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NO REVERSE - Auditor general stands by scathing bus company report as JUTC demands retraction

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says her department has no intention of withdrawing a performance report on the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC). The JUTC yesterday rejected the Auditor General Department’s (AuGD) report, which...

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