Governor-General extends condolences to the Jamaica Football Federation Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has expressed condolences to the Jamaica Football Federation and the family of Reggae Girl, Tarania Clarke, who died tragically last week. Describing the attack on Clarke as “disturbing”, His Excellency expressed alarm at the inability to resolve conflicts, which continues to…
The areas of Northern France known as Flanders and Picardy saw some of the most concentrated and bloodiest fighting in the First World War. There was complete devastation. Buildings, roads, trees, and natural life simply disappeared. Where there once were homes and farms, was a sea of mud, and graves for the dead where men…
World Mental Health Day will be observed on Thursday, October 10, and last Friday, October 4, Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen read the Proclamation at King’s House. In a rare departure, the Governor-General opted to read the Proclamation which is usually read by the Governor-General’s Secretary. This year, the theme for World Mental…
International Motivational Executive Coach, Dr Lisa Walker and her husband, Dr Peter Walker, Senior Director at Visa, are the newest I Believe Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors. They were inducted by IBI Patron, Sir Patrick Allen during the Panel Discussion for Campus Ministries Day which The Governor-General hosted at King’s House on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The…
Some 550 students from 10 tertiary institutions across the Island met in the Ballroom at King’s House on Saturday, September 21 for the annual Campus Ministries Day Youth Panel Discussion sponsored by Adventist-laypersons Industries (ASI) and the I Believe Initiative (IBI). Under the theme “The Builder’s Mindset,” the five-member panel discussed four sub themes, “The…
His Excellency Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen (left) converses with the newly-accredited New Zealand High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Anton Ojala during a Courtesy Call at King’s House of Tuesday, September 3, 2019. The High Commissioner, who is resident in Barbados, wears a Maori korowai cloak which is a symbol of authority.
“Who will go to London?” That is the question Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen asked the 16 Finalists in the Miss Jamaica World Competition when they visited him on a Courtesy Call at King’s House on Wednesday, September 12, 2019. Sir Patrick told the contestants they were all winners. He encouraged them to do their best…
After being in the academic wilderness for an entire year in 2018, twenty-three year-old Kinshasa Johnson was among three students awarded with The Governor-General’s I Believe Initiative Summer of Service Scholarships to attend the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). She was presented with a scholarship in the sum of over one million dollars ($J1, 000,000) to…
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Hugo Verbist at King’s House on Tuesday, September 11. Sir Patrick noted that Belgium and Jamaica have had good relations and he looked forward to a continuation as both countries played their part in “advancing the welfare of…
United States Ambassador His Excellency Mr Donald Tapia presented his Letters of Credence to Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen in a brief ceremony at King’s House yesterday morning, September 11, 2019. In welcoming the Ambassador, Sir Patrick said he looked forward to continued good relations between Jamaica and the United States. He observed that over the…
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has sent a letter to Bahamian Governor-General His Excellency The Right Honourable Cornelius Smith expressing sympathy on the severe damage and loss of life as a result of hurricane damage experienced during the past week. Describing the rising death toll as “distressing,” Sir Patrick said, “This unprecedented occurrence could hardly have…
Businessman, Garfield Sean Green, was officially installed as the Custos of Manchester by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen in a Ceremony on Thursday, August 29, 2019, at the Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium, Mandeville. Sir Patrick said he was confident that Custos Green would do well for the Parish, as he knew it well, was well known,…
