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Witness says America was unfair to Buju

Published:Friday | December 7, 2018 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Stephanie Black, one of the three persons called by the defence in Buju Banton's drug trial in 2011, says that she is ashamed of her country's justice system. Black, a film-maker, and entertainers Gramps Morgan and Stephen Marley were character...

'We wish him well' - Private sector says Buju has paid the price

Published:Friday | November 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

The powerful Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says its members will not be putting any barriers in front of reggae superstar Buju Banton when he returns from prison to resume his music career.Buju Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie...

Christmas Joy to rock Trench Town

Published:Tuesday | December 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

The Old Ambassador Theatre located on Collie Smith Drive in Trench Town should be buzzing with excitement tomorrow when a free concert, Christmas Joy in the Bass 2017, takes centre stage in the Kingston community.The event, which will feature acts...

Third World sings for the environment

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Disappointed by the way people have been treating the environment, legendary reggae band, Third World, is lending its voice to the cause of proper solid waste disposal.The group, through the Alligator Head Foundation, is seeking to help keep Jamaica...

43 years in the game ... Third World does album with the Marleys

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Stephen 'Cat' Coore leaned forward in his chair; his eyes sparkled with excitement as he spoke about Third World's newest project, More Work To Be Done."It feels really good," Coore said in an optimistic tone. The title, he said, is based on how the...

Controversial Miss Jamaica World finalist not walking away

Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Despite being faced with a tsunami of opposition to her inclusion in this year's Miss Jamaica World pageant, Shaneke Williams, says she is pressing ahead in the competition. Williams, who is among the 16 finalists announced for this year...

JLP dad, PNP mom ... and baby?

Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Shellando Bernard believes his young son, six-month-old Lionel, represents a green sprout in the People's Nation Party (PNP) dominated South West St Andrew.The elder Bernard, is one of the few hundred Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) voters in the...

Portia commends JLP on victory but ready for recounts

Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson was the picture of dejection as she conceded Thursday's general election to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)."The other side won, and I am going to be very big. I commend them on their victory,"...

#JaVotes2016: 'PNP time' - Peter Phillips

Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 12:12 PMDaraine Luton

Dr Peter Phillips sported a Wittnauer wrist watch with the emblem of the People's National Party (PNP) stamped on the face. "A constituent of mine gave me this and I take it to mean PNP time," Phillips said. Phillips is the PNP...

PNP accuses JLP of doublespeak

Published:Monday | February 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

As the date for Jamaica's 17th general election draws nearer, the People's National Party (PNP) is accusing members of the main opposition of doublespeak."Last night, the leader of the Opposition said that the Jamaica Labour Party would be raising...

PNP by a whisker

Published:Monday | February 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Almost on the eve of the country's 17th general election, an RJR-commissioned Don Anderson poll has found Portia Simpson Miller's People's National Party (PNP) and the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to be in a tight race.The poll,...

PNP wants polling stations moved ... says violence could threaten fairness of vote

Published:Monday | February 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter

Arguing that tense climate in two constituencies could undermine the integrity of the electoral process, the Governing People’s National Party (PNP) has written to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) seeking to get two sets of polling...

‘'Talents have to be harnessed' - Patterson says U-19 World Cup victory could signal new beginning for West Indies

Published:Sunday | February 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

One of the region's foremost cricket students, P.J. Patterson, said the success of the Under-19 team at the recent World Cup offers hope for a revival in West Indies cricket."It is the sign that there could be a new beginning. What has to happen is...

South West St Catherine told to save Ja from Warmington

Published:Sunday | February 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Having served in Parliament with Everald Warmington since he was first elected in 2002, Fitz Jackson and Phillip Paulwell have appealed to South West St Catherine voters not to send him back as he is lacks the decency to occupy such high office."...

It's not difficult, Portia tells Comrades

Published:Friday | February 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Days after the publication of a Gleaner commissioned poll which found her party four points ahead of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Portia Simpson Miller has told party workers to fight to the very end to secure victory."Get in the communities, be...

PNP promises first world country

Published:Tuesday | February 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Portia Simpson Miller, the president of the People's National Party (PNP), said yesterday that the party would move Jamaica to a First-World nation if given the opportunity by the voters to manage the nation's affairs for another five years.Simpson...

Pryce moved to St Catherine.. Insists he is not bitter

Published:Monday | February 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Dumped after one term as the People's National Party (PNP) standard bearer for North East St Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce is not even working alongside his successor...

K Churchill Neita labels JLP top-tier as stooges

Published:Sunday | February 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

K. Churchill Neita, the top-rated attorney whose political career Audley Shaw killed before it began, has reserved some of the harshest words for three leading figures in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -- Andrew Holness, Shaw and Robert Montague....

Former JLP stalwart backs PNP - Laurie Broderick joins Horace Dalley campaign team

Published:Thursday | February 11, 2016 | 3:09 PMDaraine Luton

Having switched allegiance to the People's National Party (PNP), Laurie Broderick, a former junior minister in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administrations led by Bruce Golding and Andrew Holness between 2007 and 2011, has argued that the Portia...

South East St Mary--- Dr Winston Green (PNP) vs Dr Norman Dunn (JLP)

Published:Friday | February 12, 2016 | 10:23 AMDaraine Luton

For 40 years, the eastern St Mary area was Ross territory, and its flag was green. After it was first won in 1944 by Roy Lindo, an independent candidate, Andrew Ross came in 1949 and held the seat for 18 years before passing the baton directly to...

CRUISE CONTROL! - JLP has 11 days to erase a four-percentage point deficit

Published:Saturday | February 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Unless it does something terribly wrong between now and February 25, the governing People's National Party (PNP) seems set for a second term in office.But with 11 days left before the polls, and knowing how easily Jamaicans fall out of love, it...

Damion Crawford has a lot more left in him, says Portia

Published:Saturday | February 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter

Hours after Damion Crawford declared "I shall return", People's National Party (PNP) president Portia Simpson Miller on Friday said she will ensure he has a bright political future. "Comrade Damion Crawford is my son in whom I am...

Portia sent my kids to university, mom boasts

Published:Thursday | February 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Donna Hill has come to the defence of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller against critics who say she has done nothing for people in her South West St Andrew constituency.Hill has lived in the constituency all her life. A self-styled proud mother...

Blind man wants to see back of James Robertson

Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

Having given party supporters in West St Thomas the charge to go out and win the seat for the People?s National Party (PNP), the comrades left Yallahs Square fired up and seemed in a hurry to get back home.Among them was Joseph Burger, a blind man,...

Tony's girls rock West St Andrew

Published:Tuesday | February 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMDaraine Luton

The white shorts hug the posterior of Tony's Girls. Nearly a dozen of these girls, sporting orange tops bearing the image of Anthony Hylton, swarmed the PNP parliamentary hopeful in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, making nomination day there an eye-...

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