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Des Vignes steps down from PNM Tobago Council

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Kwesi Des Vignes during a political meeting at Mason Hall Secondary School in November. Des Vignes resigned Saturday as PNM Tobago Council PRO. - File photo/David Reid THE People's National Movement (PNM) in Tobago will be seeking a new public relations officer after Kwesi Des Vignes became the latest member of the party's council to resign after Monday's election defeat. Des Vignes tendered his immediate resignation in a letter to […]

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