Latest Election News
Aug 27
2025
JLP’s Lorne aims for 2,500 votes in PNP bastion
Maureen Lorne insists that when the ballots are counted in St Andrew South Western on election night, Jamaicans will witness the unmistakable writing on the wall: a PNP stronghold of nearly four decades is on its way back to the Jamaica Labour Party (J
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 27
2025
Bunny takes on the Green Giant
If there is one name that has become synonymous with persistence in Jamaican politics, it is Joseph ‘Bunny’ Witter. Despite never winning an election, the People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer has carved out a reputation as on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 26
2025
Davis plans to take to ‘hills and valleys’ to retain St James Southern
Homer Davis is warning Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters that the path to a third consecutive term in government will not be an easy one. Davis, who was addressing his party’s mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St James
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 26
2025
Banking on housing
Political parties share home ownership as a major plank of their manifesto commitments; JLP promises to reduce income tax to 15 per cent while PNP says it will raise threshold to $3.5m
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 26
2025
Patmore targets Trelawny Southern turnaround
Businessman and parliamentary hopeful Paul Patmore says one of his main motivations for contesting the upcoming general election is to restore Trelawny Southern from what he describes as 20 years of neglect – and to make it a model for farming co
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Aug 26
2025
Funding of tax cuts must be explained in debate, says Hyman
As the second national political team debate focusing on the economy gets under way tonight, economist Ralston Hyman wants both the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) to explain to the country how they plan to
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner