Mair dismisses claims Holness was denied US courtesies
Oliver Mair, the Jamaican Consul General to New York, denied reports that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness was denied courtesies in the US. Social media posts claimed the Prime Minister had to wait in immigration lines at John F Kennedy International Airport. Mair described these claims as false and mischievous. He stated that the US government always provides full courtesies to the Prime Minister upon arrival.
Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Oliver Mair, has dismissed social media reports suggesting that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness was required to wait in immigration lines at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport, describing the claims as false and mischievous. “The online posts are both false and mischievous. There is never a time that the prime minister arrives in the United States where he is not afforded full courtesies by the United States government,” Mair told The Gleaner.