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Aug 12

Election Announcement Activates Campaign Period
KINGSTON, Jamaica; The announcement of a national parliamentary election for Thursday, September 3 has triggered the campaign period under the Election Campaign Financing legislation. The campaign period begins on the…
Jul 31

July 31 Voters’ List published with 1.9 million electors
KINGSTON, Jamaica; The July 31, 2020 Voters’ List was published as scheduled with the names of 1,913,410 registered electors. An additional 30,293 persons are now on the official list of…
Jul 17

JPP Registered as fourth Political Party
KINGSTON, Jamaica; The Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP), having satisfied the requirements of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2014, has been registered by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ)…
Jun 03

Fourth Political Party Applies for Registration
KINGSTON, Jamaica; An entity declared to be the Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) has applied to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to be registered as Jamaica’s fourth political party. The…

May 18

House Passes Political Parties Registration Regulations
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday (May 17), approved the Political Parties Registration Regulations 2017, Resolution. The Regulations, which were drafted by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) under the…
May 09

Orrette Fisher on Caricom mission to Bahamas
Director of Elections Orrette Fisher is expected to serve as deputy chief of mission for the Caribbean Community (Caricom) electoral observation mission to The Bahamas. The delegation will observe that…
Mar 03

March 27 By-Election In Greater Portmore
A date has been set for the Greater Portmore North Division by-election in the St.Catherine South constituency. The date has been set for Monday, March 27. Nomination day is next…
Jan 27

Gleaner Honour Awards | Dorothy Pine-McLarty, OJ – A Life Of Service
“We must transmit our country Jamaica, not only not less but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.” These are the words Dorothy Pine-McLarty has lived…

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