THE GLEANER MINUTE: Tufton sued by KD Knight |JLP manifesto launch |Man charged over election threat
Aug 21st, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:04#JamaicaGleaner AUGUST 21, 2025: Former Cabinet minister KD Knight has filed a lawsuit against Health Minister and Jamaica Labour Party campaign chairman, Dr Christopher Tufton, for allegedly defaming him with an audio clip played during a JLP mass rally held in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on August 10… The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is to launch its election manifesto at a mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday, August 24… A St Elizabeth man who was seen in a video making threats regarding the outcome of the September 3 general elections has been arrested and charged… A St Catherine woman who was allegedly found in the company of her boyfriend who escaped from the Constant
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