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Curtis ‘overwhelmed’ by visit from Charleses

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Pearnel Charles Sr sprung a surprise visit on former Clerk to the Houses Valrie Curtis days before her retirement at Gordon House in Kingston. Curtis became Clerk to the Houses while Charles was the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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