Articles Tagged “JLP”
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DRAMA: Former Jamaica PM Golding plans to sue Law Professor, Rowe
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emerged from the shadows with a lawsuit against embattled Florida-based Jamaican law professor, David Rowe. Golding, who had been maintaining a low profile since his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) lost the December 29, 2011 general election, alleged in his suit that Rowe defamed him in a statement on the [...]
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CONGRATS: Portia Simpson-Miller and PNP celebrate victory in Jamaica!
The People’s National Party (PNP) Thursday won the general elections here inflicting a defeat on the ruling Jamaica labour Party (JLP), according to preliminary figures released so far. The PNP has won 32 of the 51 seats declared so far for control of the 63-member Parliament. PNP Leader and President Portia Simpson-Miller, as well as [...]
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Over 1.6 Million Jamaicans to Vote Today!
Today Jamaicans will journey to approximately 7,000 polling stations across the island to cast their votes to determine the party which will form the next government. This collective decision will either ratify the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) four-year tenure in office, giving the Andrew Holness-led party a second consecutive term in government, or catapult [...]
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Jamaicans to elect new government December 29th.
Jamaicans will elect a new government on December 29 a little more than two months after Andrew Holness was appointed as the country’s ninth and youngest prime minister. Holness, 39, ended months of speculation last night when he announced the December poll at a massive political meeting of his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in Central [...]
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CONGRATS: Andrew Holness new and youngest Prime Minister of Jamaica
Andrew Michael Holness, 39, is now the ninth and youngest Prime Minister of Jamaica. The youthful lawmaker was sworn in Sunday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen at a special ceremony at King’s House. As Jamaica’s new prime minister, Holness has said that he would heal political divisions, root out corruption, reduce debt and bureaucracy [...]
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Jamaica’s PM Bruce Golding Officially Resigns This Sunday
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is expected to formally tender his resignation to the Governor General on Sunday while a new prime minister is sworn in. According to a release from the Office of the Prime Minister, the leadership transition will be completed Sunday and a new prime minister is sworn in. This will take place [...]
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Bruce Golding Steps Down As Prime Minister of Jamaica
The governing party in Jamaica has announced that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down in November. A statement by the Jamaican Labour Party said that the challenges of the last four years in power had taken their toll on Mr Golding and that he would make way for a new leader from within the [...]
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