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This is interesting. Quite surprising. Wills O. Issacs was at one point the Jamaican High Commissioner to Canada. From all accounts he was very quiet and subdued at that point so this is quite a surprise.
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u related to Sydney Pagon he was a MP for a long time Santa area.. and a minister....Originally posted by jah_yout View Post
I am not a fan!Comment
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He was the fiance of Wesley Gammon the friend of Mrs Knight and according to the wags at mc he died while on the job with her!Originally posted by evanovitch View PostComment
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Originally posted by Wahalla View Post
When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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BB Coke - i think he's buried at Gilnoch. also, i think my grand aunty voted for him - having vague memories of his picture being in our house.Originally posted by St_Bess View PostComment
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Okay carrying on
The PNP’s failure to effectively counter JLP propaganda affected the party’s ability to recruit grassroots support. This situation was further complicated by rising partisan violence, which was being used by the JLP to deter the PNP’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) from gaining a support base among the working class. Ironically, it was the violence generated by the 1944 elections that led to the PNP’s Wills O. Isaac’s founding of ‘Group 69’ as his own defensive garrison in the Matthews Lane district.
Isaac believed that violence was necessary for the political process and he stated in 1944 that “what are a few broken skulls in the growth of a nation!You could not hold a meeting on the streets without confrontation. We had a councilor, Wills O. Isaacs, who said we must keep a meeting and get all the rough necks to come out and have a meeting on the streets, so you have to fight back. You had to build a counter force. Group 69 was part of it, and others.”
The use of petty thugs by acknowledged respectable politicians represented a toxic political system. That was further complicated by local denial by leaders such as Frank Gordon, who believed the PNP was innocent because their actions were defensive in protecting local constituents rather than offensive.
Group 69 was formed as a defense force for the Matthews Lane community to counter aggression from their JLP neighbors in the Tivoli Gardens district. Like previous gangs, members of Group 69 were desperate unemployed young men used by the PNP in the unionization efforts of the labor rebellion of 1938. However, by the 1950s, Group 69 was reconstituted as a gang. The formation of Group 69 in west Kingston allowed the PNP to aggressively defend their communities and defy the JLP’s efforts to oppress the party.
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I am confused
What is Wills O Issacs background?
I have checked with people who knew him when he was High commissioner to Canada and he came across as a well spoken gentleman not a rabble rouser. In fact, this person went to university with his nephew at the time and lived in the same building as he and his wife did when Wills O Issacs was High Commissioner to Canada.
So when did he transform from a rabble rouser to a dignified gentleman? If he was such a loose cannon, how did he come to be appointed as High Commissioner?
This is quite shocking. I never would have expected it.
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you need to look deeper into jamaican politics....if you in politics you don't have to be a ruff neck to be mixed up with gunman..its just part of politics.Originally posted by Tropicana View PostI am confused
What is Wills O Issacs background?
I have checked with people who knew him when he was High commissioner to Canada and he came across as a well spoken gentleman not a rabble rouser. In fact, this person went to university with his nephew at the time and lived in the same building as he and his wife did when Wills O Issacs was High Commissioner to Canada.
So when did he transform from a rabble rouser to a dignified gentleman? If he was such a loose cannon, how did he come to be appointed as High Commissioner?
This is quite shocking. I never would have expected it.
A good contemporary example is the polo playing Mr Robertson .When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Left: From left, chief of mission of Argentina, Jorge Imsausti and his wife Susan, professional polo player Mauricio Devrient and wife Michelle, with party hosts James Robertson and wife Charlene. Right: From left, businessman Tanny Shirley, party host James Robertson, businessman Don Creary, guest Stephen Dawkins and banker Chris Williams at the reception. - PHOTOS BY WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
IT WAs a polo party, but it scored big with the food. The party, in honour of the international polo players participating in the recent National Commercial Bank Capital Markets High Goal Polo tournament, was hosted by Member of Parliament James Robertson at his residence in Jacks Hill, St. Andrew, on Friday, May 5. Robertson is an avid polo player.
