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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.
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.
Abramoff himself also pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, including tax fraud and bribing public officials. [2] Abramoff's activities also became an issue that many Democratic candidates raised in the November 2006 House and Senate elections, as the challengers painted the incumbent Republican Congress as corrupted by Abramoff and his ...
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 ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica’s prime minister declared a widespread state of emergency Tuesday to fight a surge The post Jamaica imposes state of emergency amid sharp criticism ...
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.
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 ...
The 1970s saw a rise in crime because of the polarization between the two major parties. Police corruption was on the rise and the political climate was in disarray. [4] In 1972, the PNP regained power with Michael Manley as the Prime Minister. After his election, Jamaica was on a quest to promote and cultivate a more just and equal society.