Cabinet meets on new election date
The Cabinet held an emergency meeting late last night to consider a recommendation from the Electoral Commission that the date for the general election be postponed from August 27 to September 3 and that members of the security forces go to the polls on A more

Debating dual citizenship
There is much debate in political circles about whether candidates with dual citizenship should be allowed to sit in Gordon House if they are successful in the coming general election. more

Regaining trust
First, a disclaimer. Many of you have followed us over the last week as we are engrossed in the exercise of looking at the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) and the People's National Party's (PNP) manifesto, weighing them fairly in the balance to find o more

'Dean' blows down stock market - Election postponement also makes impact
Stock analysts say Hurricane Dean, which pounded the island on Monday, dealt a negative blow to yesterday's trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). more

Debating dual citizenship

There is much debate in political circles about whether candidates with dual citizenship should be allowed to sit in Gordon House if they are successful in the coming general election. more

SOUTHERN ST ANDREW - In need of a social intervention
An eyesore would be an appropriate word to describe some of the conditions that exist in the community of South St. Andrew. more

EASTERN ST ANDREW - Different people, similar problems
Crime, unemployment, bad roads and poor drainage are the pressing issues residents of St. Andrew Eastern would like their new Member of Parliament to address after the general election. more

Election postponed
Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall is expected today to announce a new date for the holding of the general election, following the unanimous recommendation by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica more

Foreign allegiance in Parliament?
Last week, a Nationwide newscast claimed that some candidates who were nominated to contest the 2007 general election had dual citizenship, meaning that they had sworn allegiance to a foreign government and power more

Election date hangs in balance
JAMAICA will soon know whether national elections will take place on August 27 as scheduled. Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall has the power under The Representation of the People Act to postpone to elections more

Scarlett confident
If Dean Peart of the People's National Party (PNP) were a local football team and the constituency of North Western Manchester the premier league trophy, he would have begun a dynasty with four straight wins more

Political underdogs - Martin is no seat warmer
HE MAY be a newcomer to politics, but the People's National Party's (PNP) Jermaine Martin says he is not on the ballot to make up numbers for North West St. Andrew. more

'Dean' could postpone voting of security forces
If damage associated with dangerous category Four Hurri-cane Dean is catastrophic, the security forces may not vote on Tuesday as planned. more

No clear choices - Party candidates in dead heat, electors look to leaders
While party leaders, Portia Simpson Miller and Bruce Golding, continue to show marked differences in personal standings, electors at the constituency level are hard-pressed to identify which candidates more

Bunting remains confident
PETER BUNTING, the People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Central Manchester, has dismissed assertions that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will win the seat in the upcoming general election. more

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