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	Jamaica Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Jamaica Labour Party is a political party in Jamaica.
		It is the main opposition party, led by Edward Seaga from 1974 to 2004.
		The party was founded in 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaican_Labour_Party (239 words)

	Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 240 kilometers in length and as much as 80 kilometers in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.
		Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom, and in 1958 Jamaica became a province in the Federation of the West Indies, a federation between all the British West Indies.
		Jamaica is mainly a blend of African and Anglo-Irish cultures, with influences from the Spanish and Taino cultures, although the Tainos as a people were completely wiped out by the Spanish soon after their arrival in 1494.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaica (2500 words)

	Jamaica - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The outcome was a decisive victory for the JLP, with 51 of the 60 seats in the house of representatives.
		Jamaica was a thriving commercial and retail centre from the early 20th century onwards.
		Jamaica was incorporated in 1683 as the first seat of Queens County, and became a ward of the Queens city borough in 1898.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Jamaica (1069 words)

	Jamaica Labour Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Jamaica Labour Party is a (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) conservative (An organization to gain political power) political party in (A country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism) Jamaica.
		The party was founded in 1943 by (Click link for more info and facts about Alexander Bustamante) Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union.
		In the interim the party was led by (Click link for more info and facts about Donald Sangster) Donald Sangster (until 1967) and (Click link for more info and facts about Hugh Shearer) Hugh Shearer (until 1974), with the title of "First Deputy Leader".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/jamaica_labour_party.htm (279 words)

	Jamaica (02/05)
		Inflation fell from 25% in 1995 to 6.1% in 2000 and 7.0% in 2001.
		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 (2766 words)

	ELECTORAL OFFICE OF JAMAICA....Political Parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Farmer's Party was established in 1955 as one of the emerging third parties.
		The Republican Party was established in 1955 by Morris E. Parkin, who was the party's sole candidate in the election of that year.
		This party was founded on "THE GORE PLAN" for a new style of Government for a better way of life through the "United Party of Jamaica" by working with God.
	www.eoj.com.jm /Scripts1/japarty.html (315 words)

	1972-1983 Post Independence
		Florizel A. Glasspole, C.D., was sworn in as Governor-General of Jamaica (the third since Jamaica became independent in 1962) by Sir Herbert Duffus, acting Governor-General at a colourful ceremony at King's House in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering.
		In October the Jamaica Labour Party swept the polls in the General Elections, winning 51 seats as against 9 seats for the PNP.
		On August 23, Jamaica was chosen as the Headquarters of the Seabed Authority.
	www.discoverjamaica.com /history8.htm (1752 words)

	People's National Party
		There are 60 seats in Jamaica's Parliament, all of which are being contested by the two big parties, the governing PNP and the JLP.
		The JLP has now declared a willingness to reconsider some of Golding's agenda, including his proposal for separation of powers between the Parliament and the executive.
		In the PNP stronghold of St Andrew South, the PNP candidate, finance minister, Omar Davies, in the tradition of the constituency, was apparently treating the JLP's candidate, Dennis Messias, as a walk-over.
	www.pnpjamaica.com /innewsoct1g.htm (1042 words)

	Jamaica
		Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Lome IV Convention through which the European Union (EU) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
		Jamaica is committed to the rebuilding of the Haitian economy and the continued strengthening of its democratic institutions.
		In the fall of 1997, Jamaica upgraded its consulate in Havana to an embassy and the non-resident Jamaican ambassador to Cuba was replaced by a resident ambassador.
	www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/Carib/jamca.html (16560 words)

	"In the last election Prime Minister X went to Ethiopia and met with the King of Kings and had a conversation with ...
		Jamaica had been in a state of gradual decolonization since 1944, when on August 6, 1962 it went from being a Crown Colony to being an autonomous nation within the British Commonwealth.
		Consequently, shortly after independence, Jamaica held the distinction of having the world’s highest level of inequality, with the wealthiest five percent of the population receiving thirty percent of the national income and the poorest twenty percent of the population holding two percent of the national income.
		The PNP was the "middle class more intellectual urban party" and "the party for people who wanted to be considered respectable, decent and intelligent." (Waters 57) In 1969, Norman Manley resigned and passed leadership of the PNP to his son, Michael.
	debate.uvm.edu /dreadlibrary/kerr.html (4796 words)

