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Dr Herbert Thompson (left), president of Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Manchester, cheap hotels in vancouver makes a point to Pastor Adrian Cotterell (right), president of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and Pastor Glen Samuels, (centre) president of the West Jamaica Conference cheap hotels in vancouver of Seventh-day Adventists, before the start of a press conference yesterday at the Terra Nova Hotel, St Andrew. The conference was called by local Adventist leaders to affirm Dr Patrick Allen as a suitable cheap hotels in vancouver person to become the country's next governor general. In the background (from left) are Pastor Everrett Brown, president, Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and Pastor Michael Harvey, president, North Jamaica Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. - Norman Grindley/Staff Photographer
Since Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced Tuesday that the next governor general of Jamaica would be Dr Patrick Allen, concerns have been raised in letters to newspapers and by various public commentators about Dr Allen's commitment and ability to execute the affairs of state on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
At a news conference held at the Terra Nova Hotel, St Andrew, leaders cheap hotels in vancouver of the church community, including Dr Herbert Thompson, president of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), and Pastor Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, said Allen was of unquestionable integrity and was capable of embracing cheap hotels in vancouver all people.
On the matter of signing off on issues of current affairs, especially with regard to the retention of the death penalty, Thompson said Allen would affix his signature based on the decision of the people.
Governor General Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, who has been serving in that capacity since February 2006, is retiring, citing ill health. Allen is scheduled to succeed Hall when he is sworn in on February 26.