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Students from the St Aloysius Primary School in Kingston gave their full attention to songbird Denyque, who was a member of the LIME team which visited the school on Read Across Jamaica Day.
LIME Jamaica's Managing Director Garry Sinclair reads to students at Central Branch All-Age School, where his late mother had been both a student and a teacher, on Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday. Sinclair led a team of more than 100 LIME volunteers to support the Jamaica Teachers' Association's initiative. The LIME team read at schools across nine parishes. - Contributed photos
National Commercial Bank beauties, Lori-Ann Whittingham (left) and Rochelle Chin (centre) share lens time with the fabulous Trisha Thompson of Digicel at The Wyndham Kingston Jamaica's corporate reception on Tuesday night on Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston.
Wyndham hotel's Sophia Butler (left) and Keisha Holman (right) pose with Shelly Stone-Beek at the hotel's corporate reception. - photos by Janet Silvera
Trafalgar Travel's Michelle Roper (left) hangs out with Ocean Chimo's Ken Arthur Mitchell and Shereene Welch at The Wyndham Kingston Jamaica's corporate reception.
Safia Cooper moves to the beat at Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival Road Parade on Sunday. - photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Marcia Erskine, chair of the Women's Leadership Initiative, reads the book, 'Frog Comes First', to children of the Sylvia Foote Basic School, at the Voluntary Organisation for the Upliftment of Children, as part of Read Across Jamaica activities at the school on Tuesday.
Merline Bardowell (in front), along with (from left) Major Victor Beek, James Croutch and Keith Bardowell get together at Ken Douglas' 90th birthday party in Cudjoe Hill, St Catherine, recently. - Contributed photos
Ken Douglas (centre) shares time with his sons Keith (left) and Kenric at his 90th birthday celebration.
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It was all about Read Across Jamaica Day and The Wyndham's corporate reception on Tuesday.

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Two budgets

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She pointed fingers!

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Weekend incident

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Time for review

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Auto relief?

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Challenge time!

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Please explain

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