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Bunting says PM downplaying mass shooting incidents

Shadow spokesman on Citizen Security, Peter Bunting, is accusing Prime Minister Andrew Holness of seeking to downplay the latest mass shooting in the Waltham Park Road area of St Andrew, which claimed five lives. Bunting is...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Holness encourages CARICOM countries to build stronger bonds with Africa

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