Percival James PattersonPrime Minister (pronounced "PURR-sih-vull JAYMZ PAT-er-son") "Jamaica is ready for the bold march into the new era of a borderless world economy." With an area of 10,990 sq km (4,243 sq mi) and a...

Percival Noel James Patterson, ON, QC (born 10 April 1935) was the Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. Until February 2006 he was the leader of the Jamaican People's National Party. The new PNP leader, Portia Simpson-Miller, took over as Prime...

When Michael Manley, weakened by the cancer he has been fighting since 1985, resigned the prime ministership of Jamaica in March, he left his People's National Party and the country in the custody of P.J. Patterson, the former deputy prime minister and finance...

Age 49, of Madison, died on Wednesday, September 16, 1998 of injuries received in an airplane accident. He was born on October 5, 1948 in West Allis, Wisconsin, the son of the late Jean and Lillian (Fehlman) Patterson. Dale served with the Army National...

When Portia Simpson Miller became their first female prime minister Jamaicans celebrated in the streets, hailing "Sista P" as a warmhearted champion of the poor.Just nine months later, much of her support has dissipated. A scandal over a political donation from a European company and...

Both sides predicted victory Monday as Jamaica's first female prime minister sought to win her first general election and her main opponent hoped to end the ruling party's 18-year hold on power.Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was chosen for her post by People's National...