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Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica Masanori Nakano (seated at centre) and executive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr Fritz Pinnock (left), affix their signatures to the relevant documents at the official grant signing and handover ceremony held last Wednesday at the CMI. Observing are (from left) director of the School of Advanced Skills, CMI, Osric Forrest; Councillor for the Springfield Division of Eastern Kingston & Port Royal Lorraine Dobson, resident representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kenji Tobita; and advisor to the minister in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Leroy Lindsay (seated). Several communities will benefit from the grant funding, valued at US$79,721, provided by the Embassy of Japan through its Grassroots and Human Security Grant Projects Programme, for the improvement of ambulances and fire trucks of emergency response in the area. For years the Eastern Kingston areas have been without dedicated emergency response services. (Photo: Michael Gordon)
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