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Tacius Golding
Tacius Golding (8 November 1900 – 6 October 1995) was a Jamaican politician, born in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine, Jamaica. He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 1949, and he served continuously until 1972. He was Speaker of the House from 1962 to 1967. A school is named after him in Jamaica. His son, Bruce Golding, was Jamaica's 8th Prime Minister. He died in 1995. See also *List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica. Speaker is the presiding officer of House of Representatives of Jamaica. Annual salary of the speaker is $JMD 5,500,000. Below is a list of office-holders, starting from 1945: ... References Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica 1900 births 1995 deaths People from Saint Catherine Parish Jamaica Labour Party politicians Golding family {{Jamaica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style (manner of address), style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general, consuls and honorary consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners only. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo In the Democrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellas Gate
Bellas may refer to: * Bellas, Aïn Defla, a town in northern Algeria * Bellas Brook, a stream in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania * Benjamin Bellas (born 1976), American artist * Bill Bellas (1925–1994), English footballer * Bruce Bellas (1909–1974), American photographer of the physique of nude males * Giselle Bellas (active from 2015), Cuban-American singer-songwriter * Jack Bellas (1895–1977), English footballer * Pavol Bellás (born 1997), Slovak footballer * Tomás Bellas (born 1987), Spanish basketball player * Bellas (song), "Bellas" (song), a single by Anthony Santos featuring Romeo Santos See also * Bella (other) * Bellas Artes (other) * Bellas Vistas, an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid * Palmas Bellas, a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama * The Bella Twins, an American professional wrestling tag team * {{dab, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Saint Catherine Parish
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2100. Summary Political and military The year 1900 was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two days into the new year, the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy regarding China, advocating for equal access for all nations to the Chinese market. The Galveston hurricane would become the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, mostly in and near Galveston, Texas, as well as leaving 10,000 people homeless, destroying 7,000 buildings of all kinds in Galveston. As of 2025, it remains the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. An ongoing Boxer Rebellion in China escalates with multiple attacks by the Boxers on Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speakers Of The House Of Representatives Of Jamaica
Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David Banner, 2008 * "Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014 * ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy, 2017 * ''The Speaker'' (periodical), a British weekly review, 1890 to 1907 * ''The Speaker'' (TV series), a British television series, 2009 People * Tris Speaker (1888–1958), American baseball player * Raymond Speaker (born 1935), Canadian politician Politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer of a legislative body, including ** Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada) ** Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) ** Speaker of the United States House of Representatives *** Mike Johnson (born 1972), current House speaker Other uses * HMS ''Speaker'', various ships * Speaker Township, Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Speakers Of The House Of Representatives Of Jamaica
This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica. Speaker is the presiding officer of House of Representatives of Jamaica. Annual salary of the speaker is $JMD 5,500,000. Below is a list of office-holders, starting from 1945: References * People's National Party {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica, *Main Lists of Jamaican politicians, Speakers of the House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Jamaica
The Parliament of Jamaica () is the legislature, legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. Officially, they are known as the Houses of Parliament. It consists of three elements: The Monarchy of Jamaica, Crown (represented by the Governor-General of Jamaica, Governor-General), the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives. The Senate, the Upper house, Upper House, is the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative Council" and comprises 21 senators appointed by the Governor-General: thirteen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Prime Minister and eight on the advice of the Opposition (parliamentary), Leader of the Opposition. The House of Representatives, the Lower House, is made up of 63 (previously 60) Members of Parliament, elected to five-year terms on a first-past-the-post basis in single-seat constituencies. Overview As Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy modelled after the Westminster system, most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory). With million people, Jamaica is the third most populous English-speaking world, Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. The indigenous Taíno peoples of the island gradually came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of Africans to Jamaica as slaves. The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Distinction
The Order of Distinction (OD) is a national order in the Jamaican honours system. It is the sixth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour, which were instituted by an Act of Parliament (''The National Honours and Awards Act'') in 1968. The motto of the Order is "Distinction Through Service". The Order of Distinction is conferred upon citizens of Jamaica who have rendered outstanding and important services to Jamaica, or to distinguished citizens of a country other than Jamaica."National Awards of Jamaica" , Jamaica Information Service, accessed 12 May 2015. The former are made Members of the Order, and the latter are made Honorary Members. The Order has two ranks: the higher class of Commander, and the lower class of Officer. Commanders take place and precedence immediately after Members and Honorary Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherene Golding Campbell
Sherene Samantha Golding Campbell is a Jamaican politician from the Labour Party, who has served as a member of the Senate of Jamaica since September 2020. Golding Campbell's father is former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding Orette Bruce Golding (born 5 December 1947) is a former Jamaican politician who served as eighth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which he led from 2005 to .... References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Jamaican politicians 21st-century Jamaican women politicians Members of the Senate of Jamaica Jamaica Labour Party politicians Golding family Children of prime ministers of Jamaica {{Jamaica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Condell Leonard Parkinson
Eugene Condell Leonard Parkinson QC (11 October 1905 – 7 March 1980) was a Jamaican politician. He was speaker in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972. He was born at Rock River, Clarendon, Jamaica to Dr Elkanah Walcott Parkinson who was a druggist & chemist at Highgate; St Mary & Elizabeth Sultana Parkinson (née Warmington) who came from Macca Tree, St Catherine. He followed in his fathers footsteps becoming a druggist and Chemist in Annotto Bay after leaving St. George's College, Jamaica in 1924, he also completed a tour of private tuition. He decided that being a chemist was not for him and departed for England to study law in 1943 and was called to the Bar London's inner Temple- three years later on July 3, 1946 - counsel. Fours years later he became a Jamaica Labour Party adherent for Southern St Andrew, he represented the people well and became speaker of the parliament which he held with distinction for five years. His reach upward in national affairs was spect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
