Note has been taken of inaccuracies in a story appearing in the Tuesday, November 12, 2019 edition of the Daily Observer regarding the unavailability of the King’s House East Lawn for parking for the ‘Shaggy and Friends Concert’ staged at the Jamaica House Grounds. Although it is not the policy of King’s House to complain…
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has said that the passing of former Chief Justice the Hon Edward Zacca, OJ, PC, marks the end of a unique career that spanned some five and half decades in the legal and judicial services of the Region. Noting that Sir Edward holds pride of place as being the first Jamaican…
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has described the late Douglas Vaz as “a great Jamaican and an esteemed patriot” and observed that the country would always be grateful for his service. In expressing condolence to the members of the Vaz family on the passing of the former Member of Parliament, Sir Patrick said many Jamaicans would…
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…
