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Jamaican-owned remittance company JN Money recently opened its first branch in Orlando, Florida, marking a major step in its strategy to expand its footprint across the United States. The company, a member of the JN Financial Group headquartered in Kingston, is known for providing fast and affordable money-transfer services to the Caribbean and countries in other regions. The new branch is centrally located at 5131 W. Colonial Drive, Pine Hills FL 32808, in the busy Caribbean Super Center Plaza. Regarding its latest move, general manager Horace Hines says JN Money is strengthening its presence in key US markets where Caribbean nationals rely on remittance services to maintain their contributions to local households. The opening of the Orlando branch is its second in the southern region of the US and brings to 13 the overall number of JN Money branches across the US, including New York, Georgia, and Connecticut. The company also has 47 agents. In 2023, it deepened its agent network through its partnership with Laparkan Global and Freight Logistics Solutions. The Guyanese-owned Laparkan offers JN Money services at its 12 branches across the US. “Our goal has always been to make sending money easier and more convenient for our customers and we have a significant diaspora presence in Orlando,” he said. “Expanding into this city is a proud moment for us as it is home to a large Caribbean community. We are committed to providing reliable service that allows families to stay connected financially.” He noted that the company recently received regulatory approval to operate in the state of Rhode Island, with plans to enter more states in 2025. Hines also revealed that the company is also gearing up to launch its mobile app that will further improve accessibility for customers, an addition to its digital offerings as customers outside Jamaica already have the option to send funds and pay bills digitally using JN Money Online. The app is expected to further enhance its offerings, allowing users to send money seamlessly from their smartphones. “As technology evolves, so do the needs of our customers,” Hines added. “The mobile app will allow people to send funds and pay bills, with just a few taps, ensuring a faster and more efficient experience.” Maxine Hinds, regional manager, JNMS USA Southern Region, emphasised the company’s commitment to expanding its reach. “We recognise the importance of making our services accessible to more people across the US. The approval to operate in Rhode Island is just the beginning, and we are excited about the opportunities ahead in other states.” She further noted the company’s dedication to excellent customer service. “Our customers rely on us for safe, secure, and affordable transactions. We take pride in maintaining a high standard of service and look forward to growing our footprint further in the US market.” LISA VASCIANNIE’S recent exploration, in this newspaper, of whether Jamaicans living abroad should have the right to vote in the island’s elections has revived an issue once championed by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, but on which the administration has since been silent – even after the question was tangentially addressed by the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC). IN FACT, Dr Holness went further than supporting the diaspora’s right to vote. In 2015, as leader of the Opposition, he urged the then Portia Simpson Miller administration to explore ways for overseas Jamaicans to be given direct representation in Parliament, using France’s approach. “We have looked at the French model and see that it is quite appropriate, and we will bring it to public attention and public debate,”Dr Holness said at the time. The Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, has stopped short of supporting giving the vote to the diaspora, but has suggested that they could be more deeply involved in domestic governance, including serving on the boards of government bodies. NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED The matter of the diaspora’s role in Jamaica’s elections was not specifically addressed by the CRC in its first round of discussions, except in relation to the eligibility criteria for the non-executive president when Jamaica becomes a republic, and its recommendation for the elimination from Commonwealth citizens of the right to vote and to sit in the legislature having lived in the island for a year. Ending the automatic voting rights of Commonwealth citizens, as we declared 10 months ago, has the support of this newspaper. That is part of the evolution of our stand on the voting rights question, to include that only persons who are solely Jamaican citizens should have the right to membership of Parliament. At present, Jamaicans living abroad, if they remain on the island’s voters register, can vote in domestic elections. But they have to travel to Jamaica to cast their ballots, and must vote in the constituencies where they are registered. However, while Commonwealth citizens have the right to vote and to be legislators, the Constitution bars from membership in Parliament anyone, other than Commonwealth citizens, who “is by virtue of his own act, under acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state”. This regulation has been an issue of hot debate for decades, causing parliamentarians on both sides of the political aisle to be ejected from the legislature, and to renounce their foreign citizenship to enter or remain in the House. Most recently, the controversy has impacted Mr Golding, his shadow finance minister, Julian Robinson, and government minister, Matthew Samuda, who renounced their British citizenship. Based on the constitutional provisions, given that Britain is a Commonwealth country, they weren’t legally required to do so. While the matter is a sporadic political hot button issue, its substance hasn’t been subjected to in-depth debate, including of any risks related to people with dual or multiple nationalities being legislators, and the potential for such a person to become the leader of the country. Primarily, the focus has been on the fact that nearly as many Jamaicans, or people of Jamaican heritage who strongly identify with the island, live abroad as there are on the island. Those in favour of expanding voting/representational rights to this group usually point to the economic support they provide to the island, including the more than US$3.3 billion, or over 19 per cent of GDP, they send home annually. In her article, Dr Vasciannie, who teaches international relations at The University of the West Indies, Mona, highlighted