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Growth & Jobs | JAMPRO works to make Jamaica the best place to do business

PRESIDENT OF Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Diane Edwards has said that the agency is working towards making Jamaica the best place in the Caribbean to do business. This, she said, will be done through several pieces of legislation being...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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