Over twenty patients of the Bustamante Hospital for Children along with their parents/guardians were invited by Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen to tour the newly renovated Hope Zoo in Kingston on August 7. The patients, so me of whom are admitted to the children’s hospital, and others who visit the out-patient clinic of…
51ST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST HONOURABLE SIR PATRICK ALLEN ON, GCMG, CD GOVERNOR-GENERAL My Fellow Jamaicans, at home and in the Diaspora, We bring the curtains down on our 50th Anniversary celebrations and begin our 51st year at a time when our country is beckoning to us for our…
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has honoured yet another commitment to the three free I Believe Initiative Wifi-Centres, thanks to the Chinese Embassy’s donation of ten Acer computers to the values-based programme. Ambassador Zheng Qingdian made the presentation during a brief ceremony at King’s House August 2, 2013. The computers were later handed over to representatives…
Each year, the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, provides an opportunity for Jamaicans and overseas visitors to view local produce on display. Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen headed the list of dignitaries who visited Denbigh on August 5, 2013. Clad in casual…
EMANCIPATION DAY MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST HONOURABLE SIR PATRICK ALLEN, ON, GCMG, CD AUGUST 1, 2013 My fellow Jamaicans, I greet you warmly as we unite in celebrating that momentous first of August in 1838 when “Full Freedom” finally ended the oppressive slave regime in Jamaica and elsewhere in the British Empire. Amidst…
Great ambiance, vibrant hosts, one vision and a ‘long bench’ were enough to set the tone for the first ever live outside broadcast transmitted from the Office of the Governor-General at King’s House on Sunday, July 28. Radio Jamaica’s afternoon programme ‘Palav’, hosted by Mr. Gerry McDaniel, invaded the grounds of King’s House to celebrate…
Five Jamaicans from the county of Middlesex were the recipients of The Governor-General’s Achievement Awards at a presentation ceremony held on July 25, 2013 at the Golf View Hotel in Manchester: Mr. Clifford Freemantle of St Ann, Mr. Adrian Isaac Genus of St. Catherine, Mrs. Lorine Mae Metcalf-Cousins of Clarendon, Mrs. Winnifred Gopaulsingh-Mair of St.…
His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen joins the people of Jamaica in celebrating with Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the occasion of the birth of their son. The Governor-General, in his letter to the new parents expressed joy in learning of the the newest addition to the royal…
Next week the Governor-General’s I Believe Initiative (IBI) will embark on the final leg of animation training for youth at the county level in Jamaica. The Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), at the University of the West Indies Mona, Western Jamaica Campus (UWI-WJC), will host the IBI’s County of Cornwall workshop from July…
July 5, 2013/King’s House– The junior broadcasters from the RJR radio programme “PickneyPalav” and Kidz Hub Media Network, who paid a Courtesy Call on Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen yesterday (July 4), made quite an impression. The children, accompanied by Mr. Gerry McDaniel, host of Radio…
