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‘RICH PEOPLE WAR’

A sewer pipe being laid for The Spyglass, a luxurious apartment and townhouse complex in Jacks Hill, is at the centre of a fresh quarrel between residents and a contractor in the upper St Andrew community. The Spyglass, which sits on just over five...

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