Opposition regains power in Jamaica

Jamaica’s opposition capitalised on discontent over the economy to return to power, as voters gave the country’s first female leader a second chance to govern the island.

Supporters of former prime minister Portia Simpson Miller, 66, shimmied and shouted in the capital, Kingston, as they heard that the centre-right government of prime minister Andrew Holness had been defeated and their candidate had staged a dramatic political comeback in general elections.