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JN Group donates welfare items to charities

Three charity organisations located in Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey have benefited from welfare items donated by staff members of The Jamaica National Group. The three charities are the St Elizabeth Early Childhood and Therapeutic Centre in St...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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