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Ras Ajai.
Published 2 hours ago by Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Thanksgiving service for Ras Ajai September 26

The thanksgiving service for reggae artiste and actor Ras Ajai – who was killed in Portmore, St Catherine on August 1 – will be held on September 26 at the Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew. The official funeral announcement, which infuses the Rastafarian colours of red, green and gold, hails Ras Ajai’s life as one that “was well lived, and a soul forever remembered”.

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