MONTEGO BAY, JULY 8, 2025 - In the elegant setting of Half Moon, Rose Hall, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah witnessed the memorandum of understanding that officially makes Jamaica the 13th CARICOM member state to join this groundbreaking partnership, they were writing the first chapter of what promises to be an extraordinary success story.
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