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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEdward Seaga died around 1.00pm Miami time
he was 89 today.
He will never be forgiven
http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/former-prime-minister-edward-seaga-is-dead
Former Prime Minister Edward Philip George Seaga has died.
Born on May 28, 1930, Mr. Seaga died on his 89th birthday, at 1 o'clock.
He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from 1980 to 1989, and was the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005.
He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1974 to 1980, and again from 1989 until January 2005.
irisblue
(32,969 posts)🕯️
malaise
(268,955 posts)including ours - not one tear will be shed in this house.
Polybius
(15,390 posts)What did he do? I briefly looked up his Wiki, but nothing stood out. Perhaps I missed it?
malaise
(268,955 posts)they all destroyed this country with guns
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And for that, the US helped Seaga.
malaise
(268,955 posts)the drug dons -Jim Brown, his son Dudus and many others
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The San Jose Mercury News exposed a part of it, and suffered for exercising their freedom of the press.
malaise
(268,955 posts)Late 1976, and rival political factions are warring on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, with only Bob Marley calling for peace. In an exclusive extract from her major new book, Vivien Goldman remembers life with Bob Marley at his home on Hope Road and reveals exactly what happened when gunmen came to kill him
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)There is a price to defying the empire.
malaise
(268,955 posts)That book had several problems starting with the author's ignorance on Jamaican history or the numbers of guns in Jamaica at that time.