Flooding, but still no water
The People’s Agenda: Apart from 1980 when the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) snatched victory in the general election, the People’s National Party (PNP) has dominated the East Portland constituency from as far back as 1972.

Survival story - ‘We have a problem!’
Forty-nine per cent of respondents in a recent Gleaner-sponsored survey said they were surviving on the income they were making from their job. Another 45 per cent of respondents in the Bill Johnson poll said they were ‘barely’ surviving off their income. Six per cent said they could not survive on their income, and one per cent said they did not know.

‘Flags, graffiti contributing to political tension’
Residents of Mountain View Avenue in St. Andrew on Tuesday demanded that political flags, mounted on utility poles in their community, be removed. They said the presence of the flags and other graffiti has contributed to increasing political tension in the area.

Comrade Kumina gathering in the east
People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in St. Thomas on Wednesday night called on the spirits of their ancestors to deliver election victory for the party.

Three persons became possessed as members of the Lyssons kumina group engaged hundreds of supporters during the PNP-flavoured ancestral ritual held in Paul Bogle Square, Morant Bay.

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