Peter Phillips M.P. Party: PNP |
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Born: Kingston
Political career: Minister of Finance and Planning. He has had a distinguished career in government, politics and academia. Member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew (1994-present) Former Minister of National Security Minister of Transport and Works (1998 to 2001) Minister of Health (1995 and 1997), Minister of Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister (1991-1994) Senator and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister between 1989-1991. Profession: Former Lecturer in the Department of Government and the Consortium Graduate School at the University of the West Indies published extensively on a variety of Caribbean development issues. Education: A graduate of Jamaica College, The University of the West Indies (Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Government) State University of New York at Binghamton (Ph.D International Political Economy). Fulbright Scholar and has done scholarly work at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Marital status: married Social media: Fb - Peter David Phillips, Twitter - PDPPhillipsJa
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Beverly Prince Party: JLP |
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The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been declared winner of the 2016 General Elections after unseating the People's National Party (PNP) at today's polls.
The Manchester police recorded its first incident today after a man clad in green stabbed another in the cheek, after a feud developed in Huntley in the constituency of North East Manchester.
An elderly voter narrowly escaped arrest after she was involved in an altercation with election day workers at a polling division in the St Andrew, south-eastern constituency.