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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), does warm-up exercises before participating in the Farm Up Jamaica Run/Walk on Thursday, June 20 at Emancipation Park, in Kingston.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), does warm-up exercises before participating in the Farm Up Jamaica Run/Walk on Thursday, June 20 at Emancipation Park, in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Farm Up Jamaica 2K And 5K Run

   
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness leading tributes to the late former Prime Minister of Jamaica Edward Phillip George Seaga during a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament on June 19, 2019.

Seaga Introduced Jamaicans to Their Culture – PM Holness

By: Office of the Prime Minister, June 20, 2019
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, and Member of Parliament for Western Kingston, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left), holds a candle at a Revival Table, held in memory of the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, on June 19, at the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre, in West Kingston. To Mr. McKenzie’s left is Mr. Seaga’s daughter Annabelle. Mr. Seaga, who was Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister and served the West Kingston constituency for 43 years, died on May 28. An official period of mourning is being observed from June 19 to 22, during which the National Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all public buildings. Mr. Seaga will be given a State funeral on Sunday, June 23. He will be buried in national Heroes Park.

PHOTOS: Jamaica Remembers Seaga at Revival Table

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The casket of former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, is protected by an honour guard at the National Arena on Wednesday (June 19), where the body is lying-in-state.
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Protocol for State Funeral

The State funeral for former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, will include several ceremonial rites and protocols in keeping with other occasions formally denoted as State events. The...
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By: Tracey Thompson, June 19, 2019