Over 200 residents displaced in Rocky Point, Clarendon

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Over 200 residents displaced in Rocky Point, Clarendon

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr., says that over 200 residents have been displaced in Rocky Point, Clarendon due to flooding or damage to homes from the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Charles Jr., who was speaking at the...

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