Eye on Holness as Rowley’s PNM wins T&T election

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Eye on Holness as Rowley’s PNM wins T&T election

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s electoral win on Monday night might be viewed by his Jamaican counterpart, Andrew Holness, as the signal of an incumbency wave that might prod him to announce a general...

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