The National Honours and Awards Act was brought into effect on July 18, 1969. According to the Government of Jamaica, “it was to recognise those who, by their service and contribution, have had a meaningful and significant impact on national life.
Shabba Ranks speaks at the graveside ahead of his mother s burial.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning dancehall artiste Rexton Shabba Ranks Gordon returned to Jamaica for his mother s funeral and delivered an impassioned speech at the graveside gathering that tugged at heartstrings with its sincerity, raw grief and the force of the entertainer s personality. All I can tell you about this woman ya is just love. She no teach I nothing more than love, she no give I nothing more than love. . the greatest weapon , the greatest machinery to live life, to face life and to defeat the struggle of life , my mother give me the blood of Jesus Christ.you can t survive, you cannot live without Jesus inna yu life.so today, over my mother s body, if you don t know God, you need fi get to know God , see the product of God ya, he said.