Golding calls for changes to tourism model; repeats call for income tax threshold increase
2023-09-20People’s National Party, PNP, President Mark Golding has called for changes to Jamaica’s tourism model, to ensure gr ...
A leader has emerged
2023-09-20Dear Editor, As I listened to President Mark Golding’s speech at the People’s National Party’s (PNP) a ...
PNP President urged to focus on uniting his party, following successful annual conference
2023-09-20On the heels of what has been described as a successful annual conference, People’s National Party(PNP) President, Mar ...
Aspiring lawyer explains why she flew in for PNP conference
2023-09-20TIFFANY PRYCE – STAR Writer September 20, 2023 Shari-Ann Henry spared no expense to jet off to Jamaica fo ...
Golding wants more tourism dollars flowing to local economy
2023-09-19PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding on Sunday promised that a future Government led by him will d ...
Golding commended for authentic speech that resonated with Jamaicans, at party’s annual conference
2023-09-19People’s National Party (PNP) Leader Mark Golding has been commended by two political commentators for presenting an a ...
‘I have no fear of them!’ says Golding of his political opponents
2023-09-19Declares he comes to Jamaicans with ‘clean hands’ and ‘a clean heart’ Leader of the Oppositio ...
PNP supporters give Golding thumbs up
2023-09-19Supporters of the People’s National Party (PNP) have heaped praises on president Mark Golding, describing his spee ...
Opposition MPs walk out as House Speaker shuts down questions on IC report related to her filings
2023-09-19Opposition Members of Parliament walked out of the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, following House Speake ...
PROPER FISCAL CONTROL
2023-09-16Golding outlines would-be focus of a PNP administration OPPOSITION LEADER Mark Golding has pledged that an administratio ...
Opposition again calls for roll back of salary increases for political directorate
2023-05-25Opposition Leader Mark Golding has again called for the government to roll back the massive wage increases to members o ...
‘Roll it back’
2023-05-25PNP issues another call for salary increases for politicians be withdrawn BY BRITTNY HUTCHINSON Observer staff repor ...
Opposition Leader repeats call for impeachment legislation for MPs
2023-05-25By Racquel Porter Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to revise the performa ...
WATCH: Golding responds to Holness salary announcement
2023-05-25Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Tuesday responded to Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ announcement that he will be gi ...
Golding wants 40% increase in income tax threshold
2023-05-25Opposition Leader Mark Golding has stated that Jamaica’s income tax threshold should be increased by about 40 per ...
Ronald Thwaites
2023-03-27If there is one Jamaican white man to whom the term Massa does not apply, it is Mark Golding. Anyone who knows him will ...
‘I never meant to say that’
2023-03-27Leader of the Opposition and President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has apologised for comme ...
Not so fast
2023-03-27The parliamentary Opposition has sought to distance itself from recommendations made by legislator Everald Warmington t ...
Golding apologises for offensive comment about Labourites
2023-03-26Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Sunday afternoon apologised for an offensive comment he recently made towards suppor ...
Holness (the JLP) understands…
2023-03-26A s I see it, Jamaica, for the foreseeable future, must continue to focus like a laser-beam on achieving increas ...
Storied history of political mudslinging
2023-03-26From ‘dutty labourites’ of the 1960s to ‘chi chi man’ of the 1990s, and ‘damn fools’ and ‘fool fool’ in ...
Gordon Robinson | Budget debate? Or sideshow?
2023-03-26Now the budget debate is over, we can take a comprehensive overview of the entire process. The overwhelming impression ...
Mark Wignall | Massa, a wha dis?
2023-03-26If I am in conversation with a group of youngsters that are trying to wind their early life through the world of paid e ...
Carolyn Cooper | ‘Massa’ Mark’s time soon come?
2023-03-26Prime Minister Andrew Holness made an emotional public declaration last October. He was practically in tears. It was at ...
Race: Still a flashpoint in Jamaican politics
2023-03-24Jamaica’s national motto “out of many, one people” was posited by our founding fathers to mean that a ...
Our politicians need to get with it
2023-03-24Older Jamaicans should be forgiven if they are scratching their heads wondering what all the fuss is about in relation ...
Editorial | Censure Clarke, Brown Burke
2023-03-24Angela Brown Burke, the shadow labour minister and member of parliament for St Andrew South West, must be appropriately ...
Playbook PM: The House tees off on TikTok
2023-03-23And a possible Trump indictment is delayed until next week. ...
