Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says Jamaica’s youth must prepare themselves to grasp the benefits that can be derived from the Global Logistics Hub Initiative. He said that in anticipation of the impact that the initiative will have on Jamaica’s economy, young people must learn how to secure lucrative employment and business opportunities that will result...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has installed six Justices of the Peace (JPs) as St. Elizabeth’s first I Believe Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors. Their installation marks the launch of the Governor-General’s I Believe Initiative in that parish and comes after intensive training in mentoring, mediation and other social intervention proficiencies. The six were presented with their insignia...

Professor of Political Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Professor Anthony Harriott, has been appointed as the third Commissioner for the Tivoli Commission of Enquiry. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, told journalists at Jamaica House Media Briefing on Wednesday, May 28, that Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has appointed the third Commissioner....

Eminent academic and renowned poet, Professor Mervyn Morris, was officially installed as Poet Laureate of Jamaica during an investiture ceremony at King’s House on May 22. Born in Kingston in 1937, Professor Morris is the third Poet Laureate to be appointed in Jamaica, the others being Tom Redcam, who was appointed posthumously in 1933, and John Ebenezer Clare McFarlane (in...

Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Westmoreland, the Very Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin, is calling for a revolution in the way young men refer to each other, and view themselves in the context of national development. Speaking at the Little London High School recently, Custos Perrin said the constant reference by young men to each other as “dogs”, and other...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has challenged Justices of the Peace (JPs) in the parish of Westmoreland to join the national fight against crime. The Governor General said the time has come for all JPs and other well-thinking Jamaicans to let their voices be heard, and their presence felt in clamping down on criminality. Addressing...

The top performers in the Governor General’s ‘I Believe’ Essay competition were on Thursday May 15, presented with their prizes. The presentations were made by wife of the Governor General, Lady Allen, during a ceremony at the Petersfield association of community-based organisations facility in Shewsbury, Westmoreland. The participants were asked to write an essay of not more than 500 words...