Dr Rita Marley is invested with the Order of Jamaica by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards at King's House in St Andrew, yesterday, for outstanding contribution to the popularisation of Jamaican music and by extension Brand Jamaica, on the world stage and for humanitarian work through the Rita Marley Foundation.(Photos: Joseph Wellington)
October 22, 2019
Distinguished five
Four of the five recipients of Order of Jamaica (seated, from left): Robert Pickersgill, OppositionPeople’s National Party Member of Parliament for St Catherine North Western, who was recognised forhis contribution to public service and political representation; chairman of The Jamaica Broilers Groupof Companies Robert Levy, who was honoured for outstanding service to the agricultural sector andphilanthropy; minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament forCentral Clarendon, Lester “Mike” Henry, who was recognised for 40 years of distinguished public service,political representation and public policy development; and Dr Julius Garvey, who was recognised fordistinguished contribution to universal civil activism and promotion of entrepreneurship and the legacy ofGarveyism and pan-Africanism, share a photo opportunity with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and hiswife, Juliet, who is also Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural, during yesterday’s Ceremony ofInvestiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards at King’s House in St Andrew.
