Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
FORMER PRIME Minister Edward Seaga yesterday dramatically weighed in on the capital punishment debate, arguing that the perpetrators of grisly child murders must be hanged. Speaking the kick-off of the Digicel Premier League first-round final ...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Jamaica may be about to suffer the worst economic crisis in the country's history, according to former Prime Minister Edward Seaga.Seaga, who was yesterday addressing a National Council on Youth Leadership at the University of the West Indies, Mona...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
BARACK OBAMA or John McCain, who would be better for developing countries like Jamaica? Neither, says former prime minister Edward Seaga. Obama, an African American, and McCain are both seeking to replace George W. Bush as president of the United States when America votes on November 4.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... in my own home'In respect to the featured article (on A1 yesterday), I am in total support of Edward Seaga's views on hanging criminals and hanging them high. I am a mother of a 10-year-old girl and a returnee to Jamaica and I am gobsmacked at the level of heinous crimes being committed. I am a prisoner in my own home. We don't go anywhere but school and home.People can't live like...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Extraordinary circumstances neededI say hang them, hang them and hang them high! I am not a supporter of hanging but the killing of children is extraordinary and that calls for extraordinary circumstances."The above were the words of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, as written in The Gleaner on November 24. Reading the article, I sense a level of frustration from the former prime minister....
Stanmore Hill (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
John Maxwell In 1989, before the General Elections of that year, the PNP Opposition accused Edward Seaga’s government of having a “Going out of business sale” of Jamaica’s assets, privatising left, right, and centre. That sale was as nothing compared to the present ‘madness’ sale, initiated by P. J. Patterson and enthusiastically endorsed by Bruce Golding. If Seaga was selling...
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Jamaica Gleaner Can we grow what we eat? published: Sunday May 4, 2008 Edward Seaga, Contributor At the height of the socialist 70s when the availability of foreign exchange was at crisis level, the slogan was coined: "Eat what you grow and grow what you eat." The slogan was catchy. Food farms were one of the projects in that period in which the Manley Government invested to produce food...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... outstanding administration in the development of football. Guest speaker was former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, current chairman of the Premier League Clubs Association. Noting that football is the most popular and best-organised sport in the world, Seaga went on to praise national interim coach Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore for taking Jamaica this far. "What he has done for football...
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Jamaica for Sale John Maxwell Available on TheBlackList Pub at: Jamaica for Sale - TheBlackList Pub In 1989, before the General Elections of that year, the PNP Opposition accused Edward Seagas government of having a Going out of business sale of Jamaicas assets, privatising left right and centre. That sale was as nothing compared to the present madness sale, initiated by P. J. Patterson...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... "We cannot not give of our best," declared Mitchell at their training session at Tivoli Gardens' Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday. "If Jamaica go out, play well and win, credit to them; but we want to win and if we can, it would be great. Tough when out "It's always tough when you know that you are out, but we have a good group of youngsters who are excited to prove themselves...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Brian Bonitto, Editor - Overseas Publications ( L - R ) Seaga, Devonish Yeah, mon!Politics is in the air and on the lips of everyone following Barack Obama's victory in last Tuesday's United States presidential election. Jamaicans, too, are creating a stir.According to a recent release from the ANI news agency in London, the Jamaican-coined word 'politricks' has been added to the second edition...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Ska pioneer Byron Lee has died from bladder cancer aged 73. Lee was a crucial figure when it came to spreading ska to the United States and beyond. He formed his first band in 1959 and signed to WIRL Records, then run by the country’s future Prime Minister Edward Seaga. Lee’s outfit quickly became one of [...]
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
From my archive of press clippings: Jamaica Gleaner Cheap prices are gone forever published: Sunday April 27, 2008 Edward Seaga, Contributor FOOD PRICES are increasing at a rate unprecedented in the post-World War II period. The question is how temporary or permanent is this phenomenon? Increased food prices in the past, have been spikes that have receded once the cause was identified...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
... ska singles including works by The Maytals. He purchased the West Indies Records Ltd (WIRL) from Edward Seaga after a fire had ravaged the site, and renamed it Dynamic Sounds. It later became one of best equipped studios in the Caribbean, attracting both local and international stars, including Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Johnny Nash, the Rolling Stones and porn-star-turned-pop-singer,...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Ainsley Walters, Gleaner Writer CHRISTOPHER JACKSON last night finished off squares from striker Navion Boyd in both halves to hand Tivoli Gardens a well-deserved 2-0 win over champions Portmore United in the Digicel Premier League match at the Edward Seaga Stadium. Jackson netted in the 42nd and 60th minutes for Tivoli, handing them their fourth home win and a big jump from fifth to...
