Jlp in a sentence

The JLP won 21 divisions to the PNP’s 19. With the switch of allegiance by two PNP councillors, the JLP now holds 23 divisions to the PNP’s 17.

Finally, JLP Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of SBA Communications by 7.7% in the first quarter.

Informed sources with knowledge of the external polling conducted by Don Anderson told that Spencer polled 34 per cent, Jess 24 and Pryce 22, in a vote against sitting MP, the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Delroy Slowley.

The JLP holds the mayorship and chairmanship of the municipal corporation.

Addressing a crowd of fervent party loyalists on Thursday night, the JLP leader underscored the importance of delivering on commitments, citing a pragmatic approach honed through years of political experience.

Desmond McKenzie, minister of local government and community development; and Robert Montague (right), MP for Western St Mary and JLP chairman, were also on hand for yesterday’s by-election in the constituency.

However, after her daughter's persuasion, she has reconsidered and now plans to have the image of the JLP leader inked on the outer part of her hand, just below where Seaga's image is positioned.

Independent candidate in the Papine Division, George Planto, says his intention is not to split the JLP vote on local government election day.

The Holness-led JLP, she added, may be betting on that reading of the population.

The JLP has three of the four constituencies in the parish, with only MP Mikael Phillips surviving the 2020 general election swing.

The JLP, he said, would have to respond because numbers count.

The JLP’s hopes for consecutive victories rest on the shoulders of Michael Stern, the deputy leader of Area Council Three and a businessman, whose national foray into politics began under the Bruce Golding-led National Democratic Movement in the 1990s.

Uncontested by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retained the seat, but only 11 per cent of the 43,000-plus electors on the list participated.

Up until recent months, former MP Devon McDaniel, who served the constituency on a JLP ticket from 2002 and 2007, was expressing an interest in replacing Dalrymple-Philibert but, after failing to get the nod of the party leadership, gradually faded away.

All must come as it’s not about the JLP, but for all the people, including those supporters of the PNP,” Charles said.

Interestingly, 31 per cent of those who said they were JLP supporters picked Hanna, while 29 per cent favoured her St Andrew Southern colleague.

It is a symbolic date for the Labourites as it was on that date 13 years ago that Bruce Golding, who later anointed Holness his successor, led the JLP to a victory over the PNP, ending the near-two-decade trek in political wilderness.

Several social media postings from among the diaspora accused Holness of adapting policies initiated by Manley into the current JLP administration—while criticizing him.

Since then, successive JLP and People’s National Party (PNP) administrations have been dogged by a laundry list of scandals, some involving allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were misused.

The People’s National Party (PNP) has locked the Rocky Point division into its cross hairs as it aims to wrest the Clarendon South Eastern seat from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) come next week.