Lady Allen Launches Reading Week
Her Excellency the Most Honourable Lady Allen is again adding her support to the initiative by GraceKennedy Remittance Services to strengthen reading skills among primary school children. Speaking at the launch of the I Pledge Programme and Reading Week at Ascot Primary School in Portmore on April 2, Lady Allen said “Jamaica will be in…
THRONE SPEECH April 3, 2014
“Going for Growth: Creating Opportunities” Honourable Members: We meet to launch the activities for a new Parliamentary year and to set out the next steps as we continue to improve the lives of our people and further develop our country. Today, the state of our economy is stronger than it was one year ago. In…
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GG Presents Instrument of Appointment Under Respect Agenda
Seventy-five persons today received their Instruments of Appointments as Mentors of the Respect Agenda Programme at an official ceremony held at King’s House. Patron of the Respect Agenda Programme, His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, made a symbolic presentation of the Instruments to Ambassador Burchell Whiteman. The National Mentorship Programme (NaMP), an element…
We Must Commit to Being Examples of Integrity, Says GG
The Governor-General has called on Jamaicans to use all available channels and commit to being examples of honesty, integrity, justice and to practice tolerance of each other’s view. Sir Patrick Allen was speaking at the installation ceremony for the Hon. Beryl Rochester, Custos Rotulorum for the Parish of St. Elizabeth at the Independence Park in…
Bustamante Benefits From Over $70,000 USD Donation Through Lady Allen
When Lady Allen, wife of Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, accepted patronage for the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), she accepted not just as First Lady but also as a ‘friend’ of the organisation. Through her active involvement with the hospital, several stakeholders have become donors to the sole children hospital in the country. Once such…
GG Urges Service Clubs to Work Together
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen is encouraging service clubs in Jamaica to combine their talents and expertise in order to identify solutions to the social challenges facing the nation. He was speaking at the Fiftieth Anniversary Banquet of the Kiwanis Club of Kingston at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday (Mar. 25.) Sir Patrick Allen said…
GG Launches New Parenting Initiative
March 21, 2014: Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen today launched “Parenting Jamaica,” a multi-media campaign which aims to transmit positive parenting messages to the society, in an effort to curb the problem of weak parenting in Jamaica. The campaign is a collaborative effort between Family Life Ministries and the “I Believe Initiative” (IBI), one of the…
Governor-General to Launch ‘Parenting Jamaica’
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, will be launching a new multi-media campaign to transmit positive parenting messages to society. “Parenting Jamaica”, a project by Dr. Barry Davidson and Dr. Faith Linton of Family Ministries in partnership with the Governor-General’s I Believe Initiative, will be held in the Ballroom of King’s House…