TV Talk: ‘Yellowstone’ made Westerns a hot genre – expect to see more, including Hallmark’s ‘Ride’
2023-03-23Hallmark Channel’s latest drama series, “Ride” (9 p.m. Sunday), won’t be confused with a great new drama but it ...
Match Preview: Huddersfield Giants (A)
2023-03-23Last year’s Challenge Cup Finalists have further strengthened their squad as they look to go better this year aft ...
‘Massa Mark’ passa passa
2023-03-23A major war of words has broken out on social media over Finance Minister Nigel Clarke’s labelling of Opposition Lead ...
PNP accuses Clarke of ‘reverse racism’, expresses outrage
2023-03-22The People’s National Party (PNP) says it is outraged and repulsed by the “racial inference” used by ...
PNP chides Nigel Clarke over ‘Massa Mark’ comment
2023-03-22The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it is outraged and repulsed by what it calls the racial inferenc ...
Clarke hits back at debt repayment criticism
2023-03-22Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke this afternoon rebuffed criticisms from opposition leader Mark Golding that the Gov ...
Some MPs walk out after Clarke refers to Golding as ‘Massa Mark’
2023-03-22The characterisation of Opposition Leader Mark Golding as “Massa Mark” by Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke led to a ...
PNP slams Clarke for ‘racist utterances’
2023-03-22KINGSTON, Jamaica – The People’s National Party (PNP), along with its Youth Organisation (PNPYO), is expressin ...
Brown Burke’s outburst exposes her to censure
2023-03-22House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert appears to be on a collision course with St Andrew South Western Member of Par ...
Clarke repels challenge to ‘no new taxes’ claim
2023-03-22Rolling out reams of paper around the government side of the parliamentary divide representing more than a decade of tax ...
‘Massa Mark’ comment triggers Opposition walkout of Parliament
2023-03-21Members of the Parliamentary Opposition walked out of Parliament earlier this afternoon after a verbal spat with Speake ...
‘Massa Mark’ reference by Clarke triggers Opposition walkout of Budget Debate
2023-03-21In an unprecedented move, Opposition Members of Parliament on Tuesday walked out of the closing Budget presentation of ...
Golding’s repetitive waltz
2023-03-21The position of Opposition Leader is a ladder to either a transit camp to potential political glory, the top elected jo ...
State will protect major infrastructure work from criminals, PM vows
2023-03-20Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued a warning to criminals, that the security forces will be moving to protect ...
Golding scorns Clarke’s ‘no new taxes’ boast
2023-03-20Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the finance minister’s heralding of “no new taxes” in his opening Budget Deba ...
Candidates rush to represent PNP in next general elections, says gen sec
2023-03-20Results from its recently commissioned political poll are not quite favourable and its ratings among voters have been w ...
Opposition files court application challenging SOEs
2023-03-20The Opposition has filed a claim challenging the Government’s repeated use of states of public emergency (SOEs) t ...
Of polls and numbers – Jamaica Observer
2023-03-20Dear Editor, I still maintain that the only People’s National Party (PNP) person who has a chance against Andr ...
Opposition seeks court ruling on Clifton demolitions – Jamaica Observer
2023-03-20OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding says his lawyers are preparing a claim to be filed in the Supreme Court for compensation ...
WATCH: Golding says ‘paranoid’ JLP shaken up by poll; denies PNP sabotaged PM’s budget speech – Jamaica Observer
2023-03-20People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding says the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has been ‘shaken ...
Golding scorns Clarke’s ‘no new taxes’ boast
2023-03-15Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the finance minister’s heralding of “no new taxes” in his opening Budget Deba ...
Golding: Minimum wage still too low
2022-06-07BELFIELD, St Mary: Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Sunday chastised the Government for what he deemed its failure ...
No South East St Ann vacancy, says Campbell
2022-06-01The People’s National Party (PNP) says it is willing to accept former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member Dr Ryan S ...
Opposition Leader urges Gov’t to consider shifting focus from its pace of debt reduction and focus on well-being of Jamaicans
2022-05-31Leader of the Opposition and People’s National Party President Mark Golding says the Government should consider shift ...
Cool down debt reduction, spend money on people, Golding tells Gov’t
2022-05-31MANDEVILLE, Manchester – Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling on the Government to reduce its pace on debt payme ...
PNP revs up protest for gas tax cap
2022-05-17Seizing on national foment that has sparked days of strikes and a rash of rural road protests, People’s National Part ...
PNP Stages March at Ministry of Finance Over Rising Fuel Prices in Jamaica
2022-05-17BySantana Salmon Leader of Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding on Monday led a marc ...
