WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - Incumbent candidate for the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland, Lawton McKenzie, who will be contesting the local government election as an independent, says he expects to retain his seat come February 26. Speaking with Observer Online on Nomination Day on Thursday, McKenzie, who won the 2016 election on a People's National Party (PNP) ticket, says he expects to seal his victory at the upcoming polls in "fine.
LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland The battle for the Little London Division in Westmoreland is likely to be one of the most intense when Jamaicans vote in local government elections in three weeks’ time. The reason? Councillor Ian Myles, who last year crossed the floor to join the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), will go up against his former campaign manager Oliver Reid. According to Reid, he rejected Myles’ invitation to switch.