency, Basil Waite, was busy rounding up voters after a slow turnout to the morning session. Polling stations in Goshen and Santa Cruz...
The voting exercise at several polling stations across Hanover Western have been hampered due to heavy rainfall. The rain, which started about midday, made it impossible for electors to travel to several polling stations, and several...
Voters in St Elizabeth South Eastern say it will be a fierce battle for member of parliament in their constituency. The voices of the People's National Party (PNP) supporters were the loudest among the clamour at the Austin Primary and...
Tempers flared at the Hunts Pen Basic School in Clarendon South Eastern, as People's National Party (PNP) supporters accused the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) supervisor of playing politics. According to one irate...
The majority of polling stations opened on time to receive electors for the General Election today, September 3, 2020. At 7:00 a.m., just over 97 per cent of the stations were open, while the remaining stations opened by 8:00 a.m. Voting will...
Voters in Hanover Western had heaping praises for the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), who they say have made the voting process smooth and seamless. Provisions were made for the elderly to be placed at the front of the lines, thereby reducing...
Voters disobeyed orders and stuck close together, anxious to vote at polling stations at Falmouth Town Hall and the Falmouth Primary School in Trelawny Northern this morning. Between intermittent showers, many of them, particularly, those set to...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has slammed the People's National Party's (PNP) W.E.A.L.T.H.Y Plan as "not credible, missed the mark and a big bag of tricks" during Thursday night's finance debate with his...
Controversial attorney-at-law and leader of the Jam Abolitionist Movement, Don Foote, says he's seeking to win the Westmoreland Central parliamentary seat come election day September 3. Showing up with his ten nominees,...
With just 47 votes as an independent candidate in the 2016 general elections, 29-year-old Torraino Beckford has again thrown his hat into the ring with much hope of representing the people of Westmoreland Central, having completed his nomination...
If what was seen on the streets of St James is an indication of what is the come in the lead-up to the September 3 general election, the fear that coronavirus (COVID-19) could significantly impact Jamaica could well become a devastating...
Businessman and incumbent member of parliament, 55-year-old Dave Brown, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and former Jamaica and West Indies cricketer, 45-year-old Wavell Hinds, representing the People’s National Party (PNP) have...
Dr Walton Small, the People's National Party (PNP) candidate for St James South, says he will be sending the Jamaica Labour's Party's (JLP) candidate, Homer Davis, into retirement. Small is also predicting a victory ...
Dr Andre Haughton, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate for the St James West Central seat, intends to bring economic development and business and marketing education to the constituency if he wins at the polls on September 3...
Marlene Malahoo Forte, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) electoral candidate for the St James West Central seat, is confident that the work she has done in the constituency, including intervention programmes for students and parents, will win...
Heroy Clarke, the incumbent member of parliament for St James Central, and his throng of Jamaica Labour Partry (JLP) supporters created a carnival-like atmosphere along St Claver’s Avenue today, when his entourage showed up in a...
