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.
WESTERN BUREAU: Party loyalty and apathy are upstaging issues in western Jamaica as campaigning for Monday’s local government elections enters the final stretch. Electors in Trelawny, St James, Hanover, Westmoreland, and St Elizabeth readily point.
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland burn victim Adrianna Laing and her father, Adrian, now have a new place to call home thanks to the Government’s new social- housing programme, which has provided them with a two-bedroom dwelling valued approximately $9.
A claim by the opposition People’s National Party (PNP), that it is ahead in 60 per cent of the divisions in Westmoreland, has been rubbished by the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which has styled the poll as bogus. “I know long before now that.
KINGSTON, Jamaica Four members of the People’s National Party (PNP) were automatically expelled after being nominated as independent candidates for the February 26 local government elections. Those expelled following Thursday’s nomination day exercise are Lydia Richards (Bensonton Division, St Ann South Eastern), Lawton McKenzie (Grange Hill Division, Westmoreland Western), Beverley Swaby (Porus Division, South Manchester) and Uphell Purcell (York Town Division, Clarendon South Western). The party said in a release.