Senior Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member Richard Creary has rejected as "unwise and unconscionable" the proposal from Opposition spokesman Damion Crawford to increase the general consumption tax (GCT) to fund the education sector.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - With the conclusion of Saturday’s second of two political debates, the Jamaica Debates Commission is expressing satisfaction with the execution of the series of debates ahead of the February 26 poll. In the last of the debates, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) representatives were Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie, Kingston’s Mayor and councillor candidate Delroy Williams along with St James Municipal Corporation candidate Richard Vernon. While the.
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is promising to set aside two per cent of the national budget for municipal corporations to use for road repairs and the provision of piped water, among other things, if it forms the next government. The promise was made Thursday night during the first of two televised debates between the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), ahead of.
KINGSTON, Jamaica In a heated debate preceding the February 26 local government election, the Mayor of Port Maria, Richard Creary, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), took aim at Natalie Neita-Garvey, the spokesperson on local government for the People's National Party (PNP). During the debate, Creary posed a rhetorical question, "Would you replace Desmond McKenzie [as Minister of Local Government] with Natalie Neita-Garvey?" He promptly answered, "I'm sure the answer.