Prime Minister Andrew Holness, lays a floral arrangement at the monument of late former Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer, during a floral tribute to commemorate the 97th anniversary of Shearer's birth, at National Heroes Park, Kingston, recently.
July 16, 2020
PHOTO: Floral tribute for former PM Hugh Shearer
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness and members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) recently honoured the 97th birthday of former Prime Minister Hugh Shearer.
To mark the event, Holness, members of the JLP, and Shearer’s widow laid flowers at the former PM’s monument in National Heroes Park, Kingston.
Shearer was the third prime minister of Jamaica, serving from 1967 to 1972. He died in 2004 at age 81.
Prime MinisterAndrew Holness (third right) is pictured with (from left), Senator Lambert Brown; Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon, Pearnel Charles Jr; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange; Dr Denise Eldemire-Shearer, widow of late former Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer; and President, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union( BITU), Senator Kavan Gayle.