Chef Opal Bailey and his team were hired. The menu included an array of meats, salads and fruits, a steamship round (roasted beef on a platter), a roasted lamb with cucumber yoghurt, a jerked suckling pig, chicken cordon bleu, fried bammies, shell pasta with pine nuts, pak choy salad with oriental dressing and rolls.
To warm chilly bodies out in the night air, there was a self-serve coffee and dessert station with chocolate brownies and mini chocolate mousse, home-made bread pudding and sweet potato pudding, grapes and assorted exotic cheese with crackers.
A party would be incomplete without liquor, and the bar was stocked with a range of liqueurs and wines, as well as fruit juices. Guests mingled while moving to and fro, making several stops at the food stations placed along the perimeter of the pool.Comment
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Land Rover beats Audi... at Polo
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Members of the winning Land Rover team pose with Adam Stewart (centre), deputy chairman of ATL Group after Sunday's Autohaus-sponsored Hanover Charities polo tournament at Chukka Blue in Sandy Bay, Hanover. From left are James Robertson, Andy Vernon, Kirk Chin and Paul Laylor. Land Rover beat the Audi team 7-5 for the trophy.
James Robertson ... a member of the Kingston Polo Club team.Having won their first two matches, the visiting Australians will be gunning to complete a sweep of local teams when they oppose a strong Kingston Polo Club team in the Virgin Atlantic 25th anniversary series, which ends today at the Kingston Polo Club, Caymanas Estates, starting at noon.
The Kingston Polo Club team will comprise Mark Wates, his brother Ricky Wates, Paul Lalor and Member of Parliament James Robertson.
Exciting match
In an exciting opening match last Sunday, the Australian team of Richard Rawlings (captain), Matthew Oleiry, Dick Doolin and Ric McCarthy clipped the Chukka Blue team 7-6 at Sandy Bay in Hanover.
After racing into a 4-0 lead in the first Chukka, Australia held on grimly in the closing stages to withstand a late rally from the Jamaicans.
Representing the Chukka Blue team were John G. Byles, Andy Vernon, Kurt Chin and his brother, Shane Chin.
Neck and neck
The Australians also nosed out a St Ann Polo team comprising the Chin brothers, Craig Russell and Lesley Fong-Yee 7-6 at Drax Hall on Thursday afternoon.
In this match, the Australians brought in rookie player Hugh Evans as a replacement for McCarthy.
This proved an even more exciting match than the first, as both teams raced neck and neck after finishing the first quarter locked at 2-2 and the third at 4-4. In the fourth and final chukka, Australia just managed to squeeze home, thanks to five goals from Rawlings and two from Doolin.
Shane Chin and Fong-Yee scored two goals each for the losers, while Russell and Kurt Chin got a goal apiece.Last edited by Tropicana; 03-21-2014, 09:55 AM.Comment
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THE QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER OF JAMES ROBERTSON
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¶1. (U) Visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met on May 10 with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Robertson offered his views on the recent spate of police killings in Kingston, JLP leader Bruce Golding’s first month as Leader of the Opposition, and the party’s priorities for Jamaica’s future.
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Violence in West Kingston
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James Robertson¶2. (C) On May 10, visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Addressing the May 3 and 4 murders of three police officers and a private security guard in Kingston (reftel), Robertson characterized the killings as stand-alone “acts of terrorism” perpetrated by an independent group of disaffected young men. Robertson described the gunmen as “pot smoking” and “bible thumping,”
These 3 things don't go together.
.....adding that two of the killers, who were shot to death by police shortly after murdering the policeman, both had their heads wrapped in the style of some Rastafarians.
¶3. (C) Responding to the suggestion that the killings might have been politically motivated and linked to the JLP’s fiercely loyal West Kingston constituency because one of the dead gunmen was identified as the brother of JLP-linked West Kingston gang leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke, Robertson denied any connection to the usual retributive gang violence that is common in inner city neighborhoods. Supporting his theory that the murders were not sanctioned by organized criminals in West Kingston, he drew an analogy to the Columbine High School killings in Colorado, asserting that acts of violence can be planned and perpetrated without the knowledge or complicity of their families or communities.
