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PNP believes it can make big difference in St Catherine NE

WELL-known attorney-at-law Oswest Senior-Smith will be looking to change the political tide in St Catherine North Eastern for the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) and reverse his fortunes in representational politics when Prime Minister Andrew Holness sends Jamaicans to the polls not long from now.

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