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	CHARLES BRAY's Jamaic Journal
		Jamaica's leading election monitor, Dr Alfred Sangster, claimed that the comparatively peaceful atmosphere had been made possible because the country had united behind the national soccer team, the so-called Reggae Boys, as they fought their way through to next year's World Cup finals in France.
		Jamaica's opposition says casualty figures are higher than those given by police and accuses the government of unevenly enforcing the law by sending police and soldiers into its strongholds.
		Elections are not due until next year, but there is a long history of political violence on the island: in 1980, eight hundred people died.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Caribbean/Jamaica (5877 words)

	HISTORY OF JAMAICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An English naval force under Sir William Penn captured Jamaica in 1655 and the island was formally transferred to England in 1670 under the provisions of the Treaty of Madrid.
		Jamaica soon became one of the principal slave-trading centres in the world and in 1692 Port Royal (the chief Jamaican slave market), was destroyed by an earthquake.
		Although sporadic violence did occur during the campaign, international observers reported that the 1997 election was one of the least violent elections in Jamaica’s recent history.
	www.jamaicajuniorchamber.com /Culture.htm (924 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Elections stalled - Wednesday \| June 6, 2001
		Bertram explained elections would be postponed because the Local Government Reform Process was "at a crucial juncture in its evolution".
		Seaga had warned his supporters that, "if the Government comes to Parliament with a Bill to postpone the Local Government Elections, then you know they are postponing it to get it out of the way to go to a General Election as soon as possible".
		A national advisory committee is to be formed to guide the debate, "so that Jamaicans far and wide can make their contribution to this debate with certainty that they are being recorded and will be taken into account".
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010606/lead/lead1.html (541 words)

	History - Jamaica - Caribbean: christopher columbus, arawak tribe, jamaica parliament, edward seaga, house patterson
		Jamaica was captured by an English naval force under Sir William Penn in 1655.
		Jamaica was made a crown colony, thus losing the large degree of self-government it had enjoyed since the late 17th century.
		Jamaica was one of the British colonies that, on January 3, 1958, was united in the Federation of the West Indies.
	www.countriesquest.com /caribbean/jamaica/history.htm (707 words)

	Global Exchange - Printer Friendly
		Jamaica was captured by an English naval force under Sir William Penn in 1655.The island was formally transferred to England in 1670 under the provisions of the Treaty of Madrid.
		Jamaica was one of the British colonies that, on January 3,1958,was united in the Federation of the West Indies.
		Although sporadic violence did occur during the campaign, international observers reported that the 1997 election was one of the least violent elections in Jamaica 's recent history.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/jamaica/history.html.pf (782 words)

	Jamaica (09/06)
		Jamaica has diplomatic relations with most nations and is a member of the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
		Jamaica is an active member of the British Commonwealth, the Non-Aligned Movement, the G-15, and the G-77.
		Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Cotonou Conventions, through which the European Union (EU) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2032.htm (2833 words)

	Politics of Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jamaica is an independent country and Commonwealth Realm.
		Local elections were held in 1998, when the PNP won a decisive victory.
		General elections must be held within five years of the forming of a new government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Jamaica (1160 words)

	Education World® - Social Sciences : Political Science : World Government : Caribbean : Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)*
		Elections in Jamaica Reveals the heads of state in the Caribbean democracy and the 1997 parliamentary election results, with links to political parties.
		Jamaica Election Data Features results from the national elections held in the Caribbean country from 1944 onward with links to related sources.
		Jamaica Labour Party Details on the party's structure and political mission are accompanied by a biography of its leader and profiles of its members of parliament.
	db.education-world.com /perl/browse?cat_id=4220 (441 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Fair elections ... BUT CAFFE reports irregularities in some areas - Saturday \| June 21, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Grace Baston (left), Director of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) in discussion with Chairman of the organisation, Dr. Lloyd Barnett (right) and Director, Fabian Brown at a press conference held yesterday at the Election Centre, Hope Road, St. Andrew.
		CITIZENS ACTION for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), the local observer group, has reported a number of irregularities in Thursday's Local Govern-ment elections won decisively by the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
		Until the next elections, he said that CAFFE will be more involved in public education to strengthen the democratic process and will organise activities to keep its members up-to-date.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030621/lead/lead1.html (472 words)

	Carter Center Delegates Arrive to Monitor Jamaica Elections
		The Carter Center and its Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas, which observed Jamaica's elections in 1997, were invited by the Electoral Advisory Committee and welcomed by all major political parties to observe the Oct. 16 elections.
		Jamaica Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Leader of the Opposition the Hon.
		On election day, they will witness poll openings, voting, and vote counting at polling stations and transportation of the ballot boxes to the regional counting centers.
	www.cartercenter.org /news/documents/doc1077.html (385 words)

