The Governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has announced a mouthwatering increase in the customs duty threshold from US$50 to US$100. Dr Nigel Clarke, the country’s finance minister, made the announcement at yesterday’s staging of his party’s 80th.
There would be a struggle for supremacy between the country’s two main political parties if a general election were to be called in the immediate future, with the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) holding a razor-thin lead over the Governing.
Former People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Andre Hylton has been voted chairman of the St Andrew Eastern constituency, two weeks after delegates rejected the leadership of Danielle Hickling. Hylton received 37 votes in.
Delegates of the People's National Party (PNP) this evening rejected Danielle Hickling, the sole aspirant seeking to represent the party in the St Andrew Eastern constituency for the next general election. A well-placed Gleaner source confirmed.
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Everald Warmington, opened the Retrieve to Marchmount roadway in Western Jamaica, which was reh.