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Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Gosnell Yorke, said that Dr. Patrick Allen's strong Christian background makes him the ideal candidate to be the country's head of state. Dr. Yorke, who spoke to JIS News in a recent interview, said that Dr. Allen is well suited for the job, as he is "a...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has expressed gratitude to the Government and the Jamaican people, for the support, which he and Lady Hall received, during his tenure as Head of State. Performing his final role as patron of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), at the 29th staging of the event held yesterday (Jan. 15),...

President of the West Indies Union of Seventh Day Adventists, Dr. Patrick Allen, will be sworn in as the new Governor-General of Jamaica at King's House in Kingston, on February 26, 2009. This was announced by Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, yesterday (Jan 13) during a statement in the House of Representatives. He informed that Governor- General, His Excellency the Most...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has called on influential persons and organizations in the island to join with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in a mass effort to push Vision 2030. His Excellency, who was speaking at the launch of Vision 2030 at the Jamaica Conference Centre earlier this week, called for a proactive...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has called on young persons overseas to take advantage of opportunities that exist in Jamaica, in order to contribute to the development of the country. Addressing a group of young persons recently at the first Future Leadership Conference organized by the Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF), at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto,...

Professor Kenneth Hall, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Mona Campus of the University will be sworn in as Jamaica's fifth Governor General at a ceremony to be held at King's House on Wednesday February 15, the same day on which the incumbent Governor General Sir Howard Cooke will proceed on retirement. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson made the disclosure...

Professor Kenneth Hall has vowed to give priority to education when he formerly assumes the office of Governor General in February. Professor Hall, who spoke to JIS News at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday (Jan. 24), said the focus on education "was not only because I am in education but because I believe that education has such a...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has announced that Professor Kenneth Hall, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, will be sworn in as the new Governor-General on Wednesday, February 15, when His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke demits that office. Mr. Patterson, who was addressing journalists at a post Cabinet press...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, in a response to a letter from Opposition Leader Mr. Bruce Golding, said that the Constitutional requirement for the appointment of the new Governor-General was met. He said that the procedure requires that the proposal for the appointment should be tendered to Her Majesty by the Prime Minister and Her Ministers in Jamaica, that is,...

New Year messages from the Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Howard Cooke, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding will be available in print and audio format on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) website on Sunday, January 1, 2006. The messages can be accessed at the website, www.jis.gov.jm. On Christmas Day, messages from the Governor-General, the...

Five persons from the county of Middlesex were bestowed with the prestigious Governor General's Award on Wednesday (July 27) at the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall in May Pen. They are Roland McPherson from St. Ann, Carmen Margarita Ward, from Manchester, Gordon Foster from St. Catherine, Edwin Samuel Coleman from St. Mary, and Linda Kelly from Clarendon. Speaking at the...

As Government continues to implement measures to curb crime and violence, a new firearm-licensing regime is to be introduced, which will involve the use of technology to improve the management of the licensing process as well as the national firearms inventory. In addition, an independent central authority will be established to exercise more stringent control over the issuing and renewal...