On Saturday, his governing People's National Party (PNP) was due to hold hotly contested elections for his successor. Going into retirement with more than a year before Jamaicans are to vote again for a new government, [Percival James Patterson] has said that he hopes the transition would be smooth as the new PNP president takes over from him, guiding the party to a possible even if unthinkable fifth term. Patterson became PNP leader and prime minister in March 1992 when his mentor, [Michael Manley] retired and has won every election since in a country where voters get bored with ministers after two terms. Dark tall and wiry, Patterson is also widely regarded as Jamaica's first real Black prime minister though a much feared but kinky-haired Hugh Shearer occupied that position for severa...
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ABUJA, Nigeria, July 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former U.S. president, William Jefferson Clinton, yesterday delivered remarks to more than 1,000 delegates from throughout Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States at the opening luncheon of the 7th Leon H. Sullivan Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. The event marked the official opening of this year's conference themed "Africa: A Continent of Opportunities -- Building Partnerships for Success" and was hosted by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Some of the attending dignitaries included: Ambassador Andrew Young, co-chair, Leon H. Sullivan Summit VII; His Excellency President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania; His Excellency Prime Minister Absalon Yhemba Olanini of Swaziland; Hon. Mlam Nasir El-Rufal, Nigerian minister of the federal capital territory; B...
The first week of June is the most likely date for the historic meeting that would take place just about three weeks before the annual Caribbean leaders summit scheduled to be held in St. Lucia this year. Few can recall a meeting of prime ministers and opposition leaders at the same table in living memory, but both [Percival Patterson] and [Baldwin Spencer] say the region has no choice giving the changing political environment globally. Whether opposition parties ever achieve the position of government or not, they do command the support of a significant portion of the population in our respective countries," Patterson said. Spencer, on the other hand, recalled arguing for opposition politicians to be included from the pulpit of his first Caricom summit days after winning the elections...
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NEW YORK: Prime Minister Percival James Patterson was the guest of honour at a Business luncheon hosted by His Excellency, Gordon Shirley, Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States, and Lowell Hawthorne, president and chief executive officer of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, Inc. last Friday at the prestigious and private University Club in Manhattan. Prime Minister Patterson spent a great amount of his time meeting and greeting the Golden Krust franchise family and posed for numerous photo opportunities with the proud business owners as well as several other prominent business persons as he and his entourage celebrate the opening of the 100th Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill franchise store. In praising the Golden Krust team, Prime Minister Patterson described the...
Several Caribbean nationals, including former Jamaica Prime Minister Percival Patterson, will receive awards. Patterson will receive the Pinnacle award for outstanding service to the Caribbean. Other awardees include Sir Courtney Blackman, former ambassador of Barbados to the U.S., Trinidad and Tobago's Field Ridley, co-ordinator of the single market and economy projct, Guyana's Duke Pollard of the Caribbean Court of Justice Project and Lorna Greene, founder and director of Cultural Academy for Excellence.
NEW YORK: "Jamaica does not owe the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one read cent," said Prime Minister Percival James Patterson at the 43rd Annual Consul General Ball held at the Hilton Hotel last week Saturday. To resounding cheers and applause by the many friends and supporters of Jamaica, the Prime Minister said that Jamaica is now enjoying the highest levels of business confidence since measurement of these indicators started three years ago. He said that Jamaica stopped borrowing from the IMF 5 years ago. Prime Minister Patterson advised the gathering that those Jamaicans planning on coming home that they should stay right here in the United States and invest in Jamaica. "Come and go like any other foreign investor; the opportunity to invest in Jamaica are exciting and real," h...
I have already initiated a process of diplomatic action for us to insulate ourselves as far as we can from any adverse effects that will flow from the ruling," [Percival Patterson] said, while Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke said the region has to quickly table new proposals for upcoming talks. "We will get our people in Brussels and Geneva to look at the situation. I'm sure that at the ambassadorial level we will make whatever initiatives to deal with that," Clarke added. Patterson gave no details. Siding with big producers like Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Panama, the WTO said the EU import duty of $279 per ton would have a "devastating effect on the development of their economies," as Latin bananas would become too expensive to market.
In 1992, opinion polls showed that she was on track to become PNP leader and prime minister, but she lost in a bitter race with outgoing Prime Minister Percival James Patterson. Patterson is scheduled to demit office in about four weeks' time. Patterson, 71, at his next birthday, is soon expected to inform Governor-General Kenneth Hall that Mrs. [Portia Simpson-Miller] enjoys the full support of all 34 PNP legislators in the 60-seat parliament and should be sworn in as head of government when Patterson demits office. This is a historically significant victory for women worldwide but for Jamaicans in particular. Portia has already made history and looks set to consolidate her place in the history books of the future by becoming Jamaica's first female prime minister. She has proven herse...
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