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Following the revelation that Prime Minister Golding had sanctioned the initiative for the Jamaica Labour Party to hire US lobbying firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and his handling of the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, members and groups of civil society, church groups and political parties called for his resignation.
Jack Abramoff in 2004. The Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involved the efforts of Jack Abramoff, other lobbyists, and government officials to change or prevent, or both, Congressional action regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and businesses on Saipan, its capital, commercial center, and one of its three principal islands.
Jack Allan Abramoff (/ ˈ eɪ b r əm ɒ f /; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer and convicted criminal. [1] [2] He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney [3] that resulted in his conviction and 21 other people either pleading guilty or being found guilty, [4] including White House officials J. Steven ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is under scrutiny after an anti-corruption agency issued a The post Jamaica’s anti-corruption agency focuses on prime ...
The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal was a United States political scandal exposed in 2005; it related to fraud perpetrated by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Ralph E. Reed Jr., Grover Norquist and Michael Scanlon on Native American tribes who were seeking to develop casino gambling on their reservations.
The Jamaican political conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston.
(The Center Square) – A witness told jurors Monday that a former state lawmaker's contract lobbying work for a state-regulated utility "was a joke" designed as cover in case the arrangement was ...
In November 2021, Barbados became the first country in almost 30 years to remove the British monarch as head of state. King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, attended the ceremony where Barbados ...