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Stranded in Panama

FOUR Jamaican missionaries stranded in Rï¿½o Abajo, Panama, are seeking the Government's assistance to return to the island, as they struggle to stay afloat in the Spanish-speaking country despite support from the Jamaican consulate in Panama City.The missionaries, who are from St Ann and Kingston, said that they left the island on February 13 for the transcontinental country to continue the social welfare programme of their Apostolic Outreach Ministry.

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