'PNP ship sinking':JLP says Palmer's resignation indicative of a party in trouble
General Secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Karl Samuda, said yesterday that Vando Palmer's resignation as candidate for the People's National Party (PNP) in Central Manchester is indicative of a party that is "desperately trying to salvage what's left of a sinking ship."
Kenyan passenger plane crashes, 114 missing
YAOUNDE (Reuters): Heavy rain and thick forest were hampering efforts to find a Kenya Airways passenger plane which crashed yesterday shortly after takeoff in southern Cameroon with 114 people on board, officials said.
Broken relationships:More couples getting divorced, fewer getting married
The incidence of divorce is rising in Jamaica.
The failure of Christian marriages
WESTERN BUREAU:While the Church continues to preach Hell's damnation on fornicators and adulterers, sex remains a forbidden issue for many pastors.
Porteous attracting strong electoral support
Prior to his surprise resignation on Friday evening, People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Central Manchester, Vando Palmer, was trailing his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) rival Sally Porteous...
No time wasting for Sally Porteous
Only the Prime Minister knows for sure when the general election - consti-tutionally due by October 2007 - will be called.
PM's budget speech short on economic ideas - analysts
While applauding Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller for the delivery of her Budget presentation in Gordon House on Tuesday, this time around, analysts are describing her speech as bereft of the economic policies...
Government urged to spend less on crime-fighting tactics
Ocho Rios, St. Ann: Executive Director of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, is calling on Government to spend less on crime-fighting tactics and more on the development of the business and social sectors in order to deal fundamentally with the crime problem.
JLP proposals lack credibl says PNPYO
The People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is describing the Jamaica Labour Party's contribution to the 2007-08 Budget Debate as lacking the economic vigour the country needs at this point in time.
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