a range of obstacles and hurdles that would have to be cleared if Jamaica were to give its overseas citizens the vote. She came down, at least in the short term, in favour of maintaining the status quo. “Until the costs are calculated and weighed against the advantages, it is best to keep the current institutional and organic linkages with the diaspora in place, without introducing overseas voting at this time,” she wrote. It is not clear, however, whether in the decade since he made his pronouncement after an overseas trip, Prime Minister Holness still believes France’s representation arrangement for its overseas citizens remains appropriate for Jamaica. The French allocate 11 overseas constituencies, based on geographic location, to the national assembly. Each elects a single candidate, meaning that 1.9 per cent of the assembly’s deputies are directly elected by French nationals who live abroad. Additionally, French overseas citizens have 12 representatives in the indirectly elected Senate. Closer to home in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic’s 2015 constitution allows for seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies which are directly elected by Dominicans living abroad. These issues are worthy of serious discussion and debate during the campaign for the general election to be held this year, setting them up for deeper deliberations by a recalibrated, post-election CRC. THE MONTHLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS 2 Diaspora vote question Surrounded by love! Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson beams with pride as he cuts his PanAfricanist-themed birthday cake, joined by grandchildren from L- Andrew Hibbert, Gabrielle Patterson-Buchanan, and Breanna Hibbert. JANET SILVERA PHOTOS JN Money opens first branch in Orlando MEMBERS OF the diaspora looking to invest, do business, or purchase property in Jamaica are invited to share in two networking events. Hosted by the Consulate General of Jamaica, New York, in collaboration with the Jamaica Stock Exchange, the Invest in Jamaica & Housing forums are billed to feature presentations, panels, and networking opportunities across three key areas: Investing in Jamaica, Doing Business in Jamaica, and Housing in Jamaica. A release notes that persons will learn how to grow wealth while contributing to Jamaica’s development by investing through the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Hear from registered brokerage houses and financial institutions about getting started and the opportunities that exist for diaspora investors. Hear directly from agencies such as Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Companies Office of Jamaica, the Registrar General’s Department, and legal service providers on how to start or expand your business in Jamaica. Meet with housing developers, mortgage providers, and real estate agents to explore options for home-ownership and investment in Jamaican real estate. These events are designed to provide direct access to experts, service providers, and partners travelling from Jamaica. Network with others in the diaspora who are passionate about building Jamaica’s future. PHILADELPHIA Date: Tuesday, May 6 Venue: The Pyramid Club 1735 Market St, Philadelphia, PA Time: 3:30 pm – 8pm NEW YORK Date: Thursday, May 8 Venue: Resorts World New York City 110-00 Rockaway Blvd, Queens, NY Time: 10am – 8 p.m. Consulate to host forum on investment, housing EDITORIAL / EDITORIAL
THE MONTHLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS 3 NEW YORK, CMC: CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke, has issued her most serious criticism to date against the mass deportation policies of the Donald Trump administration. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York, denounced Trump’s “atrocities” against Caribbean and other migrants. “Among the limitless list of Donald Trump’s abuses, illegality and cruelty, what this disgraceful president has engineered in El Salvador is an atrocity comparable only to America’s most mortal sins,” Clarke, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). “Without convictions and, in many cases, without even trials, his administration expelled hundreds of men innocent in the eyes of the law to a foreign prison 3,000 miles from their families. “However, in the eyes of Donald Trump, our laws are secondary to filling up his quota for human suffering. Let’s be clear: this is an existentially dangerous situation for our nation,” she added. Clarke said the administration’s “vile undertaking”culminated on Monday in an Oval Office meeting between Trump and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador. “There, we watched these two eager, up-and-coming dictators who are obsessed with keeping and accruing power fall abruptly powerless when asked if they’d abide by the United States Supreme Court’s unanimous order to save the life of an innocent man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” she said. “Rather than admit their error in condemning Mr. Abrego Garcia to rot in El Salvador’s violent mega-prison, CECOT, they lied and maligned him as a‘terrorist’,”the congresswoman added. “They mocked the reporters who questioned their actions. And they feigned total exasperation that any court would have the authority to give them orders.” In the same meeting, Clarke noted that Trump told “the small tyrant to his left that ‘Home-growns are next’ – a reference to his intention to inflict the same fate upon American citizens. “What’s more, the president’s promise comes in the aftermath of his administration’s proposed partnership with the despicable gang of mercenaries and war criminals known as Blackwater, which has volunteered to design their next phase of mass detention,” she said. “In the context of this administration’s war against due process and the rights of everyone in this country to the presumption of innocence, these developments are deeply, deeply disturbing.” But Clarke said while this situation is already “severely troubling”, she is “certain it will only continue to deteriorate without Congressional intervention. “To my Republican colleagues, I ask you to stand up for justice and against authoritarianism.I ask you to commit yourself to the truth and to what is right. And, when you fail to answer, I ask: what will it take for you to say that innocent men do not have to die just so the president does not have to admit he’s wrong?” Clarke said the Trump administration broke the law when it deported these immigrants to a detention centre in El Salvador. ‘Severely troubling’ - Clarke Clarke Congresswoman denounces President Trump’s ‘atrocities’ against