The three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has concluded a six-day visit to Haiti, emphasizing the need to return to the principles of the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will begin their 46th summit in Guyana on Sunday hoping to further advance a number of issues ranging from the ongoing socio-economic...
Former Jamaican prime minister, Bruce Golding, will head a 10-member Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe Bangladesh’s general elections on January 7 next year. “It is...
The Organization of American States (OAS) says that following an invitation from the Government of St. Kitts & Nevis, it will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission...
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding testified Monday that he personally knew an underworld boss who ran a notorious slum fiefdom from his parliamentary riding but...
Former Finance Minister Audley Shaw (r) with the then Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner (Reuters) – Jamaica’s opposition leader fended off...
Audley Shaw. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s former finance minister Audley Shaw has formally launched his campaign to become the leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party. Audley Shaw...
Former Finance Minister Audley Shaw (r) with the then Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner There is a possibility that Jamaica’s opposition...
A survey conducted in 2010 revealed that at the time, over 25 percent of Jamaica’s doctors wanted an end to the free healthcare system that was...
The Cabinet Secretary in the Simpson-Miller People’s National Party (PNP) administration Ambassador Douglas Saunders has revealed that the recent elimination of about 3,000 jobs from the...
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. PHOTO/File Former prime minister Bruce Golding has left Jamaica on Sunday for medical treatment. Golding, who resigned from office last...
Former Jamaica Prime Minister., P.J. Patterson. PHOTO/File Former Jamaica Prime Minister., P.J. Patterson is now seeking legal advice about a libellous e-mail alleged to have been...
(Jamaica Observer) – Telecommunications provider Landline Internet Mobile and Entertainment (LIME) on Friday said the industry is “beginning to see some results” from the company’s fight...
(Bloomberg) — Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller said the Caribbean island would benefit from a Greek-style bailout as it negotiates a new loan agreement with the...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller Last month, in an otherwise ordinary election debate, Jamaica’s candidates for prime minister were asked whether they agree with former prime...
Digicel Jamaica has announced that it will shut down Claro’s cellular network on 1 March 2012, following the removal of conditions on its acquisition of the...
Jamaica’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit with the High Court seeking to derail the planned merger of wireless operators Claro Jamaica, a subsidiary...
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 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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The spotlight will today be focused on the lawns of King's House, the governor general's official residence and the scenic setting where Andrew Holness is set...
The outgoing Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding (pictured), will address the nation tonight at 8.00pm local time on both radio and television stations. It is...
The Jamaican Prime Minister designate Andrew Holness (pictured), has pledged to reduce on the red-tape impeding the development and growth of business, while simultaneously addressing the...
IT IS still not clear if Jamaica will be represented at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Western Australia. The meeting will be...
Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), is expected to formally tender his resignation to the Governor General on Sunday and a new prime minister sworn in....
Andrew Holness (pictured) is on track to becoming the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader and next prime minister of Jamaica. This was further confirmed when he...
Andrew Holness (pictured), is the presumed next prime minister of Jamaica. He will have to seek his own mandate if he is to have the moral...
Education minister, Andrew Holness is on track to becoming the next Prime Minister of Jamaica, should he remain unopposed on October 19. Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
It has been confirmed that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be leaving office before the originally announced November date. Andrew Holness (pictured), will be sworn in...
Political analysts in Jamaica, are suggesting that there could be an early general election, – possibly before the 2012 London Olympics and next year’s observation of...
Andrew Holness (pictured), will be brought into discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team. Holness, now has the backing of a majority of government members...
A 2010 United Nations report cited Jamaica as having had the highest homicide rate in the English-speaking Caribbean, however the country has reported a 40 percent...
The Jamaica government has moved to dispel reports that outgoing Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), could move up his timetable to quit as leader of the...
If voters were asked to elect the new leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), the 39 year-old Andrew Holness (pictured), would win in a landslide....
Outgoing Prime Minister Bruce Golding is seeking to allay fears that the pending change in the leadership of the Government could lead to chaos.At least six...
Bruce Golding the Prime Minister of Jamaica announce his resignation one week ago – he will also be stepping down as leader if the Jamaica Labor...
The Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) general secretary, Aundre Franklyn, said measures are in place to prevent the leadership race from becoming bitter. He said assurances have...
Jamaica’s prime minister Bruce Golding (pictured), says he will give a more detailed explanation of his decision to resign sometime after his mother’s funeral. Golding says...
Jamaica’s departing prime minister met privately with his Cabinet colleagues Monday as the Caribbean country’s governing party looked for a new chief to lead them into...
Jamaica’s governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling...
A long list of thorny issues, including the ratification of several candidates and the image of Jamaica Labour Party leader Bruce Golding, are among the agenda...
Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), has criticized the Opposition’s job initiative, the Jamaica Emergency Employment Program (JEEP), which was outlined by Portia Simpson-Miller, the Leader...
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (right) welcomes China Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu (left) to Jamaica on his arrival – Photo by Barrington Flemming China’s vice premier and...
IT APPEARS that all may not be well at the state-owned oil refinery. A notation in the revised public bodies budget recently presented to Parliament indicates...
Jamaica’s economic situation has not reached a crisis level that could jeorpardize the country’s Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Golding (pictured),...
Ahead of the new school year, which begins tomorrow, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Bruce Golding to solve the...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to make a statement on the matter shortly.
MINISTER OF Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange, has urged Jamaicans to use the period of Independence to renew their commitment to the country.Grange was speaking...
ACCUSING THE People's National Party (PNP) of carrying out a campaign to derail Chinese investments amounting to more than US$1 billion in Jamaica, the Bruce Golding-led...
A Parliamentary Committee has been set up to examine the proposals that are supposed to take effect next January.
THE PERSON who will fill the post of attorney general has been selected and will be named this week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said."I have...
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has gained ground on Opposition leader Portia Simpson Miller in the latest check on the favourability and approval ratings of the leaders...
THE PRESENT Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration is still seen by Jamaicans as the more corrupt of the two major political parties, but the number of...
MOST JAMAICANS seem to approve of the manner in which attorneys-at-law K.D. Knight and Patrick Atkinson treated Prime Minister Bruce Golding while he was on the...
