Governments are elected to 5 year terms. The current Prime Minister is the Hon. P.J. Patterson of the PNP and the Leader of the Opposition is the Hon. Edward Seaga of the JLP . At the local government level are the 14 parish councils presided over by the mayor of each parish capital.
Main crops are sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, pimento, coconuts and horticultural products.
Over a million tourists visit the island annually.