Multimillion-dollar St Mary water project gets under way

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Multimillion-dollar St Mary water project gets under way

Mason Hall, St Mary: Thousands of residents living in Mason, St Mary, are poised to receive potable water for the very first time in December, after pipe laying works undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC) in partnership with Rural Water...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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The St Ann Police have charged 28-year-old Kevin Mitchell, otherwise called ‘Frost’, a labourer of Retreat, St Mary with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition as well as three counts of shooting with

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