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| Apr 17, 2023

Neita Garvey offers condolences on the passing of Colleen Yap

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Late Mayor of Kingston Colleen Yap presenting the Keys to the City of Kingston to London Mayor Dame Mary Donaldson in 1984 during a ceremony at Ward Theatre. (Photo: Twitter @MayorWilliamsJA)

Opposition Spokesperson on Local Government and Sports, Natalie Neita Garvey, has expressed the People’s National Party’s (PNP) regret on the passing of former Mayor of Kingston, Colleen Yap.

In a statement today (April 17), Neita said, “Mrs Yap served the KSAC for three years and achieved the distinction of becoming Mayor of the capital city after then-Mayor Ryan Peralto resigned to become a member of the central government.”

Neita noted that though her term was cut short because of the dissolution of the corporation by the then government, she nevertheless made a mark in the firmness of her chairmanship and advocacy for better housing conditions for the citizens of Kingston and St Andrew, particularly Olympic Gardens.

Natalie Neita Garvey speaking at a People’s National Party (PNP) constituency conference in South East Clarendon on August, 17, 2015. (Photo: Facebook @PatSutherlandJa)

The shadow spokeswoman expressed condolences to the members of Yap’s family, especially her children, as well as to her colleagues at the KSAC and Jamaica Labour Party.

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