Hotline
Latest Election News
Aug 20
2020
#JaVotes2020 | Holness Calls For Violence-Free Election
Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness has urged candidates in the September 3 general election to conduct their campaigning without any “hint, form or any measure that could be considered...
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 20
2020
#JaVotes2020 | St Andrew South Eastern Will Break Free Of PNP Representation, Kari Douglas Says
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for St Andrew South Eastern Kari Douglas says victory is sure when the votes are counted on September 3.
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 20
2020
#JaVotes2020 | PNP Rejects Claims Of Confrontational Campaigning
The People’s National Party (PNP) is rejecting as baseless the assertion by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the party is pushing a strategy of confrontation in the ongoing election campaign.
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 19
2020
The Constitution And Grounds For Postponing A General Election
THE EDITOR, Madam: The Constitution allows for the extension of the five-year period that an elected government is allowed to remain in power. This is in one instance only – that is in the event that Jamaica is at war. Section 64 (3) provides...&
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 19
2020
JaVotes2020 | 139 Candidates To Contest September 3 General Election
A total of 139 candidates have been nominated to contest the September 3 general elections The Jamaica Labour Party and the People’s National Party have each entered a full slate of 63 candidates. Meanwhile, 13 independent...
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 19
2020
#JaVotes2020 | PAJ Calls For Revamp Of Election Media Protocols
The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is calling for the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to revamp its media protocols. The call comes amid what the PAJ says are several incidents of confusion involving the police and media practitioners on...
By:
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 [ 52 ] 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
Election News
PNP Still Reeling From Previous Bitter Contests - New Leader Urged To Foster Unity
Internal campaigns have planted seeds of political division in the People’s National Party (PNP), leaving it badly damaged since 1992, but the temperature has risen exponentially in leadership races since, according to the party’s longest-s
#PNPvotes | Full Text: Lisa Thanks Supporters, Congratulates Golding
Defeated People's National Party (PNP) presidential candidate Lisa Hanna has said thanks to her supporters in Saturday's election. Hanna, the St Ann South Eastern MP was beaten by Mark Golding, the St Andrew South MP, by 296 votes. There was...
#PNPvotes | The Work Begins Tomorrow, Says Victorious Golding
Newly-elected president of the People’s National Party Mark Golding says he is ready to take on a bold new era in the 82-year-old organisation and the work begins tomorrow. Golding was speaking at the party’s Old Hope Road Headquarters...&l