The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica,founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives,as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica,the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party,the JLP is actually a conservative party.
Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993,becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party,Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East,and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture from 2012–2016. Hanna was a candidate in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election,following the PNP's defeat at the 2020 Jamaican general election and the subsequent resignation of PNP President and Opposition Leader,Peter Phillips. Hanna was defeated by Mark Golding.
Sabina Park is a cricket ground and the home of the Kingston Cricket Club,and is the only Test cricket ground in Kingston,Jamaica.
Marion Hall is a Jamaican singer and songwriter whose career has spanned over two decades. Formerly known as the Queen of Dancehall,she is the first female deejay to be certified as a triple-platinum and Grammy Award-winning artist.
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller is a Jamaican politician. She served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from March 2006 to September 2007 and again from 5 January 2012 to 3 March 2016. She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice,from 2007 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017.
The Jamaican honours system has developed as a unique entity since the passage of the National Honours and Awards Act by the Parliament of Jamaica in 1969. The system is modelled largely on the British honours system,which was formerly conferred on Jamaicans.
Yendi Amira Phillipps is a Jamaican TV host,model and beauty queen who was the winner of the Miss Jamaica World 2007 beauty pageant,as well as the Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 pageant. She represented Jamaica at the Miss World 2007 contest held in Sanya,China and at Miss Universe 2010 held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino,Las Vegas,Nevada,U.S. on 23 August 2010,where she finished as the first runner up to Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. After Miss Universe,Phillipps appeared in commercials for brands such as Toyota.
Romelda Aiken-George is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The 1.96 metres shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships. In 2008,Aiken signed with the Queensland Firebirds to play in the ANZ Championship in Australia and New Zealand.
Andrew Michael Holness,is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016,following the 2016 Jamaican general election. Holness previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as prime minister,and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He failed in that bid,however,losing to the People's National Party led by Portia Simpson-Miller,with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the Jamaica Labour Party's 21. Following that defeat,Holness served as Leader of the Opposition from January 2012 to March 2016,when he once again assumed the position of prime minister. In 2020,The Labour Party won a landslide in another general election,and on 7 September Holness was sworn in for another term as prime minister.
Omar "Tarrus" Riley is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and member of the Rastafari movement.
Nadine Sutherland is a Jamaican reggae singer whose early career was nurtured by Bob Marley. She went on to become a successful dancehall artist in the 1990s.
Miss Earth Jamaica is an annual national beauty pageant to select a delegate to represent Jamaica at the international Miss Earth pageant. The current Miss Earth Jamaica is Catherine Harris who was crowned on September 23,2020.
Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres,100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time,she is a five-time Olympic champion,the fastest woman alive over the 100 m,and the third-fastest ever over 200 m.
General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday,3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term,the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021. However,Prime Minister Andrew Holness called early elections to ensure a united response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On the advice of Holness,Governor General Patrick Allen dissolved Parliament on 13 August 2020.
Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw OD is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Jamaica women's national team. She is Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer.
Roneisha McGregor is a Jamaican sprinter. Competing in finals of 4 ×400 metres relays,she won a bronze medal in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,and a silver in the mixed relay at the 2019 World Championships.
Lois Kelly Miller,also spelled Lois Kelly-Miller and formerly known as Lois Kelly-Barrow,was a Jamaican theater and screen actress. She became a household name in Jamaica for her decades-long,professional career in theater and pantomime,particularly with the Little Theatre Movement (LTM) National Pantomime. Kelly Miller was best known to international audiences for her role in the American film Meet Joe Black (1998) opposite Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
Clarendon North Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is located in Clarendon Parish.
A parliamentary by-election occurs in Jamaica following a vacancy arising in the Parliament of Jamaica. They are often seen as a test of the rival political parties' fortunes between general elections.