Gov’t must find ways to cushion ‘intolerable’ crisis, says Golding
2022-05-15https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/govt-must-find-ways-cushion-intolerable-crisis-says-golding ...
Golding slams RADA for failing farmers
2022-05-06The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has pledged an overhaul of Jamaica’s agricultural sector, making that ...
Golding blames drainage for MoBay flooding that caused 12-y-o’s death
2022-04-25https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/golding-blames-drainage-mobay-flooding-caused-12-y-os-death ...
Opposition leader meets with grieving family of drowned 12-y-o
2022-04-22M ONTEGO BAY, St James — Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Thursday urged the Government to address what he said w ...
Golding encouraged by Portland tour
2022-04-11Opposition Leader Mark Golding said that he is encouraged by the turnout of People’s National Party (PNP) supporters ...
Golding blames poor infrastructure for tragic MoBay floods
2022-04-08WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Thursday blamed poor infrastructure and a lacklustre garbage-colle ...
If they don’t do it, we will – Golding
2022-04-04WESTERN BUREAU: Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding says that if the present Government does not make use of the o ...
Golding calls for unity during long-awaited stop in Hanover
2022-04-04RANGE BAY, Hanover — President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has called on the people o ...
Golding says “Glory Be!” on Marlene Malahoo’s fresh appointment of new attorney general
2022-01-12“Glory Be!” were the words from the Leader of Opposition Mark Golding on Marlene Malahoo Forte being appointed as Ja ...
PNP calls for $12,000 national minimum wage amid economic hardships
2022-01-12The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has renewed its call for a $12,000 per week National Minimum Wage in ...
Golding rips into Holness, says Ja drifting on ‘sea of lawlessness’
2022-01-12People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding believes Jamaica is “drifting on a sea of lawlessness a ...
Golding calls for referendum to decide on parish status for Portmore
2021-10-20Opposition Leader Mark Golding has expressed that the people of Portmore, St Catherine should be allowed to decide by wa ...
Nurse insists oxygen shortage caused husband’s death
2021-10-20BY HORACE MILLS Observer writer OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Adamant that her husband died due to a shortage of oxygen at the c ...
Gov’t should offer food packages to get more J’cans vaxxed – Golding
2021-10-20Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, has said the Government should con ...
JLP Gov’t rapidly losing ground, PNP leader tells annual conference
2021-10-18Leader of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding pledged his party’s commitment to righti ...
Golding says future PNP Government will adjust minimum wage annually
2021-10-17Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding, has promised that a future PNP ...
Jamaica desperate for solution to problem of violent crime, says Golding
2021-10-17“Jamaica desperately needs a sustainable solution to its problem of very high levels of violent crime”. That is ...
Portmore residents should decide via referendum whether the municipality should become Jamaica’s 15th parish – Golding
2021-10-17Residents of the dormitory community of Portmore, St Catherine should decide whether they want the municipality to becom ...
George Wright controversy sparks political chess game
2021-05-03The declaration by Opposition Leader Mark Golding last Wednesday that the controversy surrounding Member of Parliament ...
Golding describes attack on teacher as despicable
2021-04-19Staff members at the Four Paths Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon are still trying to come to grips with the g ...
House speaker shuts down PNP bid to suspend MP George Wright
2021-04-14Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marissa Dalrymple-Phillibert, on Tuesday shut down efforts by the parliamentary ...
Speaker blocks attempts to suspend MP in assault case
2021-04-13House Speaker Marissa Dalrymple Philibert today blocked attempts by the Opposition to move a motion for the suspension ...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding Wants Jamaica to Become a Republic
2021-03-18Across the diaspora, discussions have reignited regarding the role of Queen Elizabeth II in independent commonwealth nat ...
Scrap SLB guarantors – Golding
2021-03-17Opposition Leader Mark Golding said the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) guarantor system should be abolished as it is unde ...
Vaccine audit under way
2021-03-17An audit is under way into the roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which met with challenges in the first two days when ...
Government’s response to COVID-19 ‘timid and inadequate’ – Golding
2021-03-16Opposition leader Mark Golding has described as “timid and inadequate” the Government’s response to the COVID-19 p ...
Golding calls on Auditor General to probe vaccine ‘line skipping’
2021-03-15Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for the Auditor General to probe reports of breaches in the COVID-19 vaccina ...
Gov’t treading on slippery slope in its crime response, says Golding
2021-02-04Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, has told National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang that he is treading on a ...
