Women and the Jamaican Political Process – Part I: The Campaign for the Right to Vote
The 20 members of Jamaica’s first Assembly which convened in 1664 were all white and male. Jamaica was a British colony and in imperial Britain, women were completely excluded from the political process. The white, male monopoly of Jamaican...
Meet Tamika Davis, the girl from Middlesex with big dreams
Western Bureau - As a daughter of Middlesex community in Hanover Western, Tamika Davis, who ousted the People’s National Party's (PNP) Ian Hayles to become the constituency's new Member of Parliament in the general election...
Grange makes good on promise of first national women’s shelter
The Government of Jamaica made a massive statement in the fight to protect victims of domestic abuse with veteran parliamentarian Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, making good on an important promise...
Tova Hamilton targets road, water, youth despite COVID-19 limitations
Western Bureau- To say young attorney-at-law Tova Hamilton emerged a giant killer in the September 3, 2020, general election, would be an understatement. In beating the People’s National Party's (PNP) incumbent Victor Wright, she...
Fayval Williams takes aim at formal education for more Jamaicans
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Jamaicans need to ascribe greater importance to formal education. Speaking at a ceremony at the Brown’s Town Primary School in St Ann recently to hand over 126 tablets...
