AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoBy-Elections: CAFFE is pressing the mayors of Kingston and St Andrew, St Thomas and Westmoreland to call polls for four vacant council seats, leaving residents without elected representation for more than a year. The Electoral Commission says it cannot proceed without the mayors’ direction. Cuba Vote Fallout: Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson’s charge of “betrayal” over Jamaica’s UN abstention on the US embargo, saying the move does not signal support for the sanctions and that Jamaica explained its position. Public-Sector Transport: The JCSA has called off its planned protest after securing a six-month continuation of the Government Employees Transportation Service under existing arrangements while talks continue. Deportee Transit: Johnson Smith says 10 of the 22 people received under Jamaica’s US third-country national arrangement have left the island; discussions continue with the others.
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