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DIASPORA | Are You Jamaican Enough? PM Holness' Citizenship Test Alarms Overseas Community

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, August 29, 2025 - The theatrical flourish was unmistakable. In the heat of Jamaica's final leadership debate before Wednesday's general election, Opposition Leader Mark Golding's birth certificate was dramatically presented, certifying his July 19, 1965 birth at the University of the West Indies Hospital in Kingston, to a British father, Sir John Golding. 

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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and People's National Party President and Opposition Leader Mark Golding
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