Daily Gleaner election news, Friday August 3
Written by JamaicaElections.com
‘Cult politics’ - Clergyman says party supporters will do anything to show allegiance
Political parties have been labelled as cults by a prominent clergyman, because of the slavish manner in which supporters adhere to party practices.
The ancestors send a message
Claiming to be the medium for our ancestors, Yoruba priestess, Dorette Abrahams, said there need to be some crucial changes in the political and economic structure of Jamaica, if the nation’s people intend to truly make their forefathers proud.
Cops probe ‘political’ killings
With general elections scheduled for the end of this month, the police said they were still trying to determine whether five fatal shootings in the Corporate Area last month were politically motivated.
Politicians go to church
Both Major political party leaders and their proposed candidates for Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine have committed to worshipping this Sunday at the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre in Kingston, under an arrangement through the Office of the Political Ombudsman.
Oh for the days of sticks and stones - and even urine!
Campaigning with Alexander Bustamante: Legends are usually told about people after they die. Not so with Bustamante. Indeed, he related some of them himself and it was difficult to know which were real and which were fiction.
Employment, development the people’s cry
West Kingston residents say unemployment and development of the constituency are the two main issues they want their Member of Parliament to address after the August 27 general election.
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) proposes body to oversee pensions
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is proposing to establish a pension commission as an independent regulatory body to oversee the administration of all pension schemes, public and private.