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Corporate Hands | Lotteries Commission gives $11 million in education grant

Published:Wednesday | September 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance and the public service shares, a photo frame selfie with Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission Education Fund recipients (from left) Shevelle McKenzie, Phillipa Peddie, Sasha Wynter and Selena Hamilton. The students were among 220 beneficiaries of $11 million in education grants from the commission. The students have each received $50,000 towards tuition fees for their studies at 17 tertiary institutions, including the University of the West Indies; the University of Technology; Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts; Vocational Training Development Institute, and The Mico University College.