Caribbean migrants Lester Hinds/Gleaner Writer NEW YORK: A NUMBER of Jamaicans have made the ballot in New York City to contest the Democratic Party’s primary. AMONG THEM are Michael Blake, who is running for the position of mayor, Lawman Lynch who is running for the city council and Selvena BrooksPowers who is seeking re-election to her county seat in Queens, New York. Other Jamaicans running for political office this year are; Winsome Earle- Sears who is running for governor of the state of Virginia and Sean Spiller who is running for the post of governor of New Jersey. The New York primary elections are set for June 24 while primary elections in Virginia are June 17 and New Jersey primary elections are June 10. The winners will go the general elections to be held in November 4, 2025. Lynch, who is seeking to become the first Jamaica-born male to sit in the New York City council, is running in the 41st councilmatic district in Brooklyn. Selvena Brooks- Powers is seeking to keep her council seat in the 31 councilmatic district in Queens. Should Blake win the mayoral race, he would become the first Jamaican to serve as mayor of New York City. But the road to victory for the candidates with Jamaican roots is not an easy one. In the case of Lynch, he has several others seeking the seat, including the incumbent Marlene Mealy. Blake also will go up against candidates including including former governor Andrew Cuomo, and the sitting mayor Eric Adams who is running as an independent. Spiller, the current mayor of Montclair, is also in a crowded field in his quest to win the primary and go to the general elections where he would face off against a Republican opponent. Earle-Sears has only one person running against her in the primary as she seeks to win the Republican party primary. She is currently Lt. Governor of Virginia and has been endorsed by the current governor who cannot run for re-election. Should she win the November elections she would be the first woman, and first Jamaican woman to win the governorship of a state in the United States. In making the ballot Lynch thanked the many supporters who went door to door to collect the needed signatures. “We’ve officially qualified for the ballot in the Democratic Primary for NYC’s 41st City Council District! Thanks to your support and our incredible grassroots team, we collected nearly three times the number of signatures required to get on the ballot. Our campaign is sending shock waves through New York’s political establishment. They never expected a young refugee, running for office for the first time, to keep up with the establishment incumbent. We continue to prove them wrong and we’re just getting started. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for believing in me and the movement we’re building. This campaign belongs to all of us, and together, we’re going to win,” he said. District 41 covers a series of predominantly Black neighbourhoods in central and eastern Brooklyn, including parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Ocean Hill As of the 2010 Census, the district was over 80 per cent black, making it the district with the largest black population in the city. It cuts across the Congressional districts currently represented by Jamaican Yvette Clarke and Harken Jefferies. Lynch was born in Woodford Park, Kingston, and attended the Salvation Army Basic School, Alpha Infant School, Jessie Ripoll Primary School and later Wolmer’s Boys’ School. He also attended The University of the West Indies but did not complete his studies there, migrating to the United States in 2010. Eddie Edwards, who is Jamaica-born, recently ran to become city commissioner in the city of Miramar, Florida and won the special election which allows him to complete the current term which has two years remaining. If Spiller and Earle-Sears are successful in their campaign they would join the governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, as governors in the United States, with Jamaican roots. Jamaicans on the ballot for New York city 2025 elections Lawman Lynch Republican Lt. Gov. candidate Winsome Sears . AP
THE MONTHLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS 4 Neil Armstrong/Gleaner Writer TORONTO: JAMAICA’S DIRECTOR of tourism, Donovan White, says the Jamaica Tourist Board owes a great deal of its success to the ever-expanding Canadian market. Speaking on Monday at a cocktail reception to celebrate the JTB’s 70th anniversary at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, White thanked partners at the event for their support and belief in the national tourism agency. He said the relationship between Jamaica and Canada holds a special significance in Jamaica’s tourism history. The director of tourism said Canadian visitors have been the most loyal travellers to Jamaica and the country is proud of the 42 per cent rate of return visitors to Jamaica. “That first flight from Toronto to Montego Bay decades ago has evolved into numerous daily connections bringing hundreds of thousands of Canadian visitors to our island every year. In fact, Canada’s importance to Jamaica’s tourism cannot be overstated. In 2024, we welcomed some almost 400,000 Canadian stopover visitors which was 6.2 per cent more than the year before, and 48 per cent more than 2022.” Ontario continues to be their largest Canadian market with over 277,000 visitors every year while Quebec showed outstanding growth of 23 per cent in the past year, bring nearly 60,000 visitors to Jamaica. White said for the past five years, the JTB had been trumpeting to its partners to “walk with us to Quebec City” and one decided to work alongside it to open Quebec City next winter. “When the JTB began in 1955, Jamaica welcomed fewer than 100,000 visitors that year. Today, I’m proud to share that we’ve achieved record-breaking numbers. We now welcome 4.3 million visitors to Jamaica.” He that number of visitors generate US$4.3 billion in earnings for the country. “Tourism is in fact our number-one industry; it is our highest employer of people in Jamaica outside of the government. We are some 26½ per cent of the Jamaican working population in tourism and that $4.3 billion in earnings is our number-one earning. We surpassed remittance about two years ago.” White said the significance and importance of what the JTB does to the well-being of Jamaica and Jamaicans at home is significantly important. Tourism has been the fastest-growing industry in Jamaica for the past three years, he said, noting that this success would have been impossible without the dedicated professionals who have shaped the JTB through the years, from John Pringle, Jamaica’s first director of