	Bob Marley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Nine Miles, Saint Ann Jamaica to Norval Marley, a Jamaican-born white plantation overseer of Welsh descent, and Cedella Booker, a fl teenager from the north country.
		It is widely held that he was shot by supporters of the conservative political party of Jamaica, the Jamaica Labour Party.
		Bob Marley left Jamaica at the end of 1976, and went to England, where he recorded both Exodus and Kaya, and where he was famously arrested for possession of a joint of marijuana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Marley (2126 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Lead Stories - Saturday \| June 30, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		THE ELECTION Court yesterday unseated the People's National Party's Phyllis Mitchell and ruled that attorney, Abe Dabdoub, the Jamaica Labour Party Candidate, is the winner of the December 1997 general election in the Constituency of Northeast...
		Fort Lauderdale, Florida LEADER OF the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Edward Seaga yesterday called for the instit ution of compulsory attendance in schools to assist with the eradication of illiteracy in Jamaica.
		PERCIVAL Broderick, a former Jamaica Labour Party cabinet minister, is to play a key role in the party's forthcoming general election campaign.
	jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010630/lead (238 words)

	The Reggae Marathon, Negril Jamaica - Registration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The party was led by Norman Manley for 31 years before it was turned over to his son, Michael Manley.
		The party is presently conducting a modest overall and rebuild in preparation for anticipated elections.
		The JLP is affiliated to the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, one of the island's most vibrant labour organizations.
	www.reggaemarathon.com /jamaica_politics.htm (307 words)

	Be Aware - Jamaica's Independence - 6th August 1962
		Labour unrest in the late 1930s had produced a trade union, the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) named after it's found Alexander Bustamante.
		This split in the leadership of the labour movement meant the two parties would have to compete for the loyalty of the workers.
		Jamaica was given a Westminister style constitution, with a Governor-general as the representative of the British Crown, and a bicameral Parliament.
	www.daintycrew.com /independence.htm (433 words)

	History of Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 1938 labour riots was another turning point in the history of the people of Jamaica.
		Alexander Bustamante who emerged as leader of the new labour movement founded the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) later to be associated with the Jamaica Labour Party.
		The Federation of the West Indies was launched in 1959 and Jamaica was a part of this group.
	www.jnht.com /jamaica/independ.html (348 words)

	People's National Party
		Jamaica Labour Party leader, Edward Seaga (with microphone), addressing supporters during an election campaign tour of Barbican and Grants Pen in the Corporate Area yesterday.
		The People's National Party (PNP) yesterday condemned the incidents of violence in Eastern St Thomas during which a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporter was shot and injured, while Opposition Leader Edward Seaga said that rising tensions and gun violence would not be a deterrent to his party's election campaign.
		The Morant Bay Police last night confirmed that there had been a shooting incident mid-way a constituency tour being led by the JLP leader in the area on Friday and that they were investigating the matter.
	www.pnpjamaica.com /innewsoct6a.htm (556 words)

	The University of the West Indies and Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jamaica remained a Spanish colony until 1655 when it was captured by the British, who imported slaves from Africa to work on the island’s sugar plantations, which became the basis of the island’s economy.
		Out of this period came the formation of Jamaica’s leading political parties — the Jamaica Labour Party, headed by Sir Alexander Bustamante and the People’s National Party, led by Norman Manley.
		Jamaica remains a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
	www.uwi.edu /territories/jamaica.htm (356 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jamaica celebrated its first moment of being a free independent nation within the British Commonwealth of Nations at midnight on August 5, 1962.
		The Peoples National Party Government decided that it should continue efforts to settle a reserve agreement with the International Monetary Fund in March of 1980 and was bitterly criticized for this.
		First a world recession depleted Jamaica's fortunes, especially in bauxite (the single material in which Jamaica was a world export leader; necessary to Jamaica's economy), and a promising economic stability was near- ruined by the worst hurricane in Jamaica's history on September 12, 1988.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /faculty/hodgson/Courses/so191/Projects3/Jamaica/history.html (924 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - News - Thursday \| October 10, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		President of the United People's Party (UPP), Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas was a guest at The Gleaner's Editors Forum last week, where she spoke about her party's plan for education...
		JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) Leader Edward Sea-ga has committed a JLP Government to the redevelopment and rebuilding of the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine.
		BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: "THE JAMAICA Labour Party is the only political organisation capable of rescuing the country at this time," said JLP returnee Bruce Golding...
	jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20021010/news (242 words)

