Case management hearing set for March 18 for Windalco

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Case management hearing set for March 18 for Windalco

A March 18 court date has been set for plead and case management in the matter in which Windalco is accused of causing the 2021 fish kill in the Rio Cobre in St Catherine. The date was set when the case came up for mention in the St...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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