tourism, to John Lynch, chairman of the JTB, who was also a director of tourism. He acknowledged the visionary leadership of Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism, and all the previous ministers “whose innovation and approaches have positioned Jamaica at the forefront of global resilience”. White also expressed gratitude to his 197-Jamaica Tourist Board team and the additional agencies and representatives in countries worldwide. “Looking ahead I am excited to see Jamaica’s connectivity with Canada expand reaching our target of 500,000”, which White said they want to achieve by the end of winter 2027. He said the next chapter of the Jamaica tourism history will focus on sustainability, innovation and inclusivity. “We are developing new products that respond to the evolving traveller’s preference, investing in our tourism workers, and ensuring that tourism benefits extend right across our communities in Jamaica.” Angella Bennett, regional director at JTB Canada, said for seven decades the agency had been inviting the world “to feel the rhythm of our beautiful island home”. She thanked the JTB’s tourism partners for championing Jamaica across Canada and noted that the presence of hoteliers, stakeholders and tour operators, airline partners and travel agents, trade media and diaspora media, diaspora ambassadors and friends spoke volumes about the strong bonds that they have forged together. “You are more than a business associate to us, you are our extended family,” Bennett said, noting that in 1955 when the JTB was officially established, few could have imagined the journey ahead from welcoming just over 100,000 visitors annually in the 1950s to now hosting millions of arrivals per year. Describing that evolution as remarkable, she said Canada has always held a special place in that journey “consistently ranking among Jamaica’s top-three source markets and we are moving up the ladder”. Referencing a book titled, The 1956 Report on Jamaica, that has a date of being received by the JTB Toronto on December 30, 1957, Kurt Davis, Jamaica’s consul general at Toronto who was also speaking on behalf of Marsha Coore Lobban, Jamaica’s high commissioner to Canada, said it was a comprehensive encyclopedia of information on Jamaican history. He shared two sections pertinent to the event: one about the Beach Control Authority established in 1955 which “refused an application for the use of Dunn’s River Beach as a private hotel beach”. The other indicated that the JTB had completed its first year of work and was reappointed under the chairmanship of Abe Issa and was “very active in its vigorous promotion campaign”. He said the report noted the opening of the fourth office in North America, in Chicago, which was joining New York, Miami and Toronto. Michael Anthony Cuffe was the master of ceremonies, Pastor Judith James opened the event with prayer, and multiple award-winning reggae artiste Steele and the Hardcore Band provided the entertainment. Jamaica Tourist Board celebrates its 70th anniversary in style It was a very happy group that joined in for the cutting of a specially prepared cake for the event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Jamaica Tourist Board in Canada. From left; Judy Nash, administration assistant, Sedrecia Francis, business development manager, Western Canada, Donovan White, director of Tourism, Angella Bennett, regional director Canada, Jackie Marshall, Racquel Queensborough, business development manager, Dan Hamilton, district sales manager, and Indira Tarachandra, senior assistant to the regional director. CONTRIBUTED Justice Donald McLeod and Pamela Appelt greet each other at the cocktail reception to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Jamaica Tourist Board. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE JTB. Will Mr. Damian Baker of a St. Elizabeth, Jamaica address or anyone knowing his whereabouts, kindly contact the Child Protection & Family Services Agency, 10 Hanover Street, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica at 876-301-4983. N O T I C E NOTICE Will anyone knowing the whereabouts of SACHEKA ROBERT McKENZIE, daughter of ROBERT MARK ANTHONY MCKENZIE, whose last known address in Jamaica was 7 Coopers Hill Road, Montego Bay, St. James but more recently in the United States of America as 3123 S.W 176 Terrace, Miramar, Florida 33029, U.S.A kindly contact Audrey D. Johnson, Attorney-at-Law of 5 North Avenue, Swallowfield, Kingston 5, Telephone #876-895-0781, E-mail: adjlawO@gmail.com.
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woman elected to Jamaica’s House of Representatives, among others. So my father, also grief stricken at the loss of his wife, and with three daughters and a son to raise on his own, decided to honour her wishes. Westwood was predominantly a boarding school at the time–one of the first boarding schools in Jamaica– so for me it meant moving away from Westmoreland at the age of eleven, and it changed the trajectory of my entire life.” Brown describes her years at Westwood as being extremely difficult, not because of the school itself but because of her own personal circumstances. “My dad migrated to the US while I was there and then my older sister graduated before me also, which meant I didn’t have my closest friend there any more. Having her with me made the tough and lonely times bearable. My younger sister was also boarding at Westwood but she did not live with us, so I was closer to my older sister. Because we lived in Westmoreland, our family could not visit with us as often as the families of other children who were from Trelawny, or parishes nearby like St. Ann or St. James. So it was devastating to watch other students getting visitors and being picked up for a “home Sunday” knowing that we’d be stuck on campus like nobody’s children. It was actually worse after my dad migrated, because any hope of someone probably popping up completely disappeared.” Despite the sadness of those years, Brown excelled as a student, eventually graduating and also immigrating to the USA where she attended Pace University. She married her first love, Elorde ‘Lexy’ Brown and raised three children of whom she is “extremely proud.” Yet her relationship with her alma mater felt somehow incomplete. “Very shortly after graduating, I came to appreciate how much Westwood prepared me for life. I was able to work with and lead all types of people. I was inclusive and empathetic long before those became buzz words and before diversity and inclusion became a highly paid career path. But I had never gone back and visited the school or been involved with it in any way after leaving. I started to