Golding promises to keep Gov’t on its toes, accuses PM of arrogance
2020-11-09Newly-elected President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding is signalling that although few in numbers, ...
Morris declares support for Golding
2020-11-01Former Senate president says Hanna needs to resolve discord in her constituency Former Senate President Floyd Mor ...
Daniel Thwaites | The Gospel Of Mark
2020-11-01The People’s National Party (PNP) has two good candidates vying for its presidency. Because I know and like both, and ...
The matrix for deciding the next PNP president
2020-11-01I am attracted to the approach taken by former Senate President Floyd Morris in subjecting the two candidates vying for ...
The PNP needs ‘superfecta’ leadership
2020-11-01It would be an egregious error if People’s National Party (PNP) delegates miscalculatingly elect a one-trick pony ...
Mark Wignall | A Golding Triumph Lies Ahead
2020-11-01There was hardly any time allowed for it to be a long, drawn-out campaign where People’s National Party (PNP) constitu ...
Dead Heat In PNP Presidential Race
2020-11-01The race for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP) is going down to the wire, a new opinion poll has rev ...
NWU endorses Mark Golding
2020-10-28KINGSTON, Jamaica— The National Workers Union (NWU) has declared support for Mark Golding who is seeking to replace Dr ...
Mark Wignall | PNP Leadership Battle Heats Up
2020-10-25In the final US presidential debate, Donald Trump continued to misguide the American people. Against overwhelming eviden ...
Win or lose, PNP fund for workers is a go, says Golding
2020-10-24THE endowment fund being promised to People’s National Party (PNP) workers who fall on hard times will be establis ...
Watch: E-Learning hands over tablets to St Andrew students
2020-10-23Education Minister Fayval Williams and three of the beneficiaries during the recent handing over ceremony. &nb ...
PHOTOS: Mark Golding nominated and ‘ready to unite PNP’
2020-10-23PNP presidential candidate Mark Golding (centre) elbow bumps a supporter. Golding’s friend, former Central Man ...
Majority PNP Patriots backing Golding, says president
2020-10-23PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) Patriots President Omar Newell says most of the group’s members have committed ...
‘Golding embodies the principles of the PNP’
2020-10-23MARK Golding has been described as undoubtedly the man for the job as People’s National Party (PNP) president, and ...
Golding eyes gold
2020-10-23Mark’s team plans route to victory as he heads to nomination centre today BY ARTHUR HALL Editor-at-large halla@ja ...
Golding: I Can Beat Hanna
2020-10-23As the November 7 People’s National Party (PNP) presidential election draws closer, prospective candidate Mark Golding ...
‘Golding embodies the principles of the PNP’
2020-10-21MARK Golding has been described as undoubtedly the man for the job as People’s National Party (PNP) president, and ...
Golding: There is no immediate plan to change Opposition senators
2020-10-21MARK Golding, the man seeking to replace Dr Peter Phillips as the People’s National Party (PNP) president next mon ...
Comrades, business leaders ‘Go With Golding’ at campaign launch
2020-10-19People’s National Party (PNP) presidential hopeful, Mark Golding, officially kicked off his campaign on Sunday with a ...
Golding promises to revive plan for party welfare fund
2020-10-16PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) presidential candidate Mark Golding says he plans to revisit his idea of a welfare f ...
In Surprising Move, Paul Burke Endorses Mark Golding for PNP President
2020-10-15In a move which has surprised some comrades, former PNP General Secretary, Paul Burke, says he thinks Mark Golding is th ...
Holness ‘hype’ nothing to fear, says Golding
2020-10-14People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirant Mark Golding is playing down Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ like ...
WATCH: ‘My time has come,’ says Golding of prospect for PNP leadership
2020-10-12People’s National Party’s (PNP) presidential hopeful, Mark Golding, believes that integrity and the ability to attra ...
Jamaica Decriminalizes Marijuana and Moves Toward Cultivation
2020-10-06Alaw passed in Jamaica on Tuesday decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, while also laying the groun ...
‘I’m Not A Placeholder For Bunting’ – Golding Rejects Suggestion That Candidacy For President Is To Pave Way For Bunting’s Rise
2020-10-06Mark Golding is aware of the suspicion that his challenge for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP) has ...
Who is this man, Mark Golding?
2020-10-06He is a serious contender for president of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), a businessman and lawy ...
Golding says Phillips has crucial role to play
2020-10-06The skills of Dr Peter Phillips will be sought to play an advisory role in the future development of the People ...