	Political Parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) successfully campaigned for Jamaica’s withdrawal from the Federation of the West Indies, which was decided in a referendum held in September 1961.
		The party won 18 of the 32 seats in the House, and this number was increased after they won the by-election in February 1956.
		A split in the Jamaica Labour Party led to the formation of the National Democratic Movement which was established in November 1995 by Bruce Golding former chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party.
	www.jnht.com /jamaica/political_par.html (700 words)

	Seaga denies Golding rift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But in an interview in the Jamaica Gleaner on Sunday, Mr Seaga pointed out that in the letter which was intended to be private, he advised Mr Golding about his shortcomings, and it was purposely harsh in order to "shock him into understanding".
		The 74-year-old admitted to the Jamaica Gleaner that inter-personal relations were not really his strong point, and in this regard, he should have worked harder to prevent mistakes he made during his tenure as leader.
		"Any leader of the JLP has to ensure that his leadership enforces the mission of the JLP, to protect the poor and disadvantaged, and to achieve growth so that the cake will be bigger and the slices will be more generous to everybody," he said.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /jamaica/rift.htm (323 words)

	Jamaica's Main Political Parties - Jamaica Information
		Jamaica Labour Party (JLP): Founded in 1943 as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union; Led by Rt.
		The Natural Law Party of Jamaica was officially inaugurated on January 5, 1996 and our First Public Press Conference was on Monday, February 12, 1996, at the Wyndham Hotel, New Kinston.
		The Jamaican NLP then became the 46th Natural Law Party to be formed since the very first one in the United Kingdom in 1992.
	www.jamaicans.com /info/politics.htm (148 words)

	Jamaica Goes to the Polls
		The prime minister, PJ Patterson, of the Jamaica Labour party, is seeking to become the first leader to win three consecutive terms in this former British...
		The prime minister, PJ Patterson, of the Jamaica Labour party, is seeking to become the first leader to win three consecutive terms in this former British colony.
		Both parties are trying to win a majority of the 60 parliamentary seats that will determine political control for the next five years.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/10-16-2002-28302.asp (627 words)

	Sir Alexander Bustamante
		He told the people that what was taking place in Jamaica was a "mental revolution." They had now become conscious of how they had been exploited all these years, and how little or nothing was done to alleviate their condition.
		The political movement was split and Bustamante founded the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), in 1943 to prepare for Jamaica's first general election under universal adult suffrage.
		In a general election on April 10, 1962, the JLP was returned to power with 26 of the 45 seats in the House of Representatives and Bustamante was appointed premier.
	www.moec.gov.jm /heroes/bustamante.htm (2298 words)

	Career Resources
		THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP), the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Broadcasting Commission have joined in expressing condolences at the passing of veteran journalist Hector Bernard, who was described across the board as having made a sterling contribution to the Jamaican media.
		Bernard was "one of the great father figures of Jamaica's journalism who served as a mentor, critic and exemplar for several generations of print and broadcast practitioners." He said that Mr.
		While at the JBC he established the first radio newsroom in Jamaica and was highly respected as the creator and producer of a number of public affairs programmes for radio and television.
	www.caribbean-media.net /articles/article84.htm (567 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Jamaica
		A lush and beautiful island, Jamaica is struggling to overcome lawlessness which has given it one of the world's highest murder rates and threatens to jeopardise its tourism industry, the main foreign exchange earner.
		Jamaica is the birthplace of Rastafarianism, a religious movement whose followers venerate the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I. Once regarded as a revolutionary threat, Rastafarianism became a cultural force, promulgated in art and music.
		Jamaica enjoys a free press and its newspapers frequently criticise the establishment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1190968.stm (493 words)

	Hugh Lawson Shearer
		HUGH LAWSON SHEARER, O.N., P.C. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) announces with deep regret the passing of former Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Hugh Lawson Shearer, O.N., P.C. He died at his home in Hope Pastures this morning after a prolonged illness.
		Shearer was a gentle giant straddling the trade union movement and holding the reins of government, the two pillars of Jamaica’s modern history.
		His seminal achievement as Prime Minister was the expansion of the secondary school system in Jamaica by doubling the number of institutions with the addition of 60 new secondary schools.
	www.jis.gov.jm /special_sections/Shearer/seageTribute.html (434 words)

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