feel that I wanted to give something back, but was so busy with my career and family for many years that I wasn’t sure how to go about it. Then in 2014, the answer arrived.” In that year, a delegation of Westwood students and their teacher chaperone received an invitation to attend a conference at the United Nations in New York, and Brown and her husband had the “great privilege” of hosting them for a week. For Brown, it was an epiphany. “That situation underscored the great need for someone – namely me – to restart the New York chapter of the Westwood Old Girls Association to assist the school back in Jamaica. I was able to contextualise the distress I had experienced while there, with the knowledge that the education I received really played a crucial role in who I am today. From an altruistic perspective, it was now my responsibility to make the Westwood experience as comfortable and beneficial as I could for present and future generations. And so, with an exemplary Westwood education as my mission, my vision and my passion, I jumped in right away and have not looked back since.” Since reviving the association and becoming president in 2016, Brown cites the cultivation of a solid relationship with Westwood’s principal in Jamaica, as well as reviving the name recognition and historic lustre of the school, as major achievements. Westwood’s membership in, and her own role on the board of New York’s Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) – an umbrella organisation of over 60 alumnae and community organisations predominantly in Jamaica – has been instrumental in that success. But according to Brown, there is still much more to be done. “WOGA New York has been focusing on donating laptops to the school since COVID-19 as well as erecting and equipping an AutoCAD (computer-aided design) lab on campus. We have accomplished some of our goals, but we recently became aware of the need for a second lab and better Internet connectivity on the campus, among other issues. Resolving all this will come at a high price, thus the desire for sponsors, donors and compulsory fundraising. Growing the membership of our association also remains a challenge, but under our newly-adopted slogan ‘Westwood Strong’, we plan to go on an active membership drive in 2025 to reach out to as many alumni as possible and invite them to get involved.” Brown is guided daily by a fundamental belief that keeps her focus sharp even when challenges arise. “With all my heart, I believe that the greatest tool you can give to anyone is that of a good education. And for young women especially, in the world we currently inhabit, it is vital because once it’s yours it is the one thing that nobody can ever take away. It can literally set the course for your entire future. And that has never been more true than it is today.” For more information on joining WOGA New York contact 929-242-9156 or email woganyc@gmail.com. THE MONTHLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS 6 Will Mr. Keith Roberts, whose last known address is 31 Gols Road, Upper Darby, PA, 19082 anyone knowing of his whereabouts kindly contact the Family Court, 55A Duke Street, Kingston, Telephone # (876) 633-7107. NOTICE NEW YORK: “I FIRMLY believe that the challenges we experience in childhood can serve as the inspiration for us to do as much as we can to make the lives of others better. Because that is my story.” So says Jenniffer Brown, entrepreneur, former legal administrator and current president of the Westwood Old Girls’ Association (WOGA) New York Chapter. A family tragedy at age nine while growing up in Jamaica led to Brown experiencing several difficult years through her adolescence while attending Westwood High School for Girls, located in Stewart Town in Trelawny. Yet she credits the experience of those years with inspiring her passion for education, which resulted in her reviving Westwood’s Alumnae Association in New York in 2016. As its president for the past nine years, she has made it her priority to give new generations of Westwood students the best possible academic foundation and support to prepare them for their life’s journey. “I found a way to turn lemons into lemonade at Westwood,” she says, “And now it is time to pay it forward.” Brown transitioned from her position as administrator at the Manhattan law firm Weiner, Millo, Morgan and Bonanno in 2021 after over two decades service, advancing to spend an additional two years as Chief Administration Officer at another law firm specialising in the business of cannabis. She now runs her own event planning and leadership training company, JKL Productions, along with her partners Karlene Largie and Lesleyann Samuel. But the difficult road to her life of achievement began in her early childhood in Petersfield, Westmoreland in Jamaica, where she was born Jenniffer Spence into a family of six. At age nine, Jenniffer’s mother, Joyce Yvonne Spence, passed away after a long illness. It was her dying wish that her three daughters be educated at Westwood High School, founded in 1882 by Baptist Minister Reverend William Menzie Webb, with the aim of providing unsegregated education for girls. “It was, and still remains, one of Jamaica and the Caribbean’s oldest and most respected high schools, consistently ranked among the nation’s top ten tertiary institutions in academic achievement,” says Brown. “So at that time it was considered a major accomplishment to be a student there. Our list of alumnae includes Pan Africanist Amy Ashwood Garvey, first wife of Marcus Garvey, and Iris Collins, the first ‘Childhood tragedy inspired my passion for education’ Jenniffer Brown, president of the Westwood Old Girls’ Association (WOGA) New York Chapter. CONTRIBUTED J’ca-born entrepreneur Jenniffer Brown pays it forward for Westwood High Anyone knowing the WHEREABOUTS of Donovan Antonio Hainsley, whose last known address is Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Please contact ZDO Law, at (876) 997-1844 or (876) 671-5534 or email us at client.services@zdolaw.com. We are seeking the public’s assistance to locate him regarding the estate of his deceased son, Raynor Hainsley. NOTICE moya.thomas@gleanerjm.com Moya Thomas anthony.smith@gleanerjm.com Anthony Smith - Chief Executive Officer NOTICE Will anyone knowing the whereabouts of DIANNE BANTON, mother of SACHEKA ROBERT MCKENZIE, whose last known address in Jamaica was 7 Coopers Hill Road, Montego Bay, St. James but more recently in the 112 Brick Terrace, East Stroudsbury Pennsylvania 18301, USA, kindly contact Audrey D. Johnson, Attorney-at-Law of 5 North Avenue, Swallowfield, Kingston 5, Telephone #876-895-0781, E-mail: adjlawO@gmail.com.
