Daily Gleaner election coverage, Thursday July 12
Written by JamaicaElections.comSymbols, slogans … effective in politics
Historian Hartley Neita on the use of symbols by the People’s National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)
Prime Minister outlines ambitious western agenda
Improved water supply, roads, electricity, housing and agriculture for Western Jamaica, says Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller
Ombudsman, party leaders to meet again
Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, has convened another meeting with the leaders of the nation’s two main political parties. He did not say why …
Manchester, North East - Not keeping pace with employment
The People’s Agenda: voters on issues in their constituency
1972-1974: Manley, the new Prime Minister
The first years of the first Michael Manley administration
Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
This week … political gossip
The stress of politics
More political gossip … a marriage is on the rocks