Deputy Commissioner of Police Clifford Blake (left) accepts a computer, printer, and school bags on behalf of his alma mater Perdo Plains Primary School in St Elizabeth from Clive “Busy” Campbell, organiser of the annual Bob Marley One Love Football Festival, and Alicia Williams, manager of the Bob and Rita Marley foundations, at Tuff Gong Studio on Thursday, March 19, 2026. The gifts were purchased from proceeds of the event staged on Ash Wednesday at Harbour View Mini-Stadium. Campbell had pledged that funds from this year’s festival would go to victims and schools impacted by Hurricane Melissa, which hit sections of the island last October. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

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