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Sinkhole in the making? - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: I draw to WASA's attention a leak in the middle of Warner Street, a few metres before Cipriani Boulevard in Port of Spain. It is directly in front of the Families in Action building. I observed this at least two months ago and obviously because it is not spouting into the air like … Continue reading Sinkhole in the making?

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