U.S. President Barack Obama flanked by William Daley (l) and Jack Lew. PHOTO/Getty Images Jacob (Jack) Lew was named on Monday as President Barack Obama’s chief...
Ghana President., John Atta Mills (Reuters) – Ghanian President John Atta Mills on Monday said he was confident of winning a second four-year term this year...
Guinea-Bissau’s president Malam Bacai Sanhá. PHOTO/Roosewelt Pinheiro / Agência Brasil President Malam Bacai Sanhá, who took power of the tiny West African nation Guinea-Bissau about two...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller (Jamaica Gleaner) – U.S. President Barack Obama today congratulated Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller on her recent election victory and to...
President Barack Obama is beginning the week by hosting the NBA world champion Dallas Mavericks at the White House. Obama, who roots regularly for the Chicago...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller‘s charge to her ministers to hit the ground running has seemingly not fallen on deaf ears as members of the recently appointed...
U.S. President., Barack Obama The promising drop in unemployment on Friday looks like a job-security bonus for President Barack Obama as well, undercutting Republicans’ assertions that...
Prime Minister Garry Conille announced a series of projects towards education, employment and the environment for the year 2012. His government still faces the challenge of...
U.S. President., Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is highlighting companies that have returned jobs to the U.S. and he says that’s one more way of...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Nineteen (19) members of parliament have been sworn into the Portia Simpson-Miller led cabinet at King’s House today. Ms. Simpson-Miller...
U.S. President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Kathy Willens/Credit: AP The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are...
Jamaica’s newly sworn in prime minister, Portia Simpson-Miller has pledged to ditch the Queen as her country’s official Head of State. Portia Simpson-Miller said she would...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Simpson Miller, has been sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister after leading her opposition party to...
Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and...
U.S. President., Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will remain the world’s pre-eminent military power even as the Pentagon scales back...
US President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Jim Young/Reuters President Barack Obama is putting his personal stamp on a rejiggered Pentagon strategy for absorbing hundreds of billions of dollars...
(Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s projected economic growth in 2012 depends on a stable political environment which could be undermined if a contentious general election takes place, the African...
Jamaica Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Simpson-Miller takes the Oath of Office as prime minister of Jamaica in a ceremony at King’s House — the governor...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will buck Republican opposition in a defiant display of executive power and name a new U.S. chief consumer watchdog. Outraged Republican...
Jamaica Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen was yesterday presented with the official results of last week’s general election by Director of...
US President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain President Barack Obama is pushing his economic message in Ohio, brandishing his presidential megaphone in a politically important...
Former President Jimmy Carter has some advice for Barack Obama as he gears up for the 2012 election: Don’t alienate voters with controversial positions. The Georgia...
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken Former Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain appeared on television Tuesday morning. Cain stated that his wife, Gloria,...
Portia Simpson-Miller will be sworn in as prime minister of Jamaica on Thursday afternoon, a week to the day that her People’s National Party (PNP) crushed...
Youssou N’dour. PHOTO/File World music icon Youssou N’dour says he plans to run in Senegal’s presidential election next month, challenging an 85-year-old incumbent whose plans to...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Desi Bouterse Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Desi Bouterse, has called on the region to make 2012 a year of change. Bouterse, who...
US President Barack Obama With an eye on the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is wrapping up a Hawaiian vacation and planning to jump back into...
Haiti President., Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File Haitian President Michel Martelly said his government will continue to work on free education for all children and decent housing for...
Gary, Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson PHOTO/Courtesy Karen for Gary On Saturday, Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, will become mayor of Gary, her hometown, where she was elected in...
US President Barack Obama AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain The Obama White House probably watched the Republican primary season with some dismay as a series of candidates...
US President Barack Obama AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate...
US President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain Leaving behind a year of bruising legislative battles, President Barack Obama enters his fourth year in office having...
Jamaica Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller Fresh from a landslide victory, Jamaica’s leading opposition party has its work cut out to revamp a moribund economy that fueled...
