Displaying items by tag: State of Emergency
Holness blasts Opposition as 'hypocrites' over failure to support extension of SOE's
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has labelled members of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) as hypocrites, for not voting to extend a state of public emergency (SOE) in several parishes, claiming that it infringes on the rights of Jamaicans.
What's next? PNP votes down extension of State of Emergency
Opposition senators on Friday dealt a major blow to the Government’s main crime-fighting tool when all eight of them voted against extending the states of emergency (SOEs) that were declared for seven parishes by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on November 15.
Bunting questions justification for new SOEs, says PSTEB has failed
Opposition Spokesman on National Security Senator Peter Bunting has challenged the reasons given by Prime Minister Andrew Holness for Tuesday’s declaration of states of emergency across seven parishes.
PM declares States of Emergency in several parishes
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parishes of Clarendon, St Catherine and sections of Kingston and St Andrew.