KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nearly two million Jamaicans are eligible to cast ballots for a new government on Thursday with the two major political parties – the ruling Jamaica labour Party (JLP) and the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) – equally confident of winning, even though opinion polls support a victory for Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s JLP. “As Prime Minister of Jamaica and leader of the stronger team, I have never taken for granted the trust and confidence invested in us by Jamaica,” Holness, 48, has said on the eve of the polls, adding “after four years, while there is more to be done, we are proud to report that we have been moving Jamaica in the right direction”. But Dr. Peter Phillips, 70, the former finance minister, who is leading the PNP into the election for the first time, is confident that the party will reverse…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday night declared victory for his…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls on Monday to elect a new…
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CARICOM Calls on All Stakeholders to Ensure 'Peaceful…
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CARICOM Observer Team to Monitor Elections in…
Staff Consortium February 25, 2020GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – St. Lucia-born attorney, Cynthia Cleopatra Combie Martyr, is heading a 14-member…
Pompeo: 'There is No Intent for the United States…
Staff Consortium January 23, 2020JAMAICA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference in Jamaica Wednesday that…
JAMAICA — United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday for his two-day working visit. His plane landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston at appr...
TRINIDAD — The Government of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday said it supports Barbados’ position not to send a representative to a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jamaica. The de...
ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA — In an unprecedented move, Opposition Member of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Alvera Maduro-Caines, made a shocking announcement that she had resigned from her National D...
BARBADOS — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has warned of possible attempts to divide CARICOM, a 15-member body of Caribbean islands, during U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's two-day visit to...
JAMAICA -- The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is taking several steps to make the national Voter Identification (ID) Card Renewal Exercise easier and more convenient for electors. Speaking at a re...
BARBADOS -- Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit recently told an audience in Barbados that Dominica, after being ravaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, had been rebuilt and is back to normalcy. ...
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