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Eleven Judges Appointed As Michaelmas Term Begins

His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen (centre) with Chief Justice- the Hon. Justice Zaila McCalla, (3rd right) President of the Court of Appeal- the Hon. Justice Dennis Morrison (3rd left) and the 11 newly sworn in judges.    It was a historic moment at King’s House on Monday, September 14 when His Excellency the Most Hon.…

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Eighteen Students Successfully Completed GG Summer of Service Competition

Their Excellencies Sir Patrick Allen (seated center) and Lady Allen (seated 3rd right) with GGPE National Coordinator- Major (Ret’d) Effiom Whyte (standing left) and GGPE Project Officer- Tricia Grier (seated left).Others seated from left are: Grantley Stephenson, CEO Kingston Wharves Ltd, the Hon. Custos Steadman Fuller, Professor Colin Gyles, Acting Principal- University of Technology and…

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GG Leads Celebration of Her Majesty as Longest Serving Monarch

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen in conversation with British High Commissioner, David Fitton at the commemorative event in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, as the longest serving British and English Monarch. Their Excellencies the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, Governor-General and the Most Honourable Lady Allen, on Wednesday, September 9 hosted a function befitting Royalty as…

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GG Says to Take Resilience and Unity from World Championships

The athletic Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen (l) directs the attention of Olympian Nesta Carter to something interesting outside of King’s House during the Kingston City Run on Sunday (Mar. 10, 2013). As part of that event runners ran through iconic places in Kingston including King’s House. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen says Jamaicans can show their…

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GG Compares Awardees to Athletes in Beijing

Their Excellencies Sir Patrick and Lady Allen (seated centre) with GGPE National Coordinator-Major ‘Ret’d’ Effiom Whyte (seated left). Custodes seated from left are: The Hon. Jeffery McKenzie, the Hon. Sallly Porteous, the Hon. William Shagoury, the Hon. Norma Walters and the Hon. Errol Johnson. Standing are the 2015 GGAA recipients from the county of Middlesex.…

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GG Installs Known St. Mary Educator As Custos

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen presents Custos Errol Johnson with the instrument of appointment to the Order of Distinction Commander Class.   Governor General Sir Patrick Allen installs Col. Errol Johnson custos rotolorum for the parish of St Mary in a ceremony held at the St. Mary High School auditorium in Highgate on Thursday (August 20,…

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“BE THAT BEACON OF A NEW AND DIFFERENT SOCIETY”

His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen delivers profound congratulatory greeting to the Most Reverend Charles Dufour on his 45th mile stone of being ordained as a priest. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen is calling on Jamaicans to be beacons of a new and different society, in order to reverse the social malaise affecting the country.  He was…

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GG CONFERS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE ON SIR WILLARD WHITE

His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen presents Sir Willard White a copy of the citation read as he was being conferred the National Chorale of Jamaica’s Medal of Excellence.  Governor-General and Patron of the National Chorale of Jamaica, Sir Patrick Allen has conferred the Chorale’s inaugural Medal of Excellence on world renowned musician Sir Willard Wentworth…

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