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NCU alumni show love at homecoming banquet

IT WAS an evening of class and nostalgia as alumni and friends of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) converged on the red carpet for the Centennial Banquet and Recognition Awards, held at Golf View Hotel on the night of November 9, under the theme...

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