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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addressing the Governor General's Achievement Awards for Excellence presentation ceremony, held on Tuesday (June 16), during the Sixth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. Six members of the Diaspora were recognised at the function. The conference is being held from June 13 to 18, under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, addressing the Governor General's Achievement Awards for Excellence presentation ceremony, held on Tuesday (June 16), during the Sixth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. Six members of the Diaspora were recognised at the function. The conference is being held from June 13 to 18, under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.

G-G Commends Public Agencies Fighting Against Child Abuse

By: Marlon Tingling, June 17, 2015
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has praised Government agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) involved in the fight against child abuse. Addressing the Governor-General’s Achievement Award for...
Their Excellencies, Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), and Lady Allen (3rd right), with five of the six members of the Jamaican Diaspora who received the 2015 Governor General's Award for Excellence, following the presentation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on June 16. The awardees (from left) are: Lisa Soares (United States of America); Nathaniel Peat (United Kingdom); Claudette Powell (USA), and Kingsley Gilliam and Michelle Brumley (Canada). The award for the sixth recipient, Gloria Leslie, who is based in the United Kingdom, and who was absent, was collected by Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet Assamba. The ceremony formed part of activities marking Diaspora Day at the conference, which will end on June 18.

Diaspora Members Recognised For Service

By: Marlon Tingling, June 17, 2015
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the 6th Biennial Diaspora Conference 2015 Plenary Education Session, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on June 16, in Rose Hall, St. James. Rev. Thwaites spoke on the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora, partnering for education transformation’. The session formed part of the scheduled activities at the Diaspora Conference, being held from June 13 to 18, under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.

Education Gets US$40 Million Annually From Diaspora

By: E. Hartman Reckord, June 17, 2015

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