News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2013 Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen is encouraging wards at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre to make good use of the training and mentorship programmes to which they are being exposed. As he spoke with wards who participate in the Rotary Club of Kingston’s Back2Life Mentorship Programme, Sir…
Conveyed In Letter To Major (ret’d) Johanna Lewin The passing of your beloved mother, Dr. the Hon. Olive Lewin, came as a great shock to Lady Allen and me. Although we were aware of her illness, we were not mentally or emotionally prepared for her passing. No one in Jamaica was, since to all…
“Push each other up! The support you lend to your fellow contestants and the people around you will be integral to making you a wholesome person.” This was the charge given by Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen to the 2013 contestants in the Miss Jamaica Global International Pageant. Fourteen (14) contestants of the…
More than a year after hosting a member of the royal family, Jamaica received yet another royal visitor. His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent is in Jamaica as the special guest of the National Road Safety Council for the period April 15-19 2013. Shortly after his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport, HRH…
Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen were invited to a private screening of the hard-hitting documentary ‘Songs of Redemption’, hosted by the Delegation of European Union Members in Jamaica. The documentary features several inmates at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility, who are participating in the EU-funded…
Words are inadequate to express the admiration and respect which I have long held for the Hon. Maurice Facey, whose passing I now grieve. Lady Allen joins me in expressing our heartfelt condolences to his widow, Mrs. Valerie Facey and their children, Stephen and Laura on their bereavement. They have lost a husband and father…
ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOOK LAUNCH FOR PROFILE OF EXCELLENCE: STRATEGIES FOR EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT FROM 25 YEARS OF INTERVIEWING REMARKABLE PEOPLE BY IAN BOYNE & GLENFORD SMITH Good afternoon. Lady Allen and I are pleased to welcome you all to Kings House this evening for the launch of the book Profile of Excellence: Strategies…
Having belted 1,300 interviews on his long-standing television programme “Profile”, renowned journalist Ian Boyne is now sharing “Profile of Excellence: Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement from 25 Years of Interviewing Remarkable People” his book, co-authored by Glenford Smith. The book was officially launched at King’s House on Thursday April 10, 2013. A large number of high…