	JAMAICA: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 2002
		Elections were held for all the seats of the House of Representatives on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		Crime was their main subject as Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with an average of three people killed every day of the year.
		On election day, more than 11,000 members of the Security Forces were deployed at nearly 7,300 polling stations across the island in an unprecedented peacekeeping operation.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2159_02.htm (460 words)

	The European Commission's Delegation to Jamaica... European Budget Lines
		Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Is. and the Cayman Is.
		In 1999 Jamaica was the third largest exporter of bauxite and the fourth largest exporter of alumina.
		Its aim is to strengthen the rule of law and protect human rights in Jamaica, promote respect for international and constitutional human rights norms, sensitise the public to their rights and freedoms and through representation and advice to defend the human rights of all Jamaicans, particularly those who are least able to defend themselves.
	www.deljam.cec.eu.int /en/jamaica/projects/other (1322 words)

	The U.S. Message to Jamaica's Seaga: It's Time to Keep Your Promise
		Jamaica is too important to U.S. and Caribbean regional security to allow its potential to remain.
		The state must divest itself of all assets not essential to its functioning and phase out such pervasive monopoly/monopsony powers as virtual control of the tourism and bauxite industries and the right to be sole importer of such diverse goods as automobiles and fertilizers.
		This aid must be considered strategic as well as humanitarian, for a politically stable, capitalist, pro-Western Jamaica was to counter pro-Soviet forces in the region U.S. assistance was made in good faith with the understanding that the Seaga government would undertake the major economic changes it promised.
	www.heritage.org /Research/LatinAmerica/bg531.cfm (3199 words)

	December 19, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The delegation is the first group of international observers to be welcomed by the major parties to monitor elections in Jamaica's history.
		The delegation is meeting with leaders from the major political parties, the police commissioner, the Electoral Advisory Committee and the director of the Office of Elections in Jamaica.
		The international team in Jamaica, the Carter Centre delegation, is co-chaired by former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell and former US President Jimmy Carter.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/events/unicomm/NewsReleases/Archives/jamaica.htm (347 words)

	NACLA Digital Archive - JAMAICA A Comeback Washington Wont't Like (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Jamaica's elections are held in the coming months, Michael Manley, the controversial and outspoken former prime minister, will probably be elected over incumbent Edward Seaga, the Reagan...
		...When Jamaica's elections are held in the coming months, Michael Manley, the controversial and outspoken former prime minister, will probably be elected over incumbent Edward Seaga, the Reagan Administration's point man in the Caribbean...
		...Attendance at Jamaica's campus of the University of the West Indies declined between 1984 and 1987, restricting one path of social mobility...
	archive.nacla.org /Summaries/V22I3P12-1.htm (2894 words)

	Education World® - History : By Region : Caribbean : Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)*
		A Time Line of Jewish Jamaica This timeline of the history of Jamaica includes events signigicant to the establishment of various religions and the events most significant to the presence of the Jewish Religion.
		Jamaica Political History Political Reference Desk presents a chronology of Jamaican political leaders, such as governors and prime ministers, since the 1940s.
		Jamaica Information Read a brief history of the island that covers the preColumbian, colonial, and independence periods, and find a chronology of historical events.
	db.education-world.com /perl/browse?cat_id=10315 (564 words)

	JAMAICA: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 1993 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Early elections were held for all seats in the House of Representatives 11 months before they were constitutionally due.
		This relatively high abstention rate was widely attributed to voter apathy because of the similarity between the two parties programmes and the habit of giving each party two terms in office.
		On election day, the PNP won a landslide victory (the largest in Jamaica’s history of free elections), with a total of 51 seats.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2159_93.htm (351 words)

	Jamaica in 2001 ( )
		More importantly, Jamaica was a key element of the infamous triangular trade (slaves to the Caribbean, sugar to England and cheap trade goods to Africa), on which so many, now respectable, British fortunes were made (Barclays Bank for example).
		He was followed by the conservative Edward Seaga of the JLP (Jamaica labour Party), who held the prime office in the '80s.
		In Jamaica this produced the Pocomania religion derived from the ancient Cumina faith from Africa.
	berclo.net /page01/01en-jamaica.html (1280 words)

	Jamaica
		Jamaica maintains an embassy in the United States at 1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 (tel.
		This can be attributed to intense international and regional competition, exacerbated by the high costs of operations in Jamaica, including security costs to deter drug activity.
		The U.S. Embassy in Jamaica is at 2 Oxford Road, Jamaica Mutual Life Center, Kingston (tel.
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/jamaica.html (2004 words)

	Jamaica Visa Application - Tourist Visas, Business Visas, Expedited Visas - Jamaica Page
		Elections in 1980 saw the democratic socialists voted out of office, and a more conservative government installed.
		The economy of Jamaica is primarily agricultural, but gains in mining, manufacturing, and tourism have diversified the economy.
		Each union was closely identified with one of the two main political parties: the NWU with the People's National Party and the BITU with the Jamaica Labor Party.
	www.travisa.com /Jamaica/jamaicaportal.html (390 words)

