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Utilities pay out $87M to customers for breaches between January and March

Utility companies paid out approximately $87 million for service breaches to customers during the January to March quarter. This is a 117.5% increase over sums paid out in the preceding 2019 October to December quarter when approximately $40...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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