Major leak on Half-Way Tree Road affecting water supply to some NWC customers

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Major leak on Half-Way Tree Road affecting water supply to some NWC customers

Some customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) are currently experiencing a disruption in supply due to a major leak on Half-Way Tree Road. The NWC says its plumbing team is actively working to complete the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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The Independent Commission of Investigations has responded to public pleas for a speedy investigation by its body into the shooting death of Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, who was killed, allegedly, by soldiers on an operation by the security forces in August Town, St

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Civil/military cooperation and media officer for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, says the JDF members who were present during the joint police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew when Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, was shot and killed last week, have been reassigned

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