¶4. (C) To further support his claim, Robertson related a telephone call he received from the brother of the owner of ******** Security, the private security company that employed the guard who shot and killed Christopher Coke’s brother. The caller was concerned about rumors that, as the brother of the company’s owner, he would be killed to avenge the death of Coke’s brother. After “making a few calls,” Robertson assured the caller that no gangs were seeking to kill him out of retribution. Instead, he said that the gangs intended to “deal with” the unruly assailants themselves.
(Note: Unbeknownst to Robertson, shortly after the killings, Charge received an urgent call from the Mexican DCM, who told him that the Jamaican owner of ******* Security, fearing for his family’s safety in the aftermath of the shootings, had requested a Mexican passport for his infant child (whose mother is a Mexican citizen) because he intended to take his family to the U.S. until the local situation settled down. Mexican DCM asked whether Embassy Kingston would then facilitate an urgent NIV issuance for the child so that the family could depart. Post accommodated the request. End Note.)——————————-Golding’s First Month as Leader
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¶5. (C) Asked whether the newly installed Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding would be able to control the violence in his West Kingston constituency, which some observers assert is intended to test Golding’s resolve, Robertson expressed confidence that he would. He disagreed, however, with Golding’s recent public comments criticizing the police for unfairly stigmatizing his constituency.
(Note: On May 8, Golding accused the JCF Deputy Commissioner for Crime, a senior British policeman on secondment to the JCF, of wrongly stigmatizing West Kingston in the matter. Golding was publicly criticized by the People’s National Party (PNP) and news media for his comments. End Note.)
Robertson speculated that Golding was caught up in the moment when he defended his constituents by criticizing the police force. He expressed regret at his party leader’s handling of the situation, saying that Golding could have pandered to his constituents in private, without making controversial remarks to the media.
¶6. (C) [Robertson] was positive on Golding’s performance in his first month as JLP leader. He offered that, once the party recovers from Golding’s recent damaging comments, Golding would continue to wage a strong campaign for the prime ministership. Robertson opined that Minister of National Security Peter Phillips is the PNP’s only serious contender to succeed P.J. Patterson, because he is the only one with the “strength” to win. He added that Golding continues to distance himself from Robertson and other “Young Turks” within the party who helped to orchestrate Golding’s rise to power. Robertson explained that many of Golding’s advisors fear him (Robertson) and his “reformist” colleagues because of the political power they wield
(Note: Robertson and the group of “Young Turks” are credited with being largely responsible for Seaga’s ouster. End Note.)
Robertson further explained that he is feared by some for his suspected ties to illegal activities, including drug trafficking.
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Drug Allegations Might Have Led To Visa Revocation - Robertson's Attorney
There are indications that allegations that former Energy Minister James Robertson had been involved in the illicit drug trade might have led to the revocation of his and his wife's United States visas.
Robertson's US-based attorney, Kirk Barrow, said that in a letter to his client, the US Embassy in Kingston cited sections of the Nationality Act which resulted in the revocation.
But he said based on the letter, the legal team is of the opinion that affidavits filed by Robertson's former political ally, Ian Johnson, played a major role in the matter.
In the affidavits, Johnson had claimed that the former energy minister used a shipping company owned by his father to traffic drugs to the US and Barrow said the US no doubt paid attention to the allegations.
He added that Mrs Robertson's visa might have been revoked on the basis that she would have benefited from the proceeds of the alleged drug deals.
Johnson also alleged that Robertson had conspired to have him killed.
application turned down
The affidavits were part of an application by Johnson in seeking political asylum in the US. However, his application was eventually turned down.
Barrow made the disclosures while being interviewed on Power 106 FM's 'Perkins on Line' yesterday, where he said allegations that Robertson participated in the David Smith-led multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, Olint, were also a factor in the revocations.
"The warning is that anybody who invested in these schemes, (the US) government can legitimately go after you on several grounds with respect to money laundering, failing to pay taxes, if you are in fact a US citizen or US resident," he noted.
Barrow is maintaining that his client is innocent of the allegations and is expressing confidence that Robertson's name will be cleared.
In the meantime, he said an announcement would soon be made about steps to have Robertson's and his wife's US visas reissued. He disclosed that the United States Embassy in Kingston has invited the couple to reapply for their visas
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