The arrivals hall at Owen Roberts International Airport has felt different this year. Flights from Toronto have been landing full. The nonstop from New York has been carrying winter-weary travelers escaping late-season cold. Restaurants along Seven Mile Beach have stayed busy deep into what used to be quieter weeks. Hotels that normally begin easing rates after peak winter have […]
Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Amanda Misick of the Progressive National Party has won a by-election in Turks and Caicos that could have changed the balance of power in the territory’s House of Assembly. Misick received 455 votes to 385 votes tallied for Oral Isaac Selver of […]
Above: the PNP supports the party’s local election win, with National Security Minister Peter Bunting (right) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following its electoral sweep in Jamaica’s general election in December, the People’s National Party took a strong victory in Monday’s local elections. The PNP won 149 seats to the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party’s 76 […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the landslide victory of the opposition People’s National Party in Thursday’s Jamaican election, the Jamaica Labour Party pledged to make “deep introspection” a priority, according to an email sent to supporters after the vote. “The JLP has been given an opportunity to renew and chart a new course under […]
By Alexander Britell Jamaica’s elections are quickly heating up, and one of those monitoring the political developments closely is University of the West Indies Professor Ian Boxill, who is the Carlton Alexander Chair in Management Studies. Dr Boxill is also a veteran pollster, having surveyed the political and electoral attitudes of Jamaicans for some time […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice, the court supported by some Caribbean nationals as a pan-Caribbean court of appeal replacing the British Privy Council, has jumped into the news this week as a vote is set to be taken next week on the country’s proposed Charter of Rights. The last time Prime Minister Bruce Golding spoke […]
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