| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag

News

Latest Stories

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (4th left, front row); Lady Allen (4th right, front row), and Custodes from the county of Cornwall, share with the six recipients of the Governor General's Achievement Awards for the county, during the award function held on August 29, at the Glistening Waters Restaurant and Marina in Falmouth.
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (4th left, front row); Lady Allen (4th right, front row), and Custodes from the county of Cornwall, share with the six recipients of the Governor General's Achievement Awards for the county, during the award function held on August 29, at the Glistening Waters Restaurant and Marina in Falmouth.

Six Receive G-G Achievement Awards for County of Cornwall

By: Glenis A. Rose, August 31, 2013
Six outstanding citizens of the County of Cornwall have been honoured with the Governor General’s Achievement Awards, for their contribution to the development of their communities and for helping to...
Governor-General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left;) gets a lesson in how the coffee grinder works from President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant; while Lady Allen looks on. The Governor -General was on a tour of several booths mounted at the 61st Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon on August 5.

Governor General Advocates Zero Tolerance for Praedial Thieves

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 6, 2013
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) and Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (third right ), raise their voices in song at the National Independence Thanksgiving Church Service, held at the Bethel Baptist Church, on Hope Road, in Kingston, on August 4. They are joined by (from second right), Lady Allen; Opposition Senator, Alexander Williams, who represented the Opposition Leader, Andrew Holness; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

Governor-General Calls for Greater Unity Among Jamaicans

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, August 5, 2013

More Stories

Presenting Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen (l) with the UWI’s pledge at the launch on Wednesday, May 15, is Dr. Carroll Edwards, Director of Marketing and Communications. The University of the West Indies (Mona) is one of three Universities providing tuition scholarships as prizes to be won in the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ Initiative Summer of Service Competition. (King’s House photo)
Governor General

GG Launches Summer of Service Competition

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen on Wednesday, May 15, launched a Summer of Service (SOS) competition under the umbrella of his ‘I Believe’ Initiative (IBI) with...
Read more
By: Contact: Office of the Governor-General Tel; 927-6425 Ext: 2033, May 16, 2013