TRUSTEE CAYDION Campbell has warned victims of the alleged multibillion-dollar fraud at Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) that no fictitious gains, unrealised profits, or opportunity costs will be considered in payouts. Campbell announced on April 3 that proof of claims must be submitted by April 30, with payments set to begin in May. This follows more than two years after the scheme, which devastated clients including sprint icon Usain Bolt, came to public attention. Campbell explained that clients deemed eligible will receive a prorated payment from the SSL Victims Compensation Fund, capitalised using an undisclosed portion of management fees collected to date. “The claims from victims will be assessed and I will ultimately have to decide what amount, if any, is admissible for a distribution,”Campbell said on Tuesday in response to questions from The Gleaner. Campbell said US$500,00 ($78.4 million) is available for payout. A previous phase of activities focused on transferring cash and local equities to clients who were not affected by the alleged fraud. An earlier report by the trustee indicated that the fund would be supported by a 7.5 per cent quasimanagement fee on SSL’s off-balance sheet assets, projected to generate $345 million. Of this, $153 million was earmarked for victims, with the remainder going toward proprietary estate recovery and other SSL clients. It is unknown how much of this sum has been collected. Campbell, who took over as trustee in May 2024, is leading the courtsupervised closure of the Hugh Croskery-founded brokerage house. The fraud scheme has been described as one of Jamaica’s largest, affecting more than 200 accounts and allegedly siphoning more than US$30 million, including US$6.2 million from Bolt’s company, Welljen Limited. No further court dates have been set, but Campbell confirmed that a new report will be submitted in June 2025, covering activities up to May 31, marking one year since the winding-up resumed. Retired Jamaican police official Fitz Bailey says his appointment as police chief for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) should be seen as part of a broader mission to enhance public safety and security throughout the Caribbean region. On Thursday, the Governor’s Office released a statement announcing Bailey’s appointment, which will be for three years. Jamaica’s former deputy commissioner of police joined the Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police Force (RTCIPF) in October last year as deputy commissioner before being appointed acting commissioner on November 21. Bailey retired from the Jamaican police force last September after a 40-year career that spanned several critical units, including the Criminal Investigation Branch and the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Division. He told The Gleaner that his appointment as TCI’s police commissioner is a win for the region. “If the Turks and Caicos (Islands) is safer, then the entire region is safer,” he said. Follow The Gleaner on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram @ JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @ GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@ gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm. com. NEWLY APPOINTED Chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), retired Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick, has signalled that as head of the anti-corruption body she will dedicate herself to advancing the mission of a corruption-free Jamaica. Responding to questions from The Gleaner, Lawrence-Beswick said the invitation to consider an appointment as chairman of the anti-corruption body was unexpected. “I had not anticipated being called upon to lend my efforts to the significant work of the commission. I recognised the immense responsibility of serving as chairman of the commission,” the IC chairman noted, adding that she ultimately decided to accept the role. Sending a message to those who fall under the remit of the IC, LawrenceBeswick said the Integrity Commission Act merely formalises principles of accountability. “Compliance may sometimes involve temporary inconveniences, but it ultimately serves the greater good by exposing corruption where it exists, thereby being of benefit to the nation as a whole,” she said. THE MONTHLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS MISSED 7 [ NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED ] $78m available for payout in SSL fraud claims - Trustee The Titchfield High quiz team. Carol Lawrence-Beswick Fitz Bailey, new Commissioner of Police for the Turks and Caicos Islands Caydion Campbell PORTLAND-BASED TITCHFIELD High School is the 2025 winner of TVJ’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz. Titchfield accumulated 26 points to defeat Jamaica College, which garnered 23 points. The win gave Titchfield its second hold on the trophy, and it followed a long deliberation after the final bell. But after bated breaths, head scratches, and fretful expressions, Titchfield was declared the champion to a raucous uproar from supporters inside and outside the studio. JC, who entered the TVJ grounds earlier and louder, sat silently as the final verdict was read. Titchfield has contested six finals and welcomed their second victory; while it was JC’s 7th final. Titchfield High wins 2025 Schools’ Challenge Quiz New IC chair on a mission to achieve corruption-free Jamaica ANDRE RUDDOCK, the man accused of slashing a woman’s throat during an alleged sacrificial ritual at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James three years ago, is to be tried on January 7, 2026 in the Home Circuit Court. In the meantime, Ruddock was remanded last week after his plea and case management hearing was rescheduled to June 26. The defendant is charged with the murder of Taneka Gardner, 39, on October 17, 2021. Another man, Michael Brown, was also found dead on the premises of the church. Ruddock reportedly confessed to Gardner’s murder. Both were members of the church, which was led by the late Dr Kevin Smith, who died a week after the incident in a motor vehicle crash while being transported to Kingston to face charges. Attorneys-at-law Anthony Williams and Venice Brown are representing Ruddock. Fitz Bailey’s appointment as TCI’s police chief signals regional crime-fighting commitment January 2026 trial for alleged Pathways killer
