DECLARING that her candidacy for general secretary of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is genuine, attorney-at-law Jennifer Housen yesterday rubbished claims of a tactic to split the votes in the contest expected to take place on Sunday during a meeting of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC).
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‘My bid is legitimate’
With 1,161 murders reported by the police in Jamaica up to last Saturday, and at least eight more on Sunday, the Government and the Opposition appear headed for another clash over measures to address the country’s crime rate.
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Gov’t, Oppposition headed for new crime joust
IT appears the unity being sought by the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), following its leadership contest earlier this month, continues to elude the 82-year-old organisation as Councillor Venesha Phillips (Papine Division) on Sunday unleashed a fresh salvo of accusations against the party’s new president, Mark Golding.
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There is hope for the PNPMark Golding’s logical elevation to the presidency of the Opposition People’s National Party offers hope to the embattled party, for a revival of its fortunes in its search for State power.
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Sunday Brew — November 8, 2020
LISA Hanna, the St Ann South Eastern Member of Parliament who on Saturday lost in her bid to lead the People’s National Party (PNP), says she is ready to work with victor Mark Golding to rebuild the fractious Opposition party.In a statement posted on her social media pages following the election, which saw Golding securing 1,740 delegates’ votes to her 1,444, Hanna said, for her, it was an extraordinary campaign.
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Hanna ready to work with Golding
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips jousted in Parliament yesterday over the interim appointment of Colonel Daniel Pryce as executive director of the Integrity Commission.
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Holness, Phillips joust over Integrity Commission appointment
VETERAN Vice-President of the Opposition People’s National Party Dr Fenton Ferguson has buried the view that age should be a factor in deciding the outcome of party elections due within six weeks.
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Ferguson: Don’t watch my age in VP race
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The People’s National Party (PNP) is again calling on the government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the nation’s final appellate court.The Opposition’s calls come only a day after Justice Adrian Saunders was installed as the third president of the CCJ.
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PNP calls for Jamaica to accede to CCJ appellate jurisdiction
THE Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) said yesterday that the Government’s decision to rename the North/South road development the Edward Seaga Highway is unfortunate and is likely to be divisive.
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PNP opposes renaming of North-South Highway in honour of Seaga
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — The main Opposition New Democratic Party says it is considering its options after House Speaker Hendrick Alexander disallowed a question about loans owed to the then state-owned National Commercial Bank (NCB).
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SUPPORTERS who crowded the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) headquarters at Belmont Road in Kingston yesterday breathed a sigh of relief after being assured that there was no plan to remove Andrew Holness as leader of the Opposition.
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No plan to remove Holness, supporters told
THE Portmore Municipal Council’s Independence Day Flag-Raising and Civic Ceremony was subjected to a shameful display of partisan politics yesterday when some residents and councillors booed as Opposition Leader Andrew Holness’s Independence message was being read.
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Residents, councillors boo Opposition leader’s message
Below are the Labour Day messages of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Andrew Holness.
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PM, Opposition call for supporting communities, children on Labour Day
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has described as a “shocking development” the resignation of a member of the Integrity Commission over the so-called “emailgate” scandal and is demanding his reinstatement to the Parliament.
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Rowley demands reinstatement as second Integrity Commission member resigns
MONTEGO BAY, St James — A meeting between Opposition Leader Andrew Holness and craft vendors at the Harbour Street Craft Market yesterday was briefly interrupted after a chain grabber who was pursued by the police dashed through the venue.
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Thief disrupts JLP, vendors meeting