	Jamaica A Look at the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		East Indians and Chinese were then brought to Jamaica to work on the plantations as indentured labourers.
		In 1988, Jamaica experienced the worst hurricane in recorded history; Hurricane Gilbert destroyed homes and severely damaged agriculture.
		Currently, Jamaica is governed by the People's National Party, led by Prime Minister Percival Patterson.
	www.cp-pc.ca /english/jamaica/alook.html (455 words)

	Jamaica History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Christopher Columbus sighted the island of Jamaica during his second voyage, and it became a Spanish colony in 1509.
		Elections in 1972 brought the People's National Party (PNP) to power under Michael N. Manley, a labor leader who promised economic growth.
		In 1997 the PNP won an unprecedented third consecutive electoral victory, in an election reported as one of the least violent elections in Jamaica's recent history.
	www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/jamaica/jamaicahistory.htm (702 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Our statement is a bit more political in that we would like to congratulate the government of Jamaica on the recent national elections, which were unmarred by violence, which has characterized previous elections in Jamaica.
		And we urge Jamaica to continue its efforts at multi-party cooperation and to further strengthen the electoral process, both in national and local elections, and in order to instill confidence in the fairness of the electoral processes among all parts of the society.
		The recent electoral process in Jamaica captured international interest, really, as it demonstrated a strong capacity and commitment to work in a nonpartisan/nonviolent way, and it resulted in the most fair and peaceful elections in history.
	www.worldbank.org /html/lac/cgced/USAIDJAM.HTM (308 words)

	Global Voices Online » Jamaica
		For this woman, however, photographed in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica by blogger and Flickr user Ria Bacon, social stigma is hardly a concern.
		At the end of 2005 it was estimated that 25,000 people in Jamaica — or 1.5% of the country’s population between the ages of 15-49 — were living with with HIV/AIDS.
		Dozens of public figures in Jamaica, from the prime minister to members of the theatre world, paid tribute to Miss Lou, and the Jamaica Observer called for her to be named a National Hero, the highest honour Jamaica can bestow on citizens.
	www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/americas/jamaica (1156 words)

	How will the US elections affect Jamaica? - Jamaica Talk - Jamaican Forums (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jamaica has relations with both countries to some extent.
		My husband asked several Jamaicans what they thought of their gov., England, US gov, and the general concensus was "We don't care everyting irie we trust in the Lord" I was surprised that such a passionate people had little to say in terms of goverment affairs.
		He did say somewhere in his debate, where he will allow illegal aliens to come in and be able to get a work permit/card...work temporarily and get to go back home as well as he will lay low on the homeland security at the borders.
	www.everytingjamaican.com.cob-web.org:8888 /jamaicatalk/t3832 (1140 words)

	Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		of Jamaica is the leader of the elected majority party in the House of Representatives.
		There are also a number of independent candidates who have contested the general elections.
		JAMAICA GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN IN 1962.
	www.jnht.com /jamaica/government.html (91 words)

	<ZipLaw> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Considering the advice of Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth II appoints a Governor General as her representative in Jamaica, however the Governor General's role is primarily ceremonial as the Executive power is vested in the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
		General elections are held within five years of the forming of a new government, however the Prime Minister may request the Governor General to call elections sooner.
		Jamaica’s court system tries cases by their severity.
	www.ziplaw.com /products/jamaica_law.htm (282 words)

	People's National Party
		Because of Patterson's philosophy against appointing to the Senate, during the same Parliament, people who had lost in a run for the House of Representatives, Hylton could not find a place in the new Cabinet but the prime minister had indicated that Hylton's was a talent he wanted to utilise.
		But it was a job that kept him out of Jamaica for long periods and made his constituency shaky, PNP officials say.
		Hylton's idea is for the bauxite/alumina sector and the light and power supplier, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) to convert to LNG and then, possibly, the public transport sector.
	www.pnpjamaica.com /innewsnov8b.htm (532 words)

	Jamaica - LANIC
		Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1788, 1805-1808 University of Wisconsin, Madison
		University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
		Jamaica at a Glance Canada Department of Foreign Trade and International Affairs
	lanic.utexas.edu /la/cb/jamaica (126 words)

	People's National Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Jamaica Constabulary Force said yesterday that it was in the process of acquiring five helicopters from Puerto Rico to be used during the October 16 general elections.
		Police commissioner, Francis Forbes, according to the statement, said the acquisition is in keeping with the commitment of the security forces to ensure that the elections are peaceful and free from fear.
		The helicopters will have the capacity to rapidly move security personnel to "flash points" across the island as the occasion warrants, said the police.
	www.pnpjamaica.com /innewsoct14e.htm (116 words)

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