Amidst death, rain and power cuts the voting went on
ELECTION DAY broke on a bloody note in the Corporate Area yesterday with at least nine murders and gun battles in various areas, but it took power cuts and rain to slow down voting in some places.
Nine murdered, 7 in Rock Hall massacre
VIOLENCE IN sections of the Corporate Area yesterday claimed at least nine lives, left a district constable nursing gunshot wounds and sporadic gun battles between rival gunmen.
Incident-free voting
EXCEPT FOR several polling stations opening a few minutes late, voting in the eastern sections Kingston and parts of St. Andrew, went very well yesterday.
Mostly calm
A TENSE situation prevailed at the Waterford High School (South East St. Catherine), where a large number of People's National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters dressed in orange and green crowded the school.
Shootings reported in inner-city
SPORADIC SHOOTINGS were reported across a number of Kingston's inner-city communities last night.
Smooth voting with little hiccups
POLLING WAS peaceful and for the most part smooth in North West St. Andrew yesterday. The polling stations in these constituencies opened at the scheduled 7 a.m.
The rains couldn't stop them
VOTERS IN Central, South Central and South West St. Catherine went to the polls in a peaceful manner yesterday battling heavy rains and some initial problems at polling stations.
THE BIG LOSERS
THE JAMAICA Labour Party's (JLP) James Robertson yesterday took the battleground Western St. Thomas seat from the People's National Party's (PNP), Anthony Hylton.
VICTORS IN THE BATTLEGROUNDS
SHAHINE ROBINSON yesterday retained her grip on the North East St. Ann seat, beating off a challenge from the People's National Party's (PNP) Carol Jackson. Mrs. Robinson, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) candidate...
Azan upsets in Labourite den
BUSINESSMAN RICHARD Azan of the People's National Party (PNP) pulled off one of the biggest upsets yesterday when he defeated Cliff Stone of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for the Clarendon North Western seat. A newcomer to representational politics...
Mostly free and fair - CAFFE
DESPITE PLEAS from political leaders and civil society prior to yesterday's election, constituencies across the island suffered from a range of disruptive activities, according to CAFFE...
How P.J. spent election day
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) president P. J. Patterson said he went to bed early Tuesday night and had a good night's sleep.
A day of touring for Seaga
JAMAICA LABOUR Party Leader Edward Seaga expressed concern yesterday that he was not sure about the impact of the rain on his party's chances, as he had urged organisers to ensure that vehicles would be available to transport voters to polling stations.
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