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Full Text | Phillips says Holness fabricated response to extending DPP's tenure

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has rejected as false, claims attributed to him by Prime Minister Andrew Holness over the extension of the tenure of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn. At a press conference on Wednesday...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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