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Jensen La Vende

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar was ab­sent from the week­ly post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing yes­ter­day, the first time she has failed to chair it since tak­ing of­fice on May 1.

Her ab­sence, ex­plained by Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John as due to a con­tin­u­ing Cab­i­net meet­ing, meant sev­er­al press­ing na­tion­al is­sues went un­ad­dressed.