Gleaner Honour Award for Public Service

Each year, The Gleaner Company, through a special selection committee, recognises and awards the initiative, accomplishments and courage of one individual or organisation that has contributed significantly by word or deed to improving Jamaica’s quality of life, at anytime during the year or is likely to bring about such a change in the immediate future.

The Honourable Dorothy Pine-McLarty OJ, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica received the Gleaner Honour Award for 2016 in the category of Public Service. The hard-working team at the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, led by Mrs Pine-McLarty, successfully staged both the Parliamentary and the Local Government Elections, resulting in a smooth transition of power, and notably preserving the respect and recognition of the international community.