Derrick Smith tells all

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Derrick Smith tells all

JAMAICA could have a general election before, but retired Parliamentarian Derrick Smith will seek a vote of confidence from the reading public within months when his memoir hits bookstands with vivid details of some of the adventures that made up the many spheres of his life.

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