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St Joseph’s Convent, Port-of-Spain, has emerged victorious in the International Reparations Debate Competition, defeating Clarendon College of Jamaica in the finals held on Friday at the Centre for Reparations Research at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. The National Committee on Reparations (NCR) extended its heartfelt congratulations to the team for their exceptional achievement.
A release stated that the competition started on March 17 and featured students from 24 schools across the region engaging in lively debate on matters of Reparations for Native Genocide and Chattel Slavery in the Caribbean.
The competition was organised by the Centre for Reparations Research in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, UWI TV, The Repair Campaign, The PJ Patterson Institute For African-Caribbean Public Advocacy, The University Of Hull And the Caricom Reparations Commission, of which the Trinidad and Tobago National Committee on Reparations is a part. Among the judges was the eminent historian, Professor Emeritus Rupert Lewis.
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