A company is seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Andrew Holness in its push to convert a New Kingston residential lot into a parking lot for a proposed multimillion-dollar business, hoping that he will overturn a state regulator’s “tainted”.
A cap on campaign financing for aspiring councillors would not have the support of Morant Bay Mayor Hubert Williams, who says it would be a feeble attempt at levelling the playing field. Williams, who successfully contested the White Horses.
If the People’s National Party (PNP) secures the majority of municipalities in the upcoming local government polls, this could be construed as a national referendum on the performance of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration,.
Despite the massive road-improvement programme benefiting the underdeveloped parish of St Thomas, Morant Bay Mayor Hubert Williams says the Government’s disregard for the residents and their livelihoods during the work process has caused.