There is every indication that the country is fast approaching a major national election, as the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has indicated that it has started recruiting Election Day workers for upcoming and future elections and referenda.
In a charged atmosphere on Sunday, People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding electrified the base of the opposition party, unrepentantly declaring his intent to push back hard against pressure from opponents as the organisation claws its way from the political wilderness.
Culture Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange on Tuesday reprimanded Opposition Leader Mark Golding for his involvement in a slavery skit mounted at the People's National Party (PNP) St Andrew Southern constituency conference on Sunday, describing it as disrespectful of the country's ancestors and an affront to the entire nation.
It was a bittersweet send-off on Sunday for Dr Peter Phillips in the constituency of East Central St Andrew, which he has anchored for the past 29 years.
Read more: Comrades, friends pour hearts out in tributes to Phillips
Dennis Meadows, a former Jamaica Labour Party candidate for Trelawny North, was selected on Sunday as the candidate for the People's National Party in the same constituency for the the next parliamentary election.
Read more: Dennis Meadows to be PNP candidate in Trelawny North for next election