THE WEEKLY GLEANER | APRIL 17 - MAY 17, 2025 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | 8 IT WAS a sold-out event and an elegant affair as over 250 persons packed into the Garden City Casino & Tennis Club on Saturday, March 22, to attend the Union of Jamaica Alumni Association Primary School team’s inaugural Spring gala. The atmosphere was charged with excitement, anticipation, and optimism, as the energetic and engaging emcee Sharon Gordon opened the event, created a welcoming atmosphere, and set a positive tone for the night. This was followed by the opening address from Evelyn Godden (UJAA’s dedicated Primary Schools Team chair) who welcomed the audience and outlined the mission of UJAA and the work of the UJAA’s Primary Team in impacting the success of their respective alma maters. The audience was also addressed by the president of UJAA, Donovan Wilson. One of UJAA’s fundamental missions is to promote academic excellence at all levels of schools in Jamaica and in particular to improve education in basic and primary schools. It was therefore fitting to have as guest speaker, the outstanding leader and UJAA’s immediate Past President Lesleyann Samuel who delivered a message that reinforced the importance of success through collaboration, commitment, consistency, and community. The core message was conveyed with clarity and resonance and left a lasting impact on the attendees from the many schools and organisations that came out to support the event. AWARDEES One of the highlights of the night was to recognise and honour individuals for their outstanding contribution to the respective Alumni Associations. Awardees were Melbourne Smith (Beulah), Dr Yvonne Simpson (New Day School), Darien Mason (Pike past student ), Everton Graham (Friends of Port Maria), and Walbert Clarke (Shortwood). The Primary Schools Team and UJAA family also thanked and showed their appreciation to Lesleyann Samuel for her years of leadership, dedication, and service to education. The air was infused with magic as the crowd was serenaded by the talented saxophonist and soloist, Keith Marratt as they dined on a scrumptious meal from The Door restaurant. After the drawing of prizes, surprises, the organisers thanked the sponsors, attendees, and everyone who played a role in the success of the event. In addition to the primary schools, UJAA Primary Team would like to recognise the many high schools, tertiary institutions, and other organizations that were in attendance. The night ended with dancing to the pulsating music from talented DJ Prentice who kept an electric vibe throughout the night, and showed his musical genius with selections drawn from all genres. The event was a resounding success, the mission was achieved, and from the delighted faces of attendees as they filed out of the venue, the message of ‘see you next year’ was clear. See pictorial highlights: UJAA Primary Schools Spring gala – a resounding success UJAA award winners gather for photos. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Awardees share in the special moment. Honourees delight in the moment at the Union of Jamaica Alumni Association Primary School’s Team Inaugural Spring Gala. NEW YORK, NY: FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025, the penultimate day of competition for the ISSA Boys & Girls Athletics Championship, provided the perfect backdrop for a major development with Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Jamaica’s junior athletes and the University of Technology (UTech). The development provides a dedicated student with hands-on experience in hospitality management, culinary arts, and event logistics while contributing to the continued success of TJB’s operations and fundraising programmes The announcement was made by Irwine Clare, Sr, OD, chairman/founder of the welfare initiative in 1994, noting that the programme will run through 2026. “We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB) Hospitality Internship Programme in collaboration with the University of Technology, Jamaica’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, beginning in 2025.” “As an organisation committed to excellence in hospitality services for Caribbean athletes at the annual Penn Relays Carnival, this internship will reinforce our mission by integrating new talent, fresh perspectives and innovative approaches into our operations.” The programme is structured over two years, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience that includes both observation and hands-on implementation of enhancements to the organisation’s hospitality initiatives. “We are thrilled to introduce our inaugural intern, Kerisha Green, a third-year student pursuing a bachelor of science degree in culinary arts and management at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Ms. Green will be actively engaged in our hospitality operations, including food service, medical support coordination, transportation logistics, and event planning for our fundraising initiatives.” While underscoring the benefit of the programme to both TJB and the student/intern, Clare, Sr., urged the community to show its support when called upon to do so, citing challenges to the core mission of providing for the athletes especially during competition at the event in Philadelphia, PA. The welfare programme includes, but is not limited to, ground transportation, accommodation, meals and performance incentives. Team Jamaica Bickle announce new internship program with UTech From left: UTech intern Kerisha Green; TJB Chairman Irwine Clare, Sr, OD; Frank James, CEO of GraceKennedy, and Karen Wilson-Robinson, Esq, vice chair/TJB. CONTRIBUTED FEATURE
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Tel/WhatsApp: 1 876306 3768 D/L 0375. 1 Two story 5b/4bth house Green Acres, St. Catherine $55M (Clean, well manicured lawn with gazebo, ready to move in) Tel#809 4925 (2023 DL/ 0853) GRi Shop#8 P/ville Pz (10) USA The Organization for International Development (OID) invites you to its 35th Anniversary Spring Luncheon on Sunday, April 27 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the Greentree Country Club, 538 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle. For more information, contact Dr Roy Streete at 718-652-3978 or Andrea James at 914-645-3037. . Kingston College Old Boys’ Association USA, Inc will host its Annual Gala and Awards on Saturday, May 3 from 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. at Antun’s, Springfield Blvd, Queens Village. You are invited to “Women in Power” Brunch and Pre-Mother’s Day Event on Saturday, May 3 from 12:30 pm – 4 pm at Chez Omar French-Caribbean Bistro, 393 West Street, Manhattan. For more information, call 917-885-5181. The Thirteenth Annual Barbara B. Simpson Scholarship Awards Dinner will be held on May 8 at 6 p.m., Eastwood Manor, 3371 Eastchester Road, Bronx. For more information, call 347-768-4297, 914-699-9898 or 718231-7647. Team Jamaica Bickle will hold its Annual Breakfast on May 17 from 9 a.m. – 12 noon at St Luke’s Episcopal Church Undercroft, 777 East 222nd Street, Bronx, NY. Dreams 4 Jamaica cordially invites you to its 2nd Annual Black Tie Affair Dinner Dance on Saturday, June 8, from 8:30 to 2 a,m, at Diamond Renaissance Banquet Hall, 247-11 Francis Lewis Blvd., Rosedale, NY. CANADA Kingston College Old Boys’ Association (KCOB) Toronto centenary edition events schedule includes Spring Dance boat party on board the River Gambler in Toronto on May 31, Golf Tournament on August 1 at Remington Parkview Golf and Country Club, Fortis 5K Walk-a-thon at Chinguacousy Park in Brampton on September 13 and Fortis Annual Reunion and Awards Banquet on November 1 at Sts Peter & Paul Banquet Hall in Scarborough. Kcobatoronto.com Alpha Academy Alumnae