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- ↑ "Floyd Green". JAMP. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ↑ "Floyd Green resigns after fierce backlash over COVID breach". Jamaica Observer. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ↑ "Outrage over video showing Floyd Green, others at social gathering purportedly on no-movement day". Jamaica Observer. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ↑ Williams, Kasey (2022-12-29). "Green calls for support to tackle crime in St Elizabeth". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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