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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... was no upper limit to the number of spokespersons that can be named.Meanwhile, party chairman Robert Pickersgill has moved to clarify the role of former PNP deputy general secretary Maureen Webber, who was yesterday referred to in as a member of Team PNP. AssistingPickersgill said Webber was not a member of Team PNP, and was, in fact, assisting the secretariat in preparing...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
TRANSPORT MINISTER Mike Henry has dismissed the claim by his opposition counterpart, Robert Pickersgill, that he was responsible for initiating the concept behind the pending development of the old Vernamfied aerodrome, formerly Fort Simmonds ...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... for a special election monitoring committee, which can give approval for motorcades.PNP Chairman Robert Pickersgill and General Secretary Peter Bunting told the media Monday that the decisions were taken to ensure that the campaigning did not get out of hand.According to the two, the party's National Executive Council has decided that any campaign by the candidates should target the...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Dr Wykeham McNeill, a supporter of Dr Peter Phillips' bid to become president of the People's National Party (PNP), gets a handshake from General Secretary Peter Bunting shortly after being nominated for one of the four vice-presidential jobs. At left is Robert Pickersgill, the party's chairman. Deputy General Secretary Julian Robinson looks on. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... persons submitted nomination papers, despite the $75,000 fee.That was a surprise to PNP Chairman Robert Pickersgill who provided no explanation for what he admitted was an unprecedented number of persons seeking the vice-president posts."I really can't recall so many being nominated for the posts and I don't know that it was expected, but it is the democratic right of all Comrades,"...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... outcome," Buchanan says, in obvious reference to the unsuccessful 1995 bid by Phillips to replace Robert Pickersgill as the party's chairman.Role in election victoryPhillips, who completed a three-year stint as the PNP's general secretary in 1994, had received plaudits for his role in the party's victory in the 1993 general election and sought to use that to propel him to the chairman's...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... was being challenged.In a statement last night, Phillips said he had informed party Chairman Robert Pickersgill of his decision to seek the presidency. He added that he had requested that Pickersgill arrange a meeting with Simpson Miller prior to initiating the steps necessary for complying with the requirements for his nomination."I am looking forward to that meeting and will...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
... Hibbert, young Phillips remains an active worker in the constituency.Last week, PNP chairman Robert Pickersgill told The Sunday Gleaner that the party would be doing "everything" to ensure it did not suffer from disunity should there be a challenge to Simpson Miller. The usually outspoken Pickersgill was coy as he declined to comment on the level of unity now existing in the...