Association Toronto Chapter presents its Spring Brunch on Sunday, May 4, 11 a.m. -3 p.m. at Metropolitan Centre (Princess Banquet Hall), 3840 Finch Avenue East, Toronto. Ticket: $80. Alphaalumnaetoronto.com Ardene Alumni Association Toronto Chapter presents its Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 11, at 12 p.m. at Sts Peter & Paul Banquet Hall, 231 Milner Avenue, Toronto. Tickets: $80, child $40. Call Heather, 416-828-2675; Denzil, 647-828-3545 Rusea’s Old School Students’ Association Canada (Toronto Chapter) celebrates its 37th anniversary on Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m., at Sts Peter & Paul Banquet Hall, 231 Milner Avenue, Toronto. Ticket: $110 on or before April 15, $115 after. Call 289795-3266/416-617-3943 St Hugh’s Alumnae Association Canada Chapter presents its Spring Brunch on Sunday, June 1, at Panemonte Banquet & Convention Centre, 220 Humberline Drive, Etobicoke. Alpha Academy Alumnae Association Toronto Chapter presents Grand Reunion Toronto 2025, July 30-August 5, for all classes. Registration fee: $130 CAD, $100 US. Final payment due by March 31. Contact Joelle-Ann Goodison at gjoelleann@gmail.com, Loraine Lee at Loraine.lee100@gmail.com, alphaalumnaetoronto@gmail.com Happenings Media and PR professionals reunite in style at the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies ( AFUWI) gala in New York celebrating remarkable friendships forged through a passion for Jamaica. From left are; Noel Mignott, owner, The Portfolio Marketing Group; Andrea Hutchinson, CMP, industry relations director, Questex Travel Group; Derrick Scott, information officer, Embassy of Jamaica, Alison Ross, senior vice president, The Portfolio Marketing Group and Lyndon Taylor, founder & CEO, Lyndon Taylor & Associates. CONTRIBUTED /EVENTS WHEREABOUTS IN THE ESTATE OF TATLYN AMANDA GRANT, late of 150 Andra Crescent, Edgewater, Bridgeport in the parish of Saint Catherine, deceased. AND IN THE MATTER of an application by CAROLE MCDOWELL to pay the sums due to JO ANN JARRETTE- GRANT and HEADLEY BLAKE, beneficiaries in the ESTATE OF TATLYN AMANDA GRANT, into the Supreme Court. ANYONE KNOWING THE ADDRESS OR WHEREABOUTS of JO ANN JARRETTEGRANT last known address is at 20172 NW 38th Avenue Miami Gardens, Florida, 33055, United States of America., is asked to contact AISHA M.N. MULENDWE, Attorney-at-law of No. 10 Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10, St Andrew, Jamaica, Tel: (876) 9068317, fax (876) 906-0604, Email: aishamulendwe@ gmail.com ------------------------------------- 17 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2619060 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 1187 Folio: 513 Place: Part of Longwood Parish: St. Elizabeth Registered proprietor(s): Hyacinth Solomon and Enna Archibald The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2619066 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- 12 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2608724 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 1222 Folio: 612 Lot: 89 Place: Burnt Ground Parish: St. Elizabeth Registered proprietor (s): Alvin Anthony Khani and Veronica Elizabeth Khani The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to Note Death Transfer 2608721 Transfer 2608715 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- 06 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2612948 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 1025 Folio: 350 Lot: 33 Place: Number Eleven Hampton Avenue part of Hampton Green Parish: St. Catherine Registered proprietor (s): Rudolph Lennon The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2612947 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- 06 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2612950 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 1025 Folio: 351 Lot: 34 Place: Number Nine Hampton Avenue part of Hampton Green Parish: St. Catherine Registered proprietor (s): Rudolph Lennon The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2612949 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- 12 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2607268 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 1106 Folio: 98 Lot: 9 Place: Albion Estate part of Spring Garden Parish: St. Thomas Registered proprietor(s): Lena Dorothy Riggs The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2607262 Transfer 2607264 Mortgage 2607266 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- LOST TITLE APPLICATION No.: 2613088 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 182 Folio: 34 Lot No: 85 Place: Vineyard Pen Parish: St. Andrew Registered Proprietors: Winnifred Victoria Simpson The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2613087 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 19 March, 2025 LOST TITLE APPLICATION NO.: 2620436 OFFICE OF TITLES NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA) WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement. Volume: 966 Folio: 335 Lot no: 25 Place: Spring Valley Estate known as Jamaica Beach Parish: St. Mary Registered proprietor(s): Ruby Cynthia Haynes The following transactions were lodged with this application and will be registered pursuant to Section 81 of the RTA: Application to be Registered on Transmission 2620441 L. Dunbar Deputy Registrar of Titles NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA IN THE FAMILY DIVISION CLAIM NO. SU2023FD03839 BETWEEN SANDY RENNAE BYRDGRINEL PETITIONER AND NEWTON ORLANDO GRINEL RESPONDENT RESPONDENT TO: NEWTON ORLANDO GRINEL 995 Capitol Ave, Bridgeport, Connecticut United States of America TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage by the Petitioner SANDY RENNAE BYRDGRINEL of Grove Town District, Grove Town Post Office in the parish of Manchester has been filed in the Honourable Court endorsed with a Notice addressed to you to file and serve an Acknowledgement of Service either in person or by your Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the Supreme Court, King Street, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies within t Twenty Eight (28) of the second occasion of publication of the Notice of Proceedings in The North America Gleaner or an answer to the petition within 56 days of the second occasion of publication of the Notice of Proceedings in The North America Gleaner. IN DEFAULT of your so doing the Court will proceed to hear the said Petition and pronounce Judgment in your absence notwithstanding. DATED THIS 8th DAY OF November 2024 N.B. It is requested that attention be drawn to this Notice by anyone knowing the whereabouts of the person to whom it is addressed. FILED BY ROBERTSON SMITH LEDGISTER & COMPANY. ATTORNEYSAT-L.AW OF LOT 15 LEADERS PLAZA, MANDEVILLE IN THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER; TELEPHONE NUMBERS 8786-899-2099; 876-8926666, 876-276-9337. EMAIL ADDRESS: lawofficebelindaleeharriott @gamil.com. (Attention: Mrs. Belinda Lee-Harriott, Attorney’s Number-666 ------------------------------------
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