Holness was first elected to Parliament in 1997, at the age of 25, and was once special assistant to former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who was chief of the Labor Party until Golding took over in 2005.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding to resign as political leader of the Jamaica Labor Party.

JLP Leader Bruce Golding will not seek re-election at the party’s annual general conference in November.

The country owes creditors $18.2 billion, which is more than its entire domestic economy produces in a year: 132 percent of gross domestic product, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Jamaican PM Bruce Golding was speaking at the opening ceremony of the two-day Caribbean Marketplace and awards presentation at the new convention center in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

The People’s National Party said only an independent panel can determine the whole truth.

There was once a Garrison Don named Christopher Coke. Some called him “Dudus” and that was no joke. Others called him the “President” But it was quite evident that this was not a man to provoke.

West Kingston community leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke is wanted by the U.S. on weapons and drug trafficking charges. Observers say any attempt to arrest the politically connected Coke inside his barricaded neighborhood could spark violence.

Golding has not yet publicly addressed the outcry. The leadership of his Jamaica Labor Party called an emergency meeting for Sunday in the resort city of Ocho Rios to discuss its biggest political crisis since Golding was elected in 2007