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GG Hails World War II Vets

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen raises a toast to the Royal Air Force Association’s (RAFA) Jamaica (580 Branch) at the organization’s 70th anniversary dinner at Curphey Place in Swallowfield, St. Andrew, on September 14, 2016. Source: Jamica Information Service   Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has hailed…

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GG Installs Country’s First Chief Judge

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right) presents Her Honour Miss Judith Pusey with the Instrument of Appointment during her Swearing-In Ceremony as the first Chief Judge of the Parish Courts. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has installed Her Honour Miss Judith Pusey as the country’s first Chief Judge, with responsibility for the…

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GG’s Summer of Service Competition Awards $9.8M In Scholarships

Governor- General His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen delivers welcome at the I Believe Initiative’s (IBI) Summer of Service (SOS) Scholarship Presentation Ceremony on Friday (September 02, 2016) at King’s House. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has awarded nine tertiary students who participated in the I Believe Initiative’s (IBI) Summer of Service Competition (SOS)…

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GG Officially Opens Hi-Tech Lab at JAGAS

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen unveils the plaque with the inscription marking the significance of the occasion while (from left to right) the Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Mr. Michael Dumke, Charge d’ Affairs, Embassy of Germany and the Hon. Patricia Ann Marshall Dunwell, Custos of St.…

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GG Urges Jamaicans to Pass Batons of Virtue and Service to Youth

Governor- General Sir Patrick Allen delivers his remarks at the GGAA Presentation Ceremony for the County of Surrey, held on Thursday (August 25, 2016) at the Whispering Bamboo Cove Resort in St. Thomas. Referring to Jamaica’s 4×100 men’s relay team at the just concluded Olympic games in Brazil, Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen said Jamaicans should…

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OJ Conferred On Dr. David Boxer

The Honourable Steadman Fuller CD, JP, Deputy Governor- General and Custos of Kingston sashes Dr. the Honourable David Wayne Boxer CD with the emblem of the Order of Jamaica at his home in Kingston on Tuesday (August 9, 2016). Renowned Jamaican artist and art historian the Honourable Dr. David Boxer was presented with the Insignia…

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Farmers Commended for their Output Despite Climate Change Impact

A Ministry of Agriculture representative presenting the Hon. Steadman Fuller, Deputy Governor- General and Custos of Kingston, with a package of onions from the Ministry’s successful Onion Project at the 64th annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Mr. Norman Grant, Jamaica Agriculture Society (JAS) President looks on.…

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Call for St. Andrew’s JPs to Sign Magistrates Roll

Public Service Announcement All Justices of the Peace (JPs) for the parish of St. Andrew are invited to sign the Magistrates Roll located at the Musgrave Medical Complex, 84 Lady Musgrave Road between 8:30am and 4:30pm. This is in preparation for the installation of the Honourable Dr. Patricia Ann Marshall- Dunwell as the new Custos…

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