Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, will officially open the Bustamante Museum, at the former home of the late National Hero, labour leader and Jamaica’s first Prime Minister, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, 24 Tucker Avenue, Kingston 6, this morning (February 3), at 11:30 a.m. Prime Minister Bruce Golding will…
Medical Practitioner, Dr. David Stair, is to be installed as Custos of Hanover on March 5, 2009. He succeeds the Hon. Mavis Whitter-King CD, who demitted office in 2006 for health reasons. Dr. Stair was appointed Custos Rotulorum of the parish by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, in September of…
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has expressed gratitude to the Government and the Jamaican people, for the support, which he and Lady Hall received, during his tenure as Head of State. Performing his final role as patron of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), at the 29th staging of the…
Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Hall, has underscored the importance of transformation as a viable, strategic, and necessary option in securing and sustaining Jamaica’s future. She was addressing the 29th National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) this morning (Jan. 15), at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston under the theme: ‘No Transformation Without Reconciliation’. The…
Five judges were yesterday (Jan. 6) sworn into higher offices within the judiciary, during a ceremony held at King’s House. His Honour Martin Gayle, Her Honour Marva McDonald Bishop and His Honour Bertram Morrison, were sworn in as Puisne Judges in the Supreme Court while Her Honour Sarah Thompson James, and His Honour Frank Williams,…
This year has been proclaimed ‘National Year of Dispute Resolution’, by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall. At a ceremony, held today (January 6), at King’s House, the Dispute Resolution Foundation was presented with a copy of the proclamation by the Governor-General. Professor Hall encouraged the Foundation to continue its good…
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has called on residents of St. Ann to support efforts to develop the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital. The Governor-General, who recently toured the facility, said were it not for the generous gesture of a citizen of the parish many years ago, the hospital would not…
Former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, has been presented with the Gold Medal Award, by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), for his outstanding contribution to national development, particularly in the area of agriculture. The presentation was made at a ceremony, held at King’s House on Friday, December 5. The Gold Medal Award is…
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has welcomed plans by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), to launch the Jamaica Press Institute. Plans for the institute were outlined by PAJ President, Byron Buckley, when he visited King’s House on December 1. The Governor-General said it is fitting that the PAJ should…
His Excellency, Governor General, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall has called on young Jamaicans to engage in productive agriculture, in light of an aging farming population, and the need to be self-sufficient. He was speaking at the Fifth Anniversary of the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s “Eat Jamaica Day” at the Denbigh Show grounds in…
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has said that the parish of St. Elizabeth continues to flourish, with significant tourism appeal, despite setbacks associated with natural disasters. In his message, read at the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Thanksgiving Service, held at the St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Barbary Hall, on November 24,…
Twenty-one year-old university student, Michael Waul, is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Mr. Waul, a fourth year student at Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, was selected from a field of eight candidates, comprising four males and four females. They were interviewed by members of the Jamaica Rhodes…
