IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR IBI AMBASSADORS!!!
It’s that exciting season when we rally our exceptional IBI Ambassadors to showcase their achievements! The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence…
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48 IBI Ambassadors Charged to Stay L.I.T.
48 IBI Ambassadors Inducted and Charged to “Stay L.I.T: Lead, Inspire and Transform.” Kingston, Jamaica— A new wave of youth…
ATTENTION IBI AMBASSADORS- Your Report, Your Impact: Submit Now!
The GGPE is calling all “I Believe” Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors, far and wide, to share your updates. It is that…
54 additional ‘I Believe Initiative’ ambassadors installed
Some 54 outstanding Jamaicans were installed as ambassadors for positive social change under the Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ initiative on Thursday…
GG Charges Youth to Seek New Ways to Make a Meaningful Impact
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is encouraging the country’s young people to share their insights and…
Ten Summer of Service Programme Participants Awarded Scholarships
Ten students have been awarded scholarships towards financing their tertiary education by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick…
37 Outstanding Jamaicans Receive GG Achievement Awards
Thirty-seven outstanding Jamaicans have been bestowed with the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) for excelling in academics and leadership, while actively…
Ignite Your Summer with the SOS Scholarship Program: Applications Open May 26, 2023
As we roll into summer, exciting opportunities are blooming for young individuals across the country. One such opportunity is the…
Achieving More Together in Pursuit of Excellence: The 2023 GGAA to be held on June 29
The 2023 edition of the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) is set to take place at King’s House, with Their Excellencies…
GGPE Unveils New Website: A Comprehensive Platform for Empowerment and Growth
The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) has proudly announced the launch of its new website, marking a significant step forward…
Record-Breaking 700 Nominations Received for the 2023 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards
The Governor-General’s Achievement Awards reaches an unprecedented milestone, showcasing the best in community service, leadership, and academics in Jamaica In…
His Majesty The King’s Commonwealth Day Message
Commonwealth Day was an occasion of particular pride for my beloved Mother, The late Queen – a treasured opportunity to…
Black History Month: Celebrating the Contributions and Achievements of Black Jamaicans
February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate and recognise the contributions and achievements of black people throughout history.…
Sir Patrick Allen Urges Young Leaders to Put Service Above Self
overnor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on young leaders to live by the “I…
Governor General Urges Young Leaders to Live by “I Believe” Mantra, Emphasizing Service Above Self
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on young leaders to live by the “I…
Governor-General Announces Twelve Winners of the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Competition
On January 25, 2023, the winners of the ‘I Believe’ Initiative’s Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Essay Competition were honoured…
GGAA recipient on a mission to transform the health sector
His fascination with data and its immense potential application for advancing local medical research will take him to Harvard, a…
I Believe Initiative Hosts 3rd AGM
Their Excellencies Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and the Most Honourable Lady Allen, hosted the 3rd I Believe Initiative (IBI) Annual General Meeting…
Governor-General installed 29 new IBI Ambassadors
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, inducted 29 new ‘I Believe’ Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors to join…
A Call to Action: The Voice of our Youth
By Tómori Tomlinson The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence and the Office of United Nations Resident Coordinator met with State Minister…
UN Partnership Forum – October 20, 2021
By Tómori Tomlinson The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) participated in the opening plenary for the United Nations in Jamaica…
King’s House goes Blue for Frontline Workers
At sunset on Sunday, October 17 this year, King’s House will join landmarks, monuments, and buildings across the island to…
Building a Resilient Path to Recovery with and for Jamaica’s Youth: A Call to Action
YCC Call to Action The ‘I Believe’ Initiative National Youth Consultative Conference (YCC) October 6 and 7, 2021 …
IBI Youth Consultative Conference is Back
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”17″ display=”basic_slideshow”]The Governor-General’s ‘I Believe’ Initiative (IBI) Youth Consultative Conference (YCC) is back after a one-year hiatus due…
Students get scholarship from SOS Programme
Seventeen (17) tertiary-level students have received financial assistance totaling seven million dollars (J$7 million) in the eighth Annual Summer of…
Governor-General donates tablets to Alma Mater
By Tómori Tomlinson Patron of the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence, His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen yesterday handed over 50 tablets…
Message from His Excellency the Governor-General for the GGAA – Diaspora Awards
My Fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, greetings. The GGAA joins with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Four IBI Ambassadors received project grants courtesy of the IBI/Dia Lab partnership
By Tómori Tomlinson Romario Simpson – Hand Hygiene with our educational institutions Our aim is to promote hand hygiene as…
27 Students at Brown’s Town Community College receive IBI-FRCCUL 10th Anniversary Scholarships
By Tómori Tomlinson The ‘I Believe’ Initiative, in partnership with the First Regional Co-operative Credit Union Ltd. (FRCCU), provided twenty-seven…
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST HON. SIR PATRICK ALLEN ON, GCMG, CD, K.St. J TO MARK THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘I BELIEVE’ INITIATIVE
On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the ‘I Believe’ Initiative (IBI), I want to express gratitude to God…
Message from His Excellency the Governor-General to mark World Day of Social Justice
On World Day of Social Justice, we pause to recognise Social Justice in addressing some of the most pressing human…
GGPE Presents Tablets to Teen Mothers at the Women’s Centre
The COVID-19 Pandemic and its restrictions have caused a shift in the way we do business in a number of…
Governor-General pays tribute to the Hon. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, OJ, CD
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen was among those who paid tribute to the Honourable Gordon “Butch” Stewart, OJ, CD at the…
2020 at a Glance
Faced with a global pandemic, IBI-Ambassadors rose to the challenge of delivering essential gears and services, while employing creative approaches…
35 Jamaicans to Receive 2020 Governor-General’s Achievement Award (GGAA)
Thirty-five (35) inspiring Jamaicans have been selected for the Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA). The award, which recognizes outstanding contribution to…
IBI welcomed 37 newly inducted Ambassadors
Thirty-seven (37) youth and community champions were inducted as ‘I Believe’ Initiative (IBI) Ambassadors. The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE)…
Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) Appoints New National Coordinator
The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) has appointed 2017 Queen’s Young Leader awardee, Mr. Abrahim Simmonds, as its new National…
IBI Ambassadors lead webinar series on project management
A webinar series dubbed, “Ready. Set. Go!” was planned and delivered by IBI Ambassadors with experience in various areas of…
13 students receive Summer of Service (SOS) Scholarships
The requirements for 2020 iteration of the Summer of Service (SOS) scholarship were temporarily adjusted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Summer of Service Scholarship Programme Launches
The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE), has reversed its decision to cancel the 2020 iteration of the Summer of Service…
IBI Ambassadors Supported to Tackle COVID-19
During times of hardship and uncertainty, it is important that we come together in love and support to strengthen our…
Governor-General Congratulates IBI Ambassador on UWI, Mona Guild President Win
Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen congratulated IBI Ambassador, Sujae Boswell, in his recent success at the polls of the 2020 Guild…
IBI Ambassadors Spread Love Amidst COVID-19
Kingston-based IBI Ambassadors, Chad Morgan, Donnette Wright, Nickoyon Brown and Anthony Stephenson closely observed a spike in the number of…
Governor-General Rallies Jamaicans To Back COVID-19 Fight
Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has called for his compatriots to throw support behind the Government’s efforts to combat…
#JamaicaTogether: Let’s stay strong, Governor-General urges
“All of us must be united as one to confront (COVID-19) which does not discriminate. It must be contained…
Lady Allen – Mother’s Day Message
#JamaicaTogether: Lady Allen – wife of Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen – says Jamaican women are among the strongest…
The Summer of Service (SOS) Programme is Suspended
The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) has been monitoring closely the developments regarding the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence COVID-19 Response
The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence Secretariat has been monitoring closely the developments regarding the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
King’s House Advisory – COVID-19 Pandemic
The Office of the Governor-General and Staff wishes to advise the public that in response to safety concerns and the…
Lady Allen Returns to Her Roots
On Thursday March 12, 2020 the St. Mary-based Horace Clarke High School (formerly Islington High) welcomed Her Excellency the Most…
GGPE Takes Centre stage at the UK-Jamaica Fair
The third iteration of the UK-Jamaica Fair was held on the West Lawns of King’s House on Saturday, February 29th.…
2020 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the Governor -General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), are now open to the public. The closing date is 11:59 p.m.…
Miss World Pinned ‘I Believe Initiative’ (IBI) Ambassador
Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh was inducted as an Ambassador of the Governor-General’s prestigious ‘I Believe Initiative’ (IBI) Programme. The…
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The significance of the Poppy
