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Outstanding student of Free Town Primary School, nine year-old Jaiden Morrison, places flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle, at this year’s ‘Salute to the National Heroes’, held on National Heroes Day (October 21), at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Looking on are Vice Principal of Half-Way Tree Primary, Shelley Lee, and students and Cub Scouts of Half-WayTree Primary.
Outstanding student of Free Town Primary School, nine year-old Jaiden Morrison, places flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle, at this year’s ‘Salute to the National Heroes’, held on National Heroes Day (October 21), at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Looking on are Vice Principal of Half-Way Tree Primary, Shelley Lee, and students and Cub Scouts of Half-WayTree Primary.

Young Students Take Part in Ceremony to Honour National Heroes

By: E. Hartman Reckord, October 22, 2013
Scores of students from primary schools in Kingston participated in a ceremony at National Heroes Park on October 21, where flowers were laid at the shrines of the National Heroes...
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris (centre), with this year's Sam Sharpe Award recipients during the National Heroes Day Salute and Civic Ceremony at Sam Sharpe Square, in Montego Bay, on October 21. The ceremony saw seven unsung heroes recognized for outstanding service to their communities, and was organized by the St. James Parish Council, in association with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). The awardees are (from left): Inspector Ralph Medley, Adrian Frater, Madeline Lawrence, Angela McIntosh, Elez Glen and Kenroy Russell.

Seven Persons Honoured By St. James Parish Council

By: Glenis A. Rose, October 22, 2013
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents daughter of the late Dr. the Hon. Olive Lewin, Major (Ret’d) Johanna Lewin, with the Order of Merit for distinguished service in the fields of Folk Music Research and Performance and Music Education during the National Honours and Awards Ceremony held today (October 21), at King’s House in St. Andrew.

My Mother Would Have Been Grateful – Major Lewin

By: Chris Patterson, October 22, 2013

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The late former Deputy Prime Minister, Ambassador Seymour Mullings, who died on October 9, at the age of 82.
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Official Funeral for Seymour Mullings

The Government of Jamaica will accord an Official Funeral to the late former Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister, the Hon. Seymour Mullings, OJ. The funeral service for the former...
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By: Communications Unit-OPM, October 17, 2013