Basil Thompson, the Jamaica Labour Party candidate for the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland Western, says the party is pulling out all the stops to secure victory. Thompson, who is contesting his second local government election, says he was.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - As Prime Minister Andrew Holness toured the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland on Friday night, lawmen at the Morgan's Bridge Police Station were busy chasing a prisoner who escaped from their holding cell. According to an Observer Online source the escapee got away while the police were releasing another man on bail. The police could be seen attempting to catch the escapee as they chased him through.
The electoral muscles of the two major political parties were on full display on Thursday as die-hards turned out in their numbers to support their candidates who were nominated to contest the February 26 local government elections. In an apparent.
The People's National Party (PNP) has expelled three more of its members after they were nominated to run as independent candidates in the upcoming local government elections. It was reported earlier that Uphel Purcell, who was nominated.