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JGRA is 60!

Published: Friday | September 30, 2011 Comments 0
Past Presidents: 89- year-old Winston Clarke, (standing from left) Trevor Heaven, Guy Morris, Errol Edwards, Trevor Barnes, Leonard Green, Evert Palmer and Hopeton Nembhard.
Past Presidents: 89- year-old Winston Clarke, (standing from left) Trevor Heaven, Guy Morris, Errol Edwards, Trevor Barnes, Leonard Green, Evert Palmer and Hopeton Nembhard.
Minister of Mining and Energy Clive Mullings and his wife Carlene find something very funny at the recent Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association's 60th anniversary celebration. - Contributed photos
Minister of Mining and Energy Clive Mullings and his wife Carlene find something very funny at the recent Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association's 60th anniversary celebration. - Contributed photos
From left: Carreras's Richard Pandohie, Lenny Green, Michael Kenny and Hugh Coore.
From left: Carreras's Richard Pandohie, Lenny Green, Michael Kenny and Hugh Coore.
From left: Family award recipients Hugh and Monica Coore pose with Trevor Heaven, president of the JGRA.
From left: Family award recipients Hugh and Monica Coore pose with Trevor Heaven, president of the JGRA.
A bevy of beauties (from left): Nicola Spencer, Garthia Boyd, Claudine Heaven, Sharon Moore and Pat Wright.
A bevy of beauties (from left): Nicola Spencer, Garthia Boyd, Claudine Heaven, Sharon Moore and Pat Wright.
From left: Trevor Heaven, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, Nicola Spencer, Garthia Boyd and Claudine Heaven strike a pose.
From left: Trevor Heaven, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, Nicola Spencer, Garthia Boyd and Claudine Heaven strike a pose.

The 60th anniversary banquet of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) was recently celebrated at the Wyndham Kingston Hotel in New Kingston. It served as the culmination of a year of activities showcasing the work of the association over the last 60 years.

Many industry stakeholders, marketers, Government officials, union delegates, financial institutions, suppliers, customers and family were in attendance. As part of the activities, a mini trade show with participants from Tropical Battery, Wisynco, Beep Beep Tyres Ltd, Intcomex, Transaction E-Pins, LIME and the City Of Kingston Credit Union, was staged.

Master of ceremonies Michael Anthony Cuffe guided the programme and guest speaker was Clive Mullings, minister of mining and energy.

The JGRA used the opportunity to recognise contributors to the gasolene retail more than - namely employees with in excess of 20 years contribution; retailers with more than 30 years in the business and all surviving past presidents, the eldest - P.P. Winston Clarke, an 89-year-old from Morant Bay and grandson of Paul Bogle.

Industry award went to Petrojam. The family award was presented to the Coore family, and Retailer of the Year was Errol Edwards.







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