From my archive of press clippings:
LoveFM
FOUR BELIZEANS HONORED BY GOVERNOR GENERAL
March 25, 2009
Four Belizeans were honored for their service to their community. Governor General Sir Colville Young handed out insignias to the four this morning at Belize House in Belmopan.
Read the whole article here.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
LoveFM - AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO GOVERNOR GENERAL
From my archive of press clippings:
LoveFM.Com
AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO GOVERNOR GENERAL
June 16, 2008
Two ambassadors have presented their credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young.
Read the whole article here.
LoveFM.Com
AMBASSADORS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO GOVERNOR GENERAL
June 16, 2008
Two ambassadors have presented their credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young.
Read the whole article here.
Friday, February 13, 2009
JO - G-G gets fat retirement package
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
G-G gets fat retirement package
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, January 18, 2009
SIR Kenneth Hall will officially demit office on February 26 with a fat retirement package, after serving only three years as the country's head of state.
Read the whole article here.
Jamaica Observer
G-G gets fat retirement package
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, January 18, 2009
SIR Kenneth Hall will officially demit office on February 26 with a fat retirement package, after serving only three years as the country's head of state.
Read the whole article here.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
JG - Mealy-mouthed nationalism
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Mealy-mouthed nationalism
published: Sunday June 8, 2008
Ken Jones, Contributor
Ken Jones - Contributed
It's an ill wind that blows no good; and so it is with the twisting tornado that envelops dual citizenship in Jamaica. Abe Dabdoub's motives might not be all that laudable, but with his desire to upset the expressed will of the voters of western Portland he had made us fully aware of the lurking dangers of Section 40 of the Constitution.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"For 45 years this clause has remained virtually unnoticed, certainly unused and surely as a time bomb waiting to undermine the unity of our people and, as we now see, create utter confusion in our parliamentary affairs.
Purporting to protect our Parliament from outside influences, Section 40 has made second-class citizens of hundreds of thousands of well-thinking Jamaicans at home and abroad.
It has also stirred many unreasonable voices to intone against regional neighbours, including a very friendly country that has proven to be our greatest benefactor and trading partner - the United States of America.
All this is being done in the name of a brand of nationalism that does not ring true; and does not take cognisance of the fact that this supposedly protective rule does not apply to such high offices as the Governor General, the Police Commissioner, and probably the head of the military force."
Jamaica Gleaner
Mealy-mouthed nationalism
published: Sunday June 8, 2008
Ken Jones, Contributor
Ken Jones - Contributed
It's an ill wind that blows no good; and so it is with the twisting tornado that envelops dual citizenship in Jamaica. Abe Dabdoub's motives might not be all that laudable, but with his desire to upset the expressed will of the voters of western Portland he had made us fully aware of the lurking dangers of Section 40 of the Constitution.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"For 45 years this clause has remained virtually unnoticed, certainly unused and surely as a time bomb waiting to undermine the unity of our people and, as we now see, create utter confusion in our parliamentary affairs.
Purporting to protect our Parliament from outside influences, Section 40 has made second-class citizens of hundreds of thousands of well-thinking Jamaicans at home and abroad.
It has also stirred many unreasonable voices to intone against regional neighbours, including a very friendly country that has proven to be our greatest benefactor and trading partner - the United States of America.
All this is being done in the name of a brand of nationalism that does not ring true; and does not take cognisance of the fact that this supposedly protective rule does not apply to such high offices as the Governor General, the Police Commissioner, and probably the head of the military force."
Thursday, January 22, 2009
JG - The GG, Church and State
Jamaica Gleaner
The GG, Church and State
Published: Sunday January 18, 2009
Martin Henry, Contributor
Constitutionally, the Jamaican state is a secular democratic state. The State, however, has a strong Christian cultural and legal foundation. And not just any version of Christianity. This is a Church of England-based secular democratic state. The Anglican Church was disestablished here in 1879.
The laws of the land privilege a Christian, Protestant, Anglican view. And nowhere more so than in the special privilege accorded one day of worship above others. Sunday is a weekly public holiday [holy day] by law.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Under our secular democratic Constitution, any citizen could possibly be called upon to represent Her Majesty the Queen as head of state. Citizens include Jews and Seventh-day Adventists and others who regard Saturday/Sabbath as the weekly holy day, and Muslims whose weekly holy day is Friday."
""Every person in Jamaica, the Constitution says, "is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual ... whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest." And, "Except with his own consent, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of conscience ... the said freedom includes freedom of thought and of religion."
The appointment of Seventh-day Adventist Dr Patrick Allen as the country's next governor general is, therefore, a test of religious diversity and equity.
He will represent the Queen, who is the head of the Jamaican state. "The executive authority of Jamaica is vested in Her Majesty. There shall be a Parliament of Jamaica which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Representatives. There shall be a Governor-General of Jamaica who shall be appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Jamaica."
But the Queen is not only head of state for Britain, Jamaica and several other Commonwealth states, she is the regal titular head of the Church of England. And "a person appointed to the office of Governor-General shall, before entering upon the duties of that office, take and subscribe to the oaths of allegiance and for the due execution of the office of Governor-General in the forms set out in the First Schedule to this Constitution"."
&
"One of the most important functions of the office of governor general, which, in practice, is largely ceremonial, is the signing of bills into law.
No governor general of Jamaica has yet refused to sign a bill into law."
The GG, Church and State
Published: Sunday January 18, 2009
Martin Henry, Contributor
Constitutionally, the Jamaican state is a secular democratic state. The State, however, has a strong Christian cultural and legal foundation. And not just any version of Christianity. This is a Church of England-based secular democratic state. The Anglican Church was disestablished here in 1879.
The laws of the land privilege a Christian, Protestant, Anglican view. And nowhere more so than in the special privilege accorded one day of worship above others. Sunday is a weekly public holiday [holy day] by law.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Under our secular democratic Constitution, any citizen could possibly be called upon to represent Her Majesty the Queen as head of state. Citizens include Jews and Seventh-day Adventists and others who regard Saturday/Sabbath as the weekly holy day, and Muslims whose weekly holy day is Friday."
""Every person in Jamaica, the Constitution says, "is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual ... whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest." And, "Except with his own consent, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of conscience ... the said freedom includes freedom of thought and of religion."
The appointment of Seventh-day Adventist Dr Patrick Allen as the country's next governor general is, therefore, a test of religious diversity and equity.
He will represent the Queen, who is the head of the Jamaican state. "The executive authority of Jamaica is vested in Her Majesty. There shall be a Parliament of Jamaica which shall consist of Her Majesty, a Senate and a House of Representatives. There shall be a Governor-General of Jamaica who shall be appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Jamaica."
But the Queen is not only head of state for Britain, Jamaica and several other Commonwealth states, she is the regal titular head of the Church of England. And "a person appointed to the office of Governor-General shall, before entering upon the duties of that office, take and subscribe to the oaths of allegiance and for the due execution of the office of Governor-General in the forms set out in the First Schedule to this Constitution"."
&
"One of the most important functions of the office of governor general, which, in practice, is largely ceremonial, is the signing of bills into law.
No governor general of Jamaica has yet refused to sign a bill into law."
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