Twenty recipients of the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) were honoured on Tuesday, November 26, by Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen at the annual GGAA Pinning Ceremony held at King’s House. Among the twenty recipients, six of them were youth awardees and fourteen were adults. Three of the six youth awardees, namely…
The proclamation declaring November 25 as “Eat Jamaican” Day, was issued by His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen on Monday, November 25, in a ceremony at King’s House. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, who is also patron of the event, made brief remarks shortly before declaring “the twenty-fifth day in the month of November…
November 19, 2013 Prolific Jamaican journalist, author and TV presenter Ian Boyne launched yet another of his books “IDEAS MATTER: Journey into the Mind of a Veteran Journalist” on Tuesday, November 19, at King’s House. This was facilitated by Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen. In his…
Thursday November 14, 2013 – Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen hosted His Excellency Mr. Michel Martelly at a State Luncheon held in honour of the Haitian President who was paying his first State Visit to Jamaica. During his visit, President Martelly paid a…
November 12, 2013 Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen has called on Jamaicans to put on their running gears and join the LIME Foundation in the 2014 “RUN FOR THE CHILDREN” charity event in aid of the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Lady Allen, who was speaking at the official lunch of the charity…
November 11, 2013 Outgoing United States Ambassador, Her Excellency Pamela Bridgewater, paid a farewell Courtesy Call on His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen on Monday, November 11 at King’s House. Their Excellencies met briefly with Ambassador Bridgewater and presented to the Ambassador, a parting gift during the…
Bustamante Hospital for Children today (November 6) celebrated its 50th Anniversary and to mark the momentous occasion, Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen, advanced their annual visit to the hospital in acknowledgement of the value they place on the only paediatric hospital in Jamaica.…
