'We'll do it again' - GOLDING PROMISES MORE PROTESTS
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding lauded yesterday's islandwide protests, promising that his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would take to the streets again if the Government did not pay more attention to the plight of the poor.
Market price for Venezuelan oil, says PM
WESTERN BUREAU: HEADS OF government and missions representing 16 Caribbean countries last night concluded a one-day summit in Montego Bay, which established an agreement for Venezuela to supply them with oil on concessionary payment terms.
People power locks down nation
FIERY ROADBLOCKS, sporadic gunfire, closed business places and empty schools were all part of the mayhem which erupted across the island yesterday, as placard-bearing residents took over the streets to voice their frustration with recent.
MP Mike Henry mans roadblock
DESPITE ASSURANCES from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that its Members of Parliament (MPs) would ensure that protests remained within the confines of the law, at least one MP initiated and supervised a roadblock in his constituency.
Mixed response to West Kgn protest
A PLETHORA of slogan-shouting and placard-bearing people, including scores of children, were among the hundreds of protesters who turned out in support of the west Kingston leg of the Jamaica Labour Party-led islandwide demonstration...
Students sent home
ROADBLOCKS MOUNTED by angry protesters forced schools across the Corporate Area to send students home yesterday. However, St. Andrew High School stayed open, with two thirds of first formers attending their orientation...
Protest rocks the west
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE THE chaos and disorder that characterised yesterday's protest action across western Jamaica, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Horace Chang expressed satisfaction with the level of support garnered across the region.
Pandemonium reigns on Red Hills Road
POLICE FROM the St. Andrew North Division were kept busy yesterday along Red Hills Road, home to several businesses, many of which were closed due to protests that reportedly started early yesterday morning.
St Thomas residents vent anger
FOR MANY people in the main town of St. Thomas, yesterday's Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led protest, was an opportunity to show their anger against the recent increase in gas, utility bills and basic food items.
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