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Data foul-up delays JTA President-Elect voting | News |

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the decision to postpone the electronic voting to select the association’s president-elect for the 2020-2021 academic year, Owen Speid, the incumbent president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, says there is no cause...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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