The areas of Northern France known as Flanders and Picardy saw some of the most concentrated and bloodiest fighting in…
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Two New IBI Ambassadors Inducted
International Motivational Executive Coach, Dr Lisa Walker and her husband, Dr Peter Walker, Senior Director at Visa, are the newest…
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Governor-General’s Scholarship Rekindles Hope for Teenage Mother
After being in the academic wilderness for an entire year in 2018, twenty-three year-old Kinshasa Johnson was among three students…
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Governor-General congratulates IBI Ambassadors
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has congratulated the four (4) I Believe Initiative Ambassadors who are among 19 Jamaicans recently awarded…
24 Students Benefit from $17m in SOS Scholarships and Grants
Twenty-four tertiary-level students have received financial assistance totaling 17 million dollars in the seventh Annual Summer of Service Programme sponsored…
IBI Summer of Service Programme Opens for Registration
The 2019 I Believe Initiative’s Summer of Service (SOS) Programme is open for registration. During the period April 2 to…
Governor-General’s Achievement Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the esteemed Governor -General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), is now open to the public. The closing date is midnight…
Top Prize Winner of the I Believe Initiative’s 2017 Summer of Service Competition and Ambassador of the I Believe Initiative
My SOS Journey By Leneka Rhoden Attending University, as for most Jamaicans, was a mere dream as the economic hardship…
Governor-General’s Achievement Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the esteemed Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), an arm of the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE), are now open…
Medical Doctor, Special-Needs Student Highlight Governor General’s Summer Scholarships
A member of the deaf community and a medical doctor were the stars of the Governor General’s I Believe Initiative…
IBI-Monroe College Scholarship Recipient Makes Courtesy Call on His Excellency The Governor-General
His Excellency Hon Patrick Allen welcomed Mr Frenandez Lawrence, the recipient of the 2017 I Believe Initiative (IBI) Monroe College…
Medical Doctor, Special Needs Student Benefit from Governor-General’s IBI Summer Scholarship
King’s House, Jamaica: A member of the deaf community and a medical doctor were the highlight of the Governor-General’s I…
St. Elizabeth Youth Responds to Governor-General’s Achievement Award
2017 GGAA PRESENTATION CEREMONY – CORNWALL COUNTY – Thursday April 27, 2017 RESPONSE by MR. DOMINIC BLAIR on BEHALF OF…
St. James Pride
Two attorneys, one in training and the other in practice, and a Bishop, brought pride to the parish of St.…
Ambassador Burchell Whiteman Applauds Digicel’s Face of Change Competition
Ambassador the Honourable Burchell Whiteman, Special Adviser to His Excellency the Governor-General, has commended the Digicel Foundation for its significant…
IBI-Monroe College Computer Information Systems Scholarship
Download the Monroe College Scholarship Application Form. The Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE) is pleased to announce the I Believe…
Governor-General Inspires Knox College on School Tour
Governor-General the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen in a thought provoking and electrifying speech inspired students and teachers at the…
International Women’s Day 2017
As we mark International Women’s Day 2017 we are inspired by the tremendous contributions of Jamaican women in their various…
2017 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the esteemed Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), an arm of the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE), is now open…
Greetings By Governor-General His Excellency The The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen On, Gcmg, Cd, Kst.J At The Ibi Annual Ambassadors Luncheon November 29, 2016
Good afternoon It is my pleasure to welcome each of you to the Annual IBI Ambassadors Luncheon, the final…
GG Has Heart-To-Heart Talk with Students
In a heart to heart talk with student delegates attending the first I Believe Youth Consultative Conference for 2016 in…
GG Tells Youth Attending YCC “Never Give Up!”
Source: Jamaica Information Service Governor General the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen has called on young people of…
Scholarship Announcement: Sir Patrick Allen & Lady Allen 40th Anniversary Scholarship
Source: King’s House Applications are invited for the Sir Patrick & Lady Allen 40th Anniversary Scholarship for study at…
Jamaican Youth Accepted To Commonwealth Leadership Development Programme
Source: Jamaica Gleaner Daren Miller, a former participant in the Jamaica Youth Ambassadors Programme, has gained acceptance to participate in…
Jamaican Selected As Commonwealth Youth Rep
Source: Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica Youth Ambassador Sujae Boswell is among two Caribbean nationals who have been elected to the Commonwealth…
Young Cultural Ambassador Heads To Azerbaijan
Source: Jamaica Gleaner Michelle Thomas, the 2015 Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queen, has been selected to attend the Youth…
2016 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the esteemed Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA), part of the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence (GGPE), is now open to…