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GG Calls on Businesses to Mentor Young Graduates

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is calling on local businesses to act as mentors for young graduates and assist them to create job opportunities for themselves. He argued that with traditional sources for job creation "running...

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Jamaica has Lost a Devoted Son!

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the charge to Cornwall College’s 2014 graduating class at the graduation ceremony held on Sunday (July 6), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

GG Urges Graduates to Help Make a Difference

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Sir Patrick Allen (right), in discussion with the Deputy St. Elizabeth Parish Manager of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marvin Lawrence (left), at a recent RADA Open Day, staged in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth.

St. Elizabeth High on Food Production

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, with students of the Sydney Pagon Agricultural High School, in St. Elizabeth, when he visited the institution on June 12.

GG says Youth Must Prepare for Logistics Hub

New I Believe Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors in St. Elizabeth read the IBI pledge to serve and support the national transformation programme. They were installed by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at a swearing-in and investiture ceremony, held at the Beadle Hall in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on June 12. The ambassadors are (from right): Mrs. Beverley James, Educator of Watchwell; Ms. Karlene Brae, Educator of Brighton district; Ms Althea Peart, Manager of Jamaica National Building Society, Santa Cruz branch; Mrs. Heather Murray, Hheadmistress of Hampton School for Girls; Mr. Roy George Taylor, Broadcaster of Black River; and Rev. Kenneth Dwyer, Pastor and Guidance Counsellor of Black River High School.

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Six JPs Sworn in as IBI Ambassadors in St. Elizabeth

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...

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Professor Anthony Harriott Appointed Commissioner for Tivoli Enquiry

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....

Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen congratulates eminent academic and renowned poet, Professor Mervyn Morris, who was officially installed as Poet Laureate of Jamaica during an investiture ceremony at King’s House on May 22.

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It’s Official for Poet Laureate Professor Mervyn Morris

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...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) receives a warm welcome from Custos of Westmoreland, the very Reverend Canon Hartley Perrin, upon his arrival at the Petersfield Association of Community-based Organisations, in the parish. The Governor General was on an official visit to the parish, where he addressed Justices of the Peace, as well as students at Little London High School.

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Custos Decries Use of Derogatory Terms Among Young Men

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 address Justices of the Peace from the parish of Westmoreland at a meeting convened by the Westmoreland Lay Magistrate’s Association at the Sean Lavrey Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar on May 15.

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Westmoreland JPs Urged to Join Fight Against Crime

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...

A proud Romario Ricketts (right) accepts his winning prize from wife of the Governor General, Her Excellency, Lady Allen,(left) after his essay on ‘What is right with Jamaica’ was deemed the best in the ‘I Believe’ Essay Competition. Occasion was an awards ceremony held in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, on Thursday, May 15.

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Frome Technical High Student Wins ‘I Believe’ Essay Competition

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...

‘I Believe’ Ambassador, Evernette Drummond (right) presents Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen with a framed collage of his visits to the Petersfield Association of Community Based-organisations. The presentation was in appreciation for the work that Sir Patrick has been conducting an on behalf of the Association through his ‘I Believe Initiative’.

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BNS Donates $250,000 for Tertiary Education Assistance Through ‘I Believe’

The Scotia Bank Foundation on Thursday, May 15 presented a cheque for $250,000 to the Association of Community Based-organisations in Petersfield, Westmoreland as a contribution to the Frank Morgan Loan Programme. The donation, which was made as part of Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen’s ‘I believe Initiative’ will assist needy students with their tertiary education....