U.S. President Barack Obama A majority of Latinos say they disapprove of how the Obama administration is handling deportations of illegal immigrants but still would back...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller (Reuters) – Jamaica’s main opposition party rode a wave of discontent with a bad economy to a big win at the...
Portia Simpson-Miller Latest reports suggest that the Portia Simpson-Miller and her People’s National Party (PNP) will win the election. The PNP now has 36 declared constituencies...
Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party appeared headed for defeat in national elections on Thursday, as the Caribbean country’s leading opposition party capitalized on...
Voting ended in Jamaica on Thursday as Prime Minister Andrew Holness sought a popular mandate to tackle the Caribbean country’s deepening economic woes in a closely...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File As the United States enters the crucial election year, President Barack Obama and his Democratic party has a clear edge over...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (L) and Portia Simpson-Miller, the leader of the Opposition People’s National Party. PHOTO/HAMZAOUI/AFP/Getty Images A look at the prime minister candidates for...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – With less than 24 hours to the vote, both major political parties have raised complaints about alleged vote buying attempts by their opponents....
Sir Clifford Darling speaks at a previous engagement.Photo/Tim Aylen Sir Clifford Darling, the fourth Bahamian-born Governor-General died at the Princess Margaret Hospital early yesterday morning at...
With less than 24 hours to the election, the fierce political advertising battle, which had been waged across all media – including social websites, between the...
African American voters. PHOTO/Lynne Sladky/AP The US Department of Justice took an important step in combating the epidemic of Republican vote suppression efforts on Friday. The...
U.S. President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment banker and...
With 48 hours to go before Jamaicans vote, the race remains tight, with the two major political parties still neck and neck. The latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill...
The African Union (AU) Commission top seat is now open for competition and South Africa is preparing to unseat the current holder, Dr Jean Ping, the...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness (NationNews Barbados) – More amd more Jamaicans are starting to believe that the Andrew Holness administration is steering the Jamaican economy...
(Reuters) – Nigeria lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said on Monday, following Christmas Day bomb attacks on churches by...
US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia make their way into the chapel for Christmas service at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN Source:...
The country’s main political parties are winding down their campaigns as they head toward the finish line on December 29, when Jamaicans go to the polls....
U.S. Attorney General., Eric Holder. PHOTO/File The Obama administration on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that requires voters to have photo identification because of...
Declaring that Thursday’s (December 29) general election is crucial for the future of the country, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has warned against giving the Jamaica...
U.S. President., Barack Obama On a political high, President Barack Obama capped a bruising year by securing a tax cut for millions of Americans, an achievement...
Haiti pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly will not be singing tonight at a concert that aimed to raise money for schools. Presidential adviser Damian Merlo says the...
It appears the shine has started to rub off Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness, with most of his numbers trending down. For...
U.S. President Barack Obama Bowing under intense pressure from members of their own party to end the politically damaging impasse over a payroll tax holiday, House...
African-American mayors from across the United States left their tight-knit communities, some with as few as 855 citizens, and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for a...
More than half of Jamaicans polled agree that prime ministers should be subjected to term limits, according to a survey conducted by Don Anderson and his...
U.S. President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama is using Americans’ money worries to pressure House Republicans to pass a short-term extension of payroll tax cuts. The...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Portia Simpson-Miller at the start of the leadership debate. Last night’s political leadership debate was scored as a win for Prime...
Former GOP Presidential Candidate., Herman Cain He’s no longer running for president, but Herman Cain will finish 2011 having racked up more national media coverage than...
U.S.President., Barack Obama. /AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain The House of Representatives Tuesday rejected legislation to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months,...
U.S. President.,Barack Obama President Obama’s job-approval numbers remain poor, but at 49% they have rebounded to their strongest point since March, showing substantial improvements from young...
Job creation through public/private partnership, resolution of taxation, public sector efficiencies and pension reforms as agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the continuation of...
