April Jackson, Miss Jamaica Universe, has a warm greeting for Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie, who on Monday received the Order of Distinction, Commander class, for outstanding and dedicated service in the field of local government.

Celebrations continue for persons who received national honours on Monday.

What a fine pair they make as Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller keep in stride at the opening ceremony for the new departure terminal at the Noman Manley International Airport yesterday. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer

Former United States Ambassador Stan McLelland (left) converses with Monsignor Richard Albert at an after-awards cocktail party hosted by The Gleaner's Oliver Clarke and his wife Monica Ladd near Jack's Hill, St Andrew, on Monday night.

Sydney Engel (right), recipient of an honorary award for contribution to the development of MoBay Hope, is greeted by Rose Tavares-Finson and Marc Hart at a cocktail party in Millsborough, St Andrew, Monday night. - photos by Winston Sill/ Freelance Photographer

It was a time for families to celebrate the achievement of Professor John Peter Figueroa (second left), who on Monday received the Order of Jamaica for service in the field of epidemiology and the development of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. He was joined by daughter Nadiya Figueroa (left), wife, Marceline (centre), son, Stephan, and sister-in-law, Jennes Anderson, resident magistrate in the Corporate Area Civil Court. The ceremony took place at the National Indoor Sports Centre. - photos by Peta-Gaye Clachar/Staff Photographer