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News on the PNP's 66th Annual Conference held at the National Arena on Saturday 2005 January 23 |
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KINGSTON, (PNP HQ). Monday, 2005 January 24 |
The 66th annual national conference of the People's National Party scheduled to have been held at the National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica on 2004 September 16 to September 19 was postponed as a result of the passage of Hurricane Ivan over the island. The rescheduled conference was held at the National Arena on Saturday 2005 January 22. The following links are reports on the conference.
When the National Arena turned 'orange'
By Robert Lalah, The Jamaica Gleaner, Sunday January 23, 2005
THE GROUNDS of the National Arena could barely contain the cornucopia of orange-clad Jamaicans who travelled from far and wide to attend the rescheduled 66th annual People's National Party (PNP) Conference yesterday.
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So much to do, so little time
By Balford Henry, The Jamaica Observer, Sunday, January 23, 2005
Prime Minister PJ Patterson fell just short of setting a deadline for his resignation, but gave a number of hints, as he spoke at the close of yesterday's annual conference of the People's National Party (PNP).
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Burke's bomb
Dark horse charges into PNP's vice-presidential race
By Omar Anderson, The Jamaica Gleaner, Sunday January 23, 2005
VOTING TO elect the four People's National Party (PNP) vice-presidents was halted yesterday due to the late nomination of former PNP Region Three chairman Paul Burke. This caught the party off-guard.
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Don't become complacent, Patterson warns
The Jamaica Observer, Sunday, January 23, 2005
People's National Party president and prime minister PJ Patterson yesterday charged his party to increase recruitment, especially among young people, in order to meet any challenges from the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
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Burke rocks PNP...again!
The Jamaica Observer, Sunday, January 23, 2005
The ruling People's National Party was yesterday forced to call a special vote for its four vice-presidents in a fortnight's time after Paul Burke's surprise nomination for one of the slots. Expecting that the quartet - Portia Simpson Miller, Peter Phillips, Karl Blythe and Paul Robertson - would have been returned en bloc at yesterday's abbreviated 66th annual conference, the secretariat was clearly unprepared for the vote.
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