Congo’s president has been sworn in for another term after an election contested by the country’s main opposition candidate. President Joseph Kabila’s inauguration went ahead Tuesday...
Former U.S. Secretary of State.,Condoleezza Rice. PHOTO/File How’s this for a master chess move? Whoever emerges as the GOP presidential candidate can attract female voters, hush...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness It’s still too close to call, but it appears that the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Andrew Holness have more of...
U.S.President., Barack Obama President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s supreme court confirms President Joseph Kabila’s election victory. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
A great amount of political goodwill will be required for survival of the governments in Barbados and Guyana as they cope with different challenges. For Barbados,...
Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) President Alassane Ouattara‘s party won a parliamentary majority in Sunday’s elections, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission said early Friday. The...
U.S. President Barack Obama AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain President Barack Obama is standing by his award of the Medal of Honor to a Marine in the...
Young adults trying to get traction in a tough economy are getting a welcome assist: the new federal health care law has markedly improved their access...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Prime Minister Andrew Holness have surged into the lead, gaining six percentage points in the...
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s party called on Wednesday for mass protests to “protect” the victory he claims to have won in disputed...
U.S. Attorney General., Eric Holder. PHOTO/File Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday entered the turbulent political waters of voting rights, signaling that the Justice...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will today indicate whether the final count of candidates for the upcoming General Election who were appointed during yesterday’s Nomination...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness Prime Minister and Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness is questioning the competence of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP)...
U.S. President., Barack Obama How can Barack Obama, as this new NBC/Marist poll has it, be beating Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in South Carolina, of...
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain appeared on Fox News Thursday and hinted that he would be busy with both personal and political business over the...
U.S. President., Barack Obama It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with tree lights twinkling, sleigh bells ringing and President Barack Obama locked in his...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that while he is in favor of disclosure, limits and transparency in campaign and party...
On issues from air pollution to contraception, President Barack Obama has broken sharply with liberal activists and come down on the side of business interests and...
Haitian President Michel Martelly said Friday he will host Oprah Winfrey when she visits the Caribbean nation. In an interview with The Associated Press, the Haiti...
Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler expressed confidence Thursday that his party can win proposed elections, saying there was no need for coercive campaigning or political violence because voters...
Invoking the elimination of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama on Thursday forcefully rejected Republican criticism of his foreign policy as what amounts to a policy...
Herman Cain Oddly enough, the emergence of the first black president has coincidentally led to a resurgence of black Republicans. Following the election and swearing-in of...
President Barack Obama raised the threat of a veto Wednesday if Republicans try attaching controversial oil pipeline or other language to a bill renewing payroll tax...
Partial results issued by Congo’s electoral commission overnight make it all but certain that President Joseph Kabila will be declared the winner, setting the stage for...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness (JIS) – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has appealed to the public to ensure that, as preparations for the General Election...
Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a populist economic vision that will drive his re-election bid, insisting the United...
A new National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics as...
President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he’s asking them to tell members of Congress...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that Jamaicans will elect a new government on December 29. Nominations of candidates will take place on December 12....
With Prime Minister Andrew Holness expected to name the date for the next general election today, officials of the People’s National Party (PNP) last night taunted...
The Cain Train has come to a stop. Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters...
Republican presidential candidate., Herman Cain White House hopeful Herman Cain, once polling at the top of the Republican field in the key state of Iowa, is...
Herman Cain. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken His campaign all but over, Herman Cain said Friday he would make an announcement Saturday in Atlanta about the future of...
Preliminary results from Congo’s presidential election show incumbent Joseph Kabila leading opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, although the country’s election chief warned only a small percentage of...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), collapsed in the reportedly crowded sergeants’ mess of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) headquarters at St Ann’s Fort...
U.S. President., Barack Obama. PHOTO/AP President Obama won plaudits from AIDS groups that have criticized him in the past with his announcement on Thursday that he...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday told Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) members in Alligator Pond in Manchester that the country will...
He’s plotting an aggressive campaign schedule across several states, but Herman Cain (pictured), has begun to outline a possible exit strategy from the race for the...
Herman Cain PHOTO/KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images His campaign rocked anew, a feisty Herman Cain claimed a “groundswell of positive support” from backers on Wednesday and accused critics...
One trip, two money pitches. President Barack Obama wants more money in the pockets of U.S. workers, and in his campaign treasury. With both goals in...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (l), Portia Simpson-Miller(r) (Jamaica Gleaner) -After weeks of negotiation, through the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC), the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the...
Laurent Gbagbo. PHOTO/Sia Kambou / AFP – Getty Images Ivory Coast’s ousted leader Laurent Gbagbo was set Tuesday to be transferred to the International Criminal Court...
Herman Cain Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s Iowa campaign chairman said Tuesday the candidate was reassessing his bid for his party’s nomination a day after an...
Dr. Kenny Anthony., incoming Prime Minister of St. Lucia The St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) came storming back into government in yesterday’s general election, five years...
U.S. President.,Barack Obama President Barack Obama said Monday the United States stands ready to do its part to help Europe with its deepening debt crisis, even...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness It now appears certain that Prime Minister Andrew Holness will announce the date for the country’s next general election at a...
U.S.President Barack Obama shares a light moment with his daughters. President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season....
Jamaicans are eagerly anticipating the debate between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller (pictured). This debate will prove to be an ideal platform...
(Reuters) – East African heads of state admitted South Sudan as a member the regional bloc Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday, some four months...
Herman Cain. PHOTO/Isaac Brekken/AP When Herman Cain entered Atlanta’s Morehouse College in the fall of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered his “I Have...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness In the battle-scarred slum of Tivoli Gardens, Latoya Brown lavishes thanks on two powerful men who have taken care of her:...
President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and praise their military service. Obama made the calls...
President Barack Obama is urging Americans facing tough economic times this Thanksgiving to believe in the nation’s ability to overcome its challenges. In a taped Thanksgiving...
Director of Elections Orrette Fisher has declared that the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will be ready to conduct the upcoming general election if it is...
President Barack Obama is nominating Marilyn Tavenner to succeed Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Tavenner, who is the...
(Barbados Nation) – The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will not be privatized and will remain a state-owned radio and television station despite its debt-ridden state, Prime...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), has urged members of the Jamaican diaspora to invest in more tangible and long term ways in their homeland rather...
The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) in Guyana, commenced preparatory work Tuesday for the November 28 general elections. Chief of Mission Professor...
President Obama plunged into the heart of Republican primary land on Tuesday to deliver a direct challenge to Congress to act quickly to extend and expand...
Immediate past president Rupiah Banda (pictured), has been appointed to lead an election observer mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Banda has accepted to...
GOP Presidential candidate, Herman Cain. PHOTO/Jim Cole – AP Herman Cain is inspiring on many levels. He overcame obstacles of poverty and racism early in life...
Haitian lawmakers have a new building where they can pass laws and study the budget. The previous building was severely damaged (pictured), in the 2010 earthquake....
U.S. President., Barack Obama It is a full year before the Presidential election, and it is looking more likely that Barack Obama will be re-elected in...
President Barack Obama’s close attention to the Asia-Pacific region signaled both a turn toward a part of the world experiencing solid growth and one away from...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), hinted Sunday that parliamentary elections could come as early as next month, whipping tens of thousands of governing party supporters...
Australian officials were working Sunday to trace how a top-secret dossier containing detailed plans for US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Australia came to be...
(Jamaica Observer) – Four Members of Parliament (MPs), two each from the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) and the governing Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), were yesterday...
(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) has responded to reports that there is doubt over the staging of the political debates ahead of the next...
U.S. President., Barack Obama A new Pew poll confirms a trend that’s been surfacing for a few weeks, with the constant changes in the GOP presidential...
When President Obama won Virginia in 2008, he was the first Democrat to do so since 1964. But with his approval rating now in the low-...
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) endorsed President Barack Obama’s re-election bid on Wednesday, saying it would deploy its formidable political machine earlier and on a...
The People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday suffered, in the Supreme Court, one defeat after another in its effort to prevent key members of the party, including...
The first woman known to have filed a sexual harassment claim against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (pictured), while he ran a trade group shows no...
President Barack Obama turns from economic to security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region as he travels to Australia, finally making a long-delayed visit to the longtime...
Despite prodding from President Barack Obama, members of Congress’ supercommittee concede no deal is in sight to meet their goal of US$1.2 trillion or more in...
Jamaica’s former prime minister Bruce Golding (pictured), will not seek another term in Parliament representing the patchwork of impoverished neighborhoods in West Kingston. Officials in the...
Gloria and Herman Cain. PHOTO:David Goldman/Associated Press Herman Cain’s wife says the claims of sex harassment against the GOP presidential candidate don’t ring true because he...
Equatorial Guineans have voted in a referendum that would limit presidential terms in the small oil-rich African country, which has been ruled by the same man...
In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich’s support continues to slowly grow, and he is now tied with Mitt Romney for second place,...
Jamaica’s State Minister for National Security, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett (pictured), has resigned from the post with immediate effect. Bartlett has been under pressure recently from...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant...
Assuring military veterans that “America has your back,” first lady Michelle Obama (pictured), announced commitments from companies Thursday to hire 100,000 veterans and military spouses by...
Africa’s first and only female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (pictured), handily won re-election with 90.2 per cent of the vote, but her victory has been rendered hollow...
In a shift in White House tactics on the cusp of an election year, President Barack Obama isn’t shying away these days from saying that many...
The latest RJR/TVJ Boxill poll has revealed that the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are almost tied in a...
In a strong slap at a young but powerful politician, South Africa’s governing party fired its controversial youth leader Thursday and suspended him from the African...
Herman Cain (pictured), prepared to meet with voters for the first time since sex harassment claims engulfed his upstart presidential bid, embarking on a tour of...
Opposition leader says court action “could be the most comprehensive way” of dealing with vote he boycotted. Winston Tubman of the Congress for Democratic Change told...
Karen Freeman-Wilson (pictured), has been elected as the first black, first female mayor of Gary, Indiana. Freeman-Wilson, a Democrat, garnered 86 percent of the vote, far...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The number of years an individual serves as a Cabinet minister could be capped if Prime Minister Andrew Holness has his...
A conservative-leaning panel of US appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. A...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured) has backed calls to ammend the constitution to allow Jamaicans who hold dual citizenships to compete for office. Holness indicated...
With the likelihood a general election being held in the near future, Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), – who is also the political head of the...
US President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Monday to ditch blocking tactics and take bold action to boost hiring, using the emotive plight of unemployed war...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King has announced a general election date of November 28 – the same day of...
Liberia President., Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. AP Photo/FRANCOIS MORI Liberia’s president urged voters to go to the polls this week and to ignore a boycott by the opposition....
(Jamaica Gleaner) Four years after the dual-citizenship drama threatened to collapse the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) government, former Director of Elections Danville Walker says he wants...
Herman Cain (pictured), won a straw poll held during the South Dakota Republican Party’s State Dinner Saturday night. Voters were asked their preference between Cain, Minnesota...
(Reuters) – Allegations that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s have begun to damage his bid for the White House, a...
After a long, somewhat contentious summer, in which the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) seemed to fall out of love with President Barack Obama over the black...
Hiring slowed in October as employers faced more uncertainty over future economic growth. The Labor Department says the economy added 80,000 jobs last month, the fewest...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness. Photo: Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hinted of the possibility of an early general election saying that the...
Businessman Herman Cain (pictured), and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are running nearly even atop the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls, a new Washington Post-ABC...
A defiant Herman Cain (pictured), accused Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, a Republican rival, of orchestrating a smear campaign to destroy his presidential candidacy, as additional...
President Barack Obama topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people in 2011, as the U.S. leader’s clout rose after the deaths of al Qaeda...
A new national poll out from Quinnipiac University shows an improving picture for President Obama, who has boosted his standing on a number of fronts. His...
Herman Cain A new poll puts Herman Cain (pictured above), ahead of Mitt Romney by seven percentage points in the GOP presidential race, reflecting a margin...
Herman Cain (pictured), has had one of the best fundraising days of his presidential campaign on Monday, raising US$250,000 in online donations despite reports that he...
Liberia’s main opposition party says it will take part in next week’s presidential runoff vote after threatening a boycott. The party, whose ticket includes soccer star...
The sexual harassment allegations engulfing the candidacy of Republican Herman Cain dominated American politics Tuesday as prominent conservative voices rallied to his side, saying he was...
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested Monday, the latest in a series of police clampdowns blocking his protest against rising food prices, police said. “He...
President Barack Obama. File PHOTO President Barack Obama’s new slogan, “we can’t wait”, appears to be more than just rhetoric as the president increasingly relies on...
The Jamaica Manufacturer’s Association (JMA) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are in the process of setting up discussions regarding the viability of the PNP’s...
Herman Cain appears on “Face the Nation” October 30, 2011 in Washington. REUTERS/Chris Usher-CBS NEWS/Handout Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain kept his Washington campaign schedule Monday...
Retired pizza executive Herman Cain (pictured), continued to defy the odds Sunday, beating out his fellow Republican contenders in yet another presidential poll, this one from...
The new Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness (pictured), has written to the Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, inviting her to walk and work with him...
At least that’s what the president’s advisers hope Americans who are frustrated by the economy and looking for someone to blame will remember when they vote...
Republican primary voters have selected Herman Cain (pictured), as their likely nominee, surging him ahead of Mitt Romney by 4 points. Cain takes 24% to Romney’s...
President Barack Obama has lost millions of dollars in support from former donors in Democratic strongholds and in districts that he won narrowly four years ago,...
Jamaica’s People’s National Party (PNP), summoned its National Campaign Committee to an emergency meeting at the PNP headquarters, Thursday. It is highly likely that the new...
Despite the main stream media’s deep skepticism, Herman Cain is still leading the GOP field in two recent national polls – CBS News/New York Times and...
The best thing that President Obama has going for him right now (despite a 44 percent approval rating) is the lackluster, self-defeating, somewhat angry GOP primary...
The Republican-led House of Representatives passed a minor element of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill on Thursday as consensus remained elusive on other efforts to boost...
Herman Cain’s biggest claim to political fame is how his gains have come at the expense of two experienced political operators: former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney...
Lindiwe Mazibuko Picture: Gallo Images/Foto24/Nasief Manie South Africa’s main opposition party has for the first time elected a black woman to lead it in parliament. Thursday’s...
With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week...
Jamaica’s new prime minister appointed his government on Tuesday, leaving nearly all ministries unchanged while making relatively minor shifts that he said would accelerate administrative and...
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll released early Wednesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, now trails former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain (pictured), for the...
Jamaica’s new prime minister has left two prominent ministries unchanged and says he will announce the rest of his Cabinet later in the week. Andrew Holness...
In the newest New York Times/CBS News heat check, Herman Cain (pictured), and Mitt Romney are still vying for the lead while Rick Perry’s base has...
Barack Obama, faced with 14 million unemployed workers and a jobless rate that won’t budge, is tackling the U.S. economic crisis by focusing on where it...
Republican White House contender Herman Cain (pictured), his candidacy under increased scrutiny and heightened criticism as he has moved to the top of some national polls,...
South Africa’s president says he has suspended the national police chief and fired two Cabinet ministers implicated in graft. In an announcement Monday aired live on...
What is one to make of Herman Cain? What does he represent? Or even more importantly, who does he speak for? Should we move beyond his...