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- ↑ "Ransford Braham Is The New Attorney General". Radio News Jamaica. July 8, 2011. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ↑ "PM Golding names Ransford Braham as new Attorney General – Jamaica Information Service". jis.gov.jm. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
