Greater Portmore High teen wins contest for boys

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Greater Portmore High teen wins contest for boys

SEVENTEEN-year-old Rajae Hinds of Greater Portmore High School took the top prize in the inaugural Boys Can Mentoring Programme last week with an original song titled Coping with COVID-19 .

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