Education minister pays tribute to late educator Eric Frater

Saturday, October 04, 2014 | 11:00 AM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites has joined the educational fraternity in paying tribute to veteran educator Eric Frater, who passed away on Friday, October 3.

The minister noted in a release that Frater’s dedication to uplifting young people was exemplified by his presence at the University of Technology’s Council meeting last Monday.

Frater taught at several secondary schools and also at the University of the West Indies. He also served with distinction as Principal of Rusea’s High School in Hanover.

“Eric’s penetrating intellect and his unfailing graciousness gave him valuable skills in educational administration,” Thwaites said. “We celebrate the long life of a good and loyal Jamaican. May his soul rest in peace.”?

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SOULFUL WAILER - Bunny"s tribute to the pioneers

Entertainment

Howard CampbellThursday, January 02, 2014

IT has been 50 years since Bunny Wailer recorded his first song. In a storied career, he has had hit songs in every genre of Jamaican popular music.Reincarnated Souls, a multi-track set distributed by Tads Record, is his latest production. It contains three compact discs with 50 songs as well as a double DVD titled The Trench Town Experience, which looks at the history of the Kingston community where Wailer’s career started.The set, he told the Jamaica Observer recently, is a salute to the evolution of Jamaica’s popular music.“Is 50 years since the birth of ska an’ a lotta the people dem wha’ play dem music nuh dey roun’ again. Man like me wey did dey roun’ haffi keep the thing alive,” said Wailer.Most of the songs on Reincarnated Souls, including Burn Down Babylon, Easy Rude Boy and Rebel, were written by the 66-year-old Wailer. He also puts his spin on John Holt’s A Love I Can Feel, Push Wood originally done by Barbadian singer Jackie Opel, and the Tom Jones classic What’s New Pussycat.Along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer was an original member of the Wailers, which formed in Trench Town in late-1963. The following year, they recorded Simmer Down, one of several ska hits for the group.The Wailers also thrived in the rock steady era of the late-1960s, and recorded a number of classic reggae sides for producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry before signing with Island Records in the early 1970s.The trio split in late-1973 for solo careers with Wailer recording seminal albums such as Black Heart Man and Protest, released by Island in 1976 and 1977, respectively.Bunny Wailer is scheduled to perform at Rebel Salute, slated for Richmond Park Estate in Priory, St Ann January 17-18.

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Tribute to Captain Barkey

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By Simone Morgan Observer staff reporter morgans@jamaicaobserver.comFriday, September 06, 2013

ONE year after his tragic death, family and friends of deejay Wayne ‘Captain Barkey’ Hamilton will stage ‘Port Fest: Tribute to Captain Barkey’ on October 13.The concert will be held at Waves Beach in Portmore, St Catherine.According to Barkey’s brother and chief organiser, Otis Ellis, several artistes have pledged their support.“We had to do something to mark the passing of Captain Barkey, he contributed a lot to the business. As a soldier, he used to jump outa jeep an’ mash up dance an’ jump back inna jeep and drive off. Mi have to keep the event in respect to his contribution,” says Ellis.Among the artistes confirmed for the concert are Barkey’s sidekick Wickerman, Jah Bouks, Lady G, Terror Fabulous, Pliers, Villa Dutch, and Chuck Fenda.On October 13 last year, Captain Barkey was murdered in the parking lot of a motel in Bronx, New York.He was killed along with his 38-year-old lover Tracy Bennett as they were about to leave the motel.The shooter was Bennett’s estranged husband who committed suicide in Florida one week later.Captain Barkey was a veteran of the sound system circuit. He started his career with two Spanish Town ‘sounds’ — Stereo One and People’s Choice.He gained fame in 1996 with the hit single Go Go Wine.Deejay Captain Barkey was mudered in New York in October of last year.

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Caribbean joins OAS in paying tribute to Simon Bolivar

WASHINGTON, DC, United States CMC) — Permanent representatives from the region at the Organisation of American States (OAS) have joined the hemispheric body in paying tribute to Simon Bolivar’s legacy, while commemorating the 230th anniversary of his birth.

The OAS said its Permanent Council on Wednesday held a protocolary session during which representatives paid tribute to the “memory, work and legacy” of the Latin American revolutionary.Diplomats “recalled the continued validity of his thinking and the need to continue working for the unity and freedom of the peoples of the Americas,” the OAS said.Speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the permanent representative of Trinidad and Tobago, Neil Parsan, referred to the challenges facing the region, warning that many of them have been around since the days of Bolivar.“The Hemisphere has witnessed positive changes that have occurred since then, but a lot still remains to be done. Our Hemisphere struggles with a high degree of inequality, poverty and the scourges associated with the drug trade, trafficking of illegal guns, violence, human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children,” he added, while praising the ideals of “this great regional hero we are proud to honour today.”Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the OAS and vice chair of the council, Deborah-Mae Lovell, said the celebration continues the tradition established in 1986 to institutionalise an annual tribute to the ‘Liberator’.The permanent representative of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Saladín Selin, meanwhile, mentioned his country’s historical ties with Simon Bolivar, as well as the “spark of freedom that he ignited in the Hemisphere”.He referred to the career of the liberator, his speeches, campaigns and struggles, saying that “no man deserves more the title of ‘Man of the Americas’, because he not only overflowed the borders of several countries of the Hemisphere, but also became the firmest personality of the history of Hispanic America.”

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Tribute for Jacob Miller

IN an era that produced boundless musical talent, Jacob Miller stood out during the 1970s, widely considered reggae’s golden age.

Arguably the music’s most versatile singer, Miller died in an auto accident in St Andrew on March 23, 1980 at age 27.Next month, the Garance Reggae Festival in France pays tribute to the portly Miller with a special segment featuring the Inner Circle band and musician Addis Pablo.Miller recorded several hit songs and albums with Inner Circle. He also did some of his best work with Pablo’s father, the dub visionary Augustus Pablo.His songs with Inner Circle were mainstream. They include Tenement Yard, Tired Fe Lick Weed In a Bush and the disco-ish Everything Great. The Pablo sessions, engineered by Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock, had underground appeal.Keep On Knocking, False Rasta and Each One Teach One were among the songs he did for Pablo’s Rockers International label.Roots singer Kiddus-I says he first met Miller in 1971 when he (Miller) was a struggling artiste.“I saw the power of the youth from then. He had the charisma and charm, but he was also insightful,” says Kiddus-I. “The energy he transferred to the audience was awesome.”Born in Manchester but raised in Kingston, Miller began recording in his early teens. His first hit, Love Is a Message, was done for Studio One in the late 1960s.Though his career was on the up, Miller joined Inner Circle in 1975 and helped raise the band’s profile. They recorded two albums for Capitol Records, another for Island Records and appeared in the 1978 low-budget movie, Rockers.He was returning to a jam session in Kingston (he reportedly left to buy cane) when his vehicle crashed along Hope Road.Kiddus-I, who starred with Miller in Rockers, says he was in the United States when he heard news of Miller’s death.“Ian Lewis (of Inner Circle) call an’ tell mi. Dat was a tough one, ’cause Jakes was a great youth.”There have been a number of Jacob Miller ‘best of’ albums in the last 15 years. They include Who Say Jah No Dread, a collection of his songs with Augustus Pablo.Collectors Classics covers Miller’s hits with Inner Circle and other independent producers. Jacob Miller died in an auto accident in St Andrew on March 23, 1980. He was 27.

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