Lawyers fighting for J’can imprisoned in Barbados for breaking quarantine

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Lawyers fighting for J’can imprisoned in Barbados for breaking quarantine

WESTERN BUREAU: In what has been tagged an unduly harsh sentencing, a Jamaican man has been imprisoned for six months in Barbados for breaking quarantine; while influential tourists flouting the COVID-19 protocols, when caught are reportedly...

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