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News Jamaica Politics: Kenya's president for Jamaica State visit

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Kenya's president for Jamaica State visit
News source: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/kenya-s-president-for-jamaica-state-visit_170449?profile=0&bcmt=1

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya will pay a three-day State visit to Jamaica as the country celebrates its 57th anniversary of political independence from Britain next month. A statement from the ...

News Jamaica Politics: What is so hard to understand about millennial voters in Jamaica?

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
What is so hard to understand about millennial voters in Jamaica?
News source: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/the-agenda/what-is-so-hard-to-understand-about-millennial-voters-in-jamaica-_170347?profile=1096

This is so, because, with the exception of the 1970s, young people in Jamaica, being a legitimate part of the masses, have suffered disappointments over decades of trial and error with successive ...

News Jamaica Politics: State park named in honor of Shirley Chisholm opens on former landfill site along Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn

Published on: Monday 01 July 2019
State park named in honor of Shirley Chisholm opens on former landfill site along Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn
News source: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-shirley-chisholm-brooklyn-state-park-grand-opening-landfill-20190702-plrxkqwsvjbvzpbqigbiqrdv2u-story.html

The expansive waterfront site, built atop a pair of shuttered landfills, rises along the shores of Jamaica Bay in East New York and features ten miles of hiking and bike trails as well as water access and a pier for picnicking and fishing.

News Jamaica Politics: Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity

Published on: Monday 01 July 2019
Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity
News source: https://www.thenation.com/article/jamaica-bob-marley-imf-austerity/

Mired in political violence, higher inflation, and increasing desperation due to dwindling foreign exchange reserves, the PNP and later the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) implemented massive cuts to wages ...

News Jamaica Politics: Political representation at work

Published on: Monday 24 June 2019
Political representation at work
News source: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/political-representation-at-work_168306?profile=1234

I last travelled this route over 20 years ago when I was in the Jamaica Defence Force ... are experiencing the type of political representation that not all Jamaican citizens receive. Daryl Vaz is ...

News Jamaica Politics: Addy-Nayo calls for closer collaboration between NDC and PNP of Jamaica

Published on: Saturday 22 June 2019
Addy-Nayo calls for closer collaboration between NDC and PNP of Jamaica
News source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Addy-Nayo-calls-for-closer-collaboration-between-NDC-and-PNP-of-Jamaica-757341

The Jamaica’s Opposition Leader said there is the need for youth exchanges between the two political parties to share South–South experiences and best practices to understand both countries political ...

News Jamaica Politics: Obituary: Edward Seaga, PM of Jamaica who shaped island's post-independence politics

Published on: Sunday 02 June 2019
News source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17678972.obituary-edward-seaga-pm-of-jamaica-who-shaped-islands-post-independence-politics/

EDWARD Seaga, who has died aged 89, was a former Prime Minister of Jamaica who shaped the island's politics and cultural life after it gained independence from Britain in 1962. His political career ...

News Jamaica Politics: Edward Seaga, former prime minister of Jamaica, dies at 89

Published on: Monday 27 May 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/edward-seaga-former-prime-minister-of-jamaica-dies-at-89/ar-AAC2ZUt

NEW YORK — Edward Seaga, a former Jamaican prime minister who shaped the island’s post-independence politics and cultural life, died Tuesday at 89. Mr. Seaga’s death